Participle Adjectives

Participle adjective, a kind of verbal, is the -ing or -ed form of a verb which is used as adjective modifying noun or pronoun. Present participle ends with -ing while past participle ends with -ed. For examples,

• The news is alarming.
• He was alarmed by the news.

USES OF PARTICIPLE ADJECTIVES

We use present particles and past participle are used to modify nouns or pronouns. The table below describes how they are used.

Present Participle	Past Participle
1. Describe cause of feelings Sport is interesting. I had a boring weekend because of the rain.	1. Describe feelings I'm not really interested in sport. I was bored at the weekend.
2. Describe something which is on-going the boiling water a working mother	2. Describe something which is finished. a nicely written article. a completely burnt house
3. Describe purpose or function of something drinking water driving license	3. Describe natural quality of something broken glass qualified person