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Digiron [165]
3 years ago
10

What's a participle?

English
2 answers:
ivann1987 [24]3 years ago
7 0

A participle is a word formed from a verb.

Like going, gone, being, or been.

It can also be an adjective like working woman, burned toast. (A verb being used as an adjective).

ahrayia [7]3 years ago
4 0

GRAMMAR

1 a word formed from a verb (e.g., <em>going</em>, <em>gone</em>, <em>being</em>, <em>been</em> ) and used as an adjective (e.g., <em>working woman</em>, <em>burned toast</em> ) or a noun (e.g., <em>good breeding</em> ). In English, participles are also used to make compound verb forms (e.g., <em>is going</em>, <em>has been</em> ).

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