This document defines and provides examples of different types of participles in English grammar: - Present participles represent ongoing or incomplete actions, such as "carrying" or "knocking". - Past participles represent completed actions, such as "deceived" or "laden". - Participle adjectives are participles used as adjectives to describe nouns, like "losing" or "pressing". The document provides examples for each type and notes that participles can be identified by their use in a sentence. It also mentions including a list of participles but does not provide one.

1. P R E P A R E D B Y
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PARTICIPLES

2. Definition
 A Participle is a word which is partly a verb and
partly an Adjective.

3. Example
 Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.

4. Types
 Present Participle
 Past Participle
 Participle Adjective

5. Present Participle
 Those participles which represent a going on,
incomplete or imperfect action are known as present
participles.

6. Examples
 We met a lady carrying a bucket full of water.
 Loudly knocking at the door, he shouted for the
help.
 Note: In the above examples the words in
bold represents present participle as they are
expressing going on actions.

7. Past Participle
 Those participles which represent a complete action
or state of thing spoken of are known as past
participles.

8. Examples
 Deceived by her husband, she lost all charm of life.
 We saw a lot of tree laden with mangoes.
 Note: In the above examples the words in
bold represents past participle as they are
showing completed actions.

9. Participle Adjective
 Those participles which are used as simple qualifying
adjectives in front of noun are called participle
adjectives.

10. Examples
 He fought a losing battle.
 Literacy is the most pressing need of our country.
 Note: In the above examples the words in
bold represents participle adjectives.

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