Grade 10 Participles

Even though they look exactly the same, gerunds and present participles do different things.

the gerund acts as a noun. For example : “I like sleeping“; “Sleeping is not allowed.”

Present participles, on the other hand, act similarly to an adjective or adverb: e.g., “The sleeping girl over there is my sister”; “Breathing heavily, she finished the race in first place.”

Past participles often look very similar to the simple past tense of a verb: finished, danced, etc. However, some verbs have different forms.

When a past participle comes without an auxiliary verb, it generally works as an adjective in the sentence.

Examples of Past Participles as Adjectives:

Albert always wears a broken hair-band.

We ate a lot of roasted meat.

Robert is the most wanted player on the team.

The frightened boy jumped over the wall.