PARTICIPLE in a Sentence

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1. The teacher will question us on the use of present participles tomorrow.

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 Meanings and Examples of PARTICIPLE
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participle
 n.  a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
Classic Sentence:
1  The first project was, to shorten discourse, by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because, in reality, all things imaginable are but norms.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER V.
Example Sentence:
1  The teacher will question us on the use of present participles tomorrow.