Participles Introduction

Example:

The exhausted campers found a crumbling school.

Exhausted describes campers.

Crumbling describes school.

Found is the actual verb in the sentence.

A participle is a verb form that acts as an adjective. (adjectives are describing words)

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Past Participles: end in -ed or -en for the most part

They act like adjectives.

Ex. The deserted building was old.

Deserted describes the building.

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Present Participles: end in -ing

Don't confuse them with gerunds. They act like adjectives NOT nouns.

Ex. Creaking eerily, the door swung open.

Creaking describes the door.

Participle phrases consist of participles and modifiers. They go to the verb or the punctuation.

Ex. They spied a shape lurking in the darkness.

Lurking in the darkness describes the shape.

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