What is a participle (present, past, and future) by Alok Pandey

What is participle In short, A form of a verb, often ending in “-ed” or “-ing” and comes with auxiliary verbs to make verb tenses or to form adjectives. Therefore, in this article, we will learn about the non-finite verb, participle. To clarify, It is a series of a verb, where we have learned. What is a Verb? Non-finite verb-infinitive: Gerund verb. So, taking this series further, today we will learn about participle. Present participle. Therefore, Putting a very precise definition to make it easy. It is a verb form 4 (-ing) that acts as an adjective. The verb form -ing also comes in other different roles. Those all roles I have already discussed in detail on verb topic. So, here we will learn about the verb form 4 (-ing). That appears as an adjective. For example, You should not disturb a sleeping cat. There is an amusing story in this book. The kettle is full of boiling milk. Above all, the words sleeping, amusing, and boiling appeared before a noun. So, these words are saying something about a noun. These words are playing a role as an adjective. Hence it is called the present participle. For example, This is an interesting book. It was a terrifying story. The setting sun view was spectacular. The chattering monkey ran away. The melting snow made the roads slushy. Remarks:- If helping “be” verb (is, am, are, was, were) comes before the verb form -ing. The -ing form identity is a continuous or main verb. If the verb form -ing comes in place of a noun (subject or object). It becomes gerund. Past participle. As present participle -ing form appears as a gerund, continuous, and participle “adjective”. Likewise, the past participle verb form -3 comprises two structures. When it comes after helping verb, it forms perfect tense. But when it appears before a noun. It is called past participle “adjective“. So, in all the formation, we learned that the identity (parts of speech) of a word we can only decide as per the position of the words. For some example, to know it the best. The injured boy was