Answer:
Let's take the verb "dress". Its present participle is "dressing". Its past participle is "dressed".
Explanation:
The present participle of a verb can function as an adjective or as a part of verb tenses - the continuous tenses. It is formed by adding -ing to the end of the verb. Note the examples below:
- The dressing (adjective) rooms are on your left.
- The girl is dressing (verb) her little sister, who is too young to do it herself.
The past participle is used to talk about completed actions. It forms perfect tenses in the active voice and all tenses in the passive voice.
- I have never dressed like this before.
- The doll has been dressed as a princess.
Note: Regular verbs present the same form in the simple past and in the past participle. Irregular verbs, on the other hand, each have their own form. Compare:
- to dress - dressed - dressed
- to do - did - done
