Participle

This is the term we often use for two forms of the English verb:

1. The -ing participle (or -ing form), for example: working, learning (sometimes called a "present participle".
2. The past participle, for example: worked, learnt/learned*, taken*, etc.

* Note the irregular forms in the list of irregular verbs.

There are nonfinite forms of the verb [see Regular verb and Nonfinite verb].

Many adjectives have the same form as participles. Let's compare:

	Participle	Adjective
-ing form	His father is working in a factory.	a working* father a boring* lecture
past participle	Sam was bored by the lecture.	the bored** students a stolen** car

* The -ing form is an active adjective: it says what the noun "is doing" or "is feeling".
** The -ed form is a passive adjective: it says what "happens to" the noun.

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