Review for You: Participles

The video tutorial reviews participles, which are verbs that can function as adjectives or nouns. It explains how participles describe nouns when acting as adjectives and how they can be used as nouns themselves. Examples include 'sleeping' and 'smiling' as adjectives, and 'running' and 'reading' as nouns. The tutorial also provides guidance on identifying participles, often recognizable by their 'ING' endings, and encourages practice in using them in writing.

What are the characteristics of participles that make them easy to identify?

In the sentence 'The crying baby looked very sad,' identify the participle and explain its function.