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Lesson 1: Participles

Beowulf vs. Grendel by Richard Svennson Lesson 2: Participle or Gerund? Participles are Verbals ending in "ing" or "ed" and they act as adjectives. Gerunds are verbals that end in "ing" but they act as nouns in the sentence. Example: **//Snarling//** with glee, Grendel snarfed down the //**screaming**// man's innards. The highlighted words are both participles. The first word modifies "Grendel" and the second participle modifies "man." Snarfing is a disgusting word when used to describe cannibalistic behavior. Here, "snarfing" works as a gerund, because it is the subject of the sentence. "Disgusting" is a participle because it acts to modify "word."