The howling dog kept the family awake. (present participle) 

The broken doll lay on the floor. (past participle) 

The wounded soldier died in hospital. (past participle) 

Make sure that you use the correct participle. The present is used when the subject is doing the action. The past is used when something has been done to the noun. Look at the following: 

The bullied schoolboy appeared on television. (past participle) 

In the above sentence the schoolboy has been bullied .Inthe following sentence he is the one doing the bullying . 

The bullying schoolboy appeared on television. 

## EMPLOYING ADVERBS 

Adjectives are used to enhance nouns. 

Adverbs describe or modify verbs. They are often formed by adding ‘. . . ly’ to an adjective: 

She dances beautifully. 

He hastily wrote the letter. 

