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# Participle
A participle is a type of verb. However, it is not an action, it does not describe a situation, and it does not describe how something is. It is a verb that functions as an adjective, noun, or adverb.
In English, participles are often translated by adding the letters ing to the end of a verb.
## More information about this topic
A participle helps the reader to know more about the main verb of a sentence. The main verb of a sentence is a verb in the indicative, imperative, or subjunctive mood.
Unlike other verbs, participles have case and gender. However, they do not have mood.
* It can describe when something happens.
* It can describe how something happens.
* It can describe the means by which something is done.
* It can help the reader to know what caused something to happen.
* It can introduce a condition to something. This is when something must happen for something else to happen.
* It can explain the purpose of why something happened.
* It can explain that something happened in spite of something else.
* It can help the reader to know the result of something happening.
See: Verb; Adjective; Noun; Adverb; Indicative; Imperative; Subjunctive