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Participles - Coggle Diagram
Participles
Present Participle
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Used in continuous tenses (e.g., "He is walking to the store.")
As an adjective in progressive verb forms (e.g., "The running water was refreshing.").
Past Participle
Formation: Regular verbs often add "-ed," while irregular verbs have unique forms (e.g., "run" → "run," "eat" → "eaten").
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Used in perfect tenses (e.g., "She has walked this path before.")
As an adjective (e.g., "The broken window needs repair.").
Perfect Participle
A Perfect Participle is formed with ‘having’ +Verb to indicate an action as completed in the past.
Example of Perfect Participle: Having recieved the message, she left the office immediately
Participle Phrases
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Example: "The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller."
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Example: "The cat, startled by the noise, ran away."
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Example: "Determined to succeed, she tackled the challenge head-on."
Point of view/ theories
A participial phrase is a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s) vs A participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed. The term verbal indicates that a participle, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being.