participle

participle — noun

1. a verb-based word such as "broken" or "smiling", used like an adjective or along

1.名詞C2
釋義

a verb-based word such as "broken" or "smiling", used like an adjective or alongside another verb to make a tense.

例句

In "a broken window," broken is a participle describing window.

participle used like an adjective

Ms. Huang asked the class to circle the participle in each line.

a participle in [a line / sentence]

同義詞

文法句型

the participle of [a verb]

a participle in [a sentence / phrase]

present participle

past participle

用法筆記

Most often appears in the fixed terms present participle and past participle. Distinguish from gerund: the same -ing form is usually called a gerund when it works as a noun, as in "Swimming is good exercise."

常見錯誤

❌The participle of go is went.
✅The past participle of go is gone.
💡'went' is the past tense form, not the past participle.
❌Walking" in "Walking is good exercise" is a participle.
✅Walking" there is a gerund.
💡when the -ing form works as a noun, it is usually called a gerund instead.