What is a participle?

A participle is a word formed from a verb that can function as part of a verb phrase.

For example:-

has been

Or independently as an adjective.

For example:-

working woman
flying machine

There are three forms of participle: The present participle, the past participle and the perfect participle.

!Note - We use past participles (-ed) to describe how we feel. We use present participles [-ing] to describe what caused the feelings.