Learning to Use Participles

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Participles are verbs used as adjectives.

Remember, adjectives are words used to describe nouns. Adding -ing or -ed as a suffix on a verb turns the verb into a participle that can be used to describe a person, place, or thing.

• The present participle acts as an adjective with an active meaning, e.g., The situation confuses the voters. It is a confusing situation.

• The passive participle acts as an adjective with a passive meaning, e.g., The voters are confused by the problem. They are confused voters.

This seems simple enough, so continue on to the Got It? section for some practice.