participles. Is there any way you could just point out a(n) particle in a sentence? if so, HOW?

Question

Examples:

She cautiously pushed against the revolving door.

the stench of decaying fruit greeted them when they returned fromtheir weekend in the country.

Many delegates to the hastily convened meeting were representatives of organized labor.

Answer 1

Check out this website, it answers your question to a "T"

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm

A participle is a verbal adjective (of or relating to or functioning as an adjective) sharing in part the characteristics of both the verb and the adjective.

Here are some examples of participles:
Participles are in all caps

'He ate a BOILED egg for breakfast.'
'I like to see SMILING faces.'
'You are SINGING a good song.'
'I have EXERCISED.'
'He has EATEN dinner already.'
'She got a bad sunburn while PLAYING in the pool.'

Answer 2

There are two types of participles in English. The present participle, and the past participle. They are verbs that either form part of a compound verb, or are used as adjectives.

The present part. normally ends in "ing" and the past part. normally ends in "ed"

I could go on and on about verb tenses, but I won't.

In the first sentence "pushed" is a past part. and "revolving" is a present part.

Hope this helps

Bryan

Answer 3

Look for the verbs that are being used as adjectives. Those are the participles.

Answer 4

pushed, revolving

decaying, greeted, returned

convened ('meeting' is a noun) organized
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