Participles
Present participle
verb + "ing": exciting, crying, interesting
Past participle
regular form verb+ "ed": excited, bored
irregular form: stolen, broken
Present participles as adjectives describe people and things.
The teacher was boring.
The match was exciting.
Your news is surprising.
Past participles as adjectives describes people's feelings.
The students were bored.
We were excited during the match.
Your news surprised us.
