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• I. Definition.—A participle is a verbal adjective.
• II. Forms.—
• 1. Of intransitive verbs.
• Present, going.
• Past, gone.
• Perfect, having gone, having been going.
• 2. Of transitive verbs.
• Present, seeing, being seen.
• Past, seen.
• Perfect, having seen, having been seeing, having been seen.
• III. Uses.
• 1. To form the perfect tenses, the passive voice, and the progressive conjugation.
• I have trusted you.
• You were trusted by me.
• I am trusting you.
• 2. As an adjective modifier of a noun or a pronoun.
• (a) Restrictive.
• Barking dogs seldom bite.
• The picture painted by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen.
• (b) Unrestrictive.
• (1) Used in place of an adjective clause.
• The silver moon, shining in the rosy eastern sky, must have looked upon the setting sun.
• (2) Used in place of a clause of time or cause.
• Having built a magnificent church, we had to have a magnificent organ.
• 3. As subjective complement of a verb.
• Christ is risen.
• Everybody is gone.
• 4. As an accompaniment of a verb.
• Then the blind girl came nearer, reaching out her hands toward my face.
• 5. As part of an absolute phrase.
• The roast turkey having received due attention, the boys were ready for mince pie.
• IV. Modifiers and Complements.
• Participles have the same modifiers and complements as verbs.
• Having earned the money, I spent it.
• Growing tired, we walked slower.
• Calling me a coward, he went on.
• Turning sharply to the right, he struck the tree.
• V. Agreement.
• 1. The construction of a sentence should leave no doubt as to what word a participial phrase modifies.
• 2. Dangling participles should be avoided.

Make two good sentences to illustrate each use of the participle.