What is the past participle?

Past participle is a kind of participle, belonging to non-predicate verbs, and its expression form is do, that is, the past participle form of verbs; The concept of juxtaposition is present participle. Past participle not only retains the usage of verbs, but also has the function of adjectives or adverbs. So it is often used as predicative, attributive, adverbial and complement in sentences. Generally speaking, the present participle has an active relationship with its modifier, while the past participle is often used to indicate that it has a passive relationship with its modifier. In addition, the past participle can also be used to indicate the completed action. Specific examples are as follows: (In the example, bold italics are predicate verbs. )

1. past participle as predicative

The children are all excited about the trip.

The children are all excited about the trip.

Everyone looks tired.

Everyone looks tired.

2. past participles as attributes

These are used products and those are new.

These are used products and those are new.

The boy who was born in Canada now lives in China.

The boy who was born in Canada now lives in China.

3. past participles as adverbials

Followed by a puppy, the boy walked into a bakery.

Followed by a puppy, the boy walked into a bakery.

Seen from the sky, people are like ants.

Seen from the sky, people are like ants.

4. past participle as complement

We found him left alone at home.

We found him left alone at home.

I saw the man hit on the head.

I saw the man hit on the head.