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The howling dog kept the family awake. (present
participle)
The broken doll lay on the floor. (past participle)
The wounded soldier died in hospital. (past participle)
Make sure that you use the correct participle. The present is
used when the subject is doing the action. The past is used
when something has been done to the noun. Look at the
following:
The bullied schoolboy appeared on television. (past
participle)
In the above sentence the schoolboy has been bullied.Inthe
following sentence he is the one doing the bullying.
The bullying schoolboy appeared on television.
Adjectives are used to enhance nouns.
EMPLOYING ADVERBS
Adverbs describe or modify verbs. They are often formed by
adding ‘. . . ly’ to an adjective:
She dances beautifully.
He hastily wrote the letter.
