Participle used in a sentence

Participle in a sentence as a noun

The participle is really the only curve ball.

"Ground" is the past participle of "grind" So: I grind, I am grinding, I had ground, I was grinding.

OT: You are the second poster in this discussion to use 'grinded', instead of 'ground', as the participle of grind.

New words for my vocabulary:congaed - past tense&participle of conga\nscrod - young cod/haddock/white fish split and boned.

I guess it depends on the test - if it's asking "which is the past participle form of 'run'", then I'd agree, that's just memorization.

Disappointed that "Revolting" used as present participle not adjective in post title.

[C17: from Latin adjuvns, present participle of adjuvre, from juvre to help] Cheers for a new scrabble word for the armory, tokenadult!

As long as we're continuing to be cranky about spelling, "spelt" is a perfectly valid British spelling of the past participle of spell.

Since you asked, insofar as the participle "burned" is functioning as an adjective here, it is in positive degree.

The words "grounding" and "grinding" are not related in meaning: "grounding" refers to "ground", meaing the surface of the Earth, and "grinding" is a participle of "grind".

" None of these sentences actually contain a passive: the first is an existential sentence, the second is a simple copula, and the third uses the copula with an adjective, not a participle.