Participles are adjectives made from verbs. Present participles end in -ing
and describe an experience or a person who is causing an experience.
Past participles end in -d, -ed, -en, -n, and -t. A past participle describes a
person's response to an experience.
But: He was tired because he had worked for ten
hours.
Not: The film was interested, but it ran too long.
But: The film was interesting, but it ran too long
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