Participle I or the present participle.
Participle II or the past participle.
The difference between P.I and P.II is mainly not in tense but in voice.
A dancing girl – a broken vase
A smiling baby – a faded rose
The verbal character of the participle is manifested in its form while the adjectival or the adverbial character is manifested in its syntactical function that is in what part of a sentence the participle is used. As a verb participle I has:
Tense: writing – have written
Voice: been written – having been written
Pl of a transitive verb can have a direct object: while reading a book he came across a lot of new words.
Opening the door he went out into the kitchen.
PI and PII can be modified by an adverb.
Participle II has no tense distinction:
Remember a picture seen in the museum.
The table was full of faded flowers.
Participle I indefinite active and passive (writing – been written) expresses an action simultaneous to the action expressed by the predicate of the sentence.
He entered the room bringing in hot coffee.
Being left alone the baby fell asleep.
Participle I perfect ( active and passive: having written – having been written) expressed an action prior to the action expressed to the by the predicate of the sentence.
Ann having spread her handkerchief over her knees, began to eat her ice.
Having stuck down the envelope he dropped the letter into a post too.
In a sentence Pl & Pll can be: An attribute
We admired the stars twinkling in the sky.
He answered through the locked door.
Note note every word ending – “ing” is participle, examples below show it:
Participle but compound noun
A dancing girl a dancing hall
A hunting man a hunting dog
A reading child a reading lamp
A writing boy a writing desk
A sewing mother a sewing machine
Interesting, charming, alarming, complicated, distinguished adjectives
A building – is a noun.
An adverbial modifier of:
Time:
Pl approaching the school she heard loud vices
Having closed the book, she stood up and left the study.
PII when seen she never spoke to anybody.
Cause:
PI being wounded he went to hospital.
Having broken the vase the child decided to hide the pieces in the garden
Manner:
PI the girl stood silent, looking at her hands.
Comparison:
Pl he spoke as if thinking aloud.
PII when Bob saw the animal he shook his head as if lost in wonder and admiration.
Concession:
PII her spirit, though crushed, was not broken.
A predicative PI. He was writing a letter (CONTINUOUS)
BUT
PI the effect of her words was terrifying
PII the gate was locked
A complex object (PI&PII)
He saw me dancing. I had my watch repaired.
A part of a compound verbal predicate (PI):
They were heard discussing the problem.
Parenthesis, generally speaking, judging by the appearances, truly speaking.