Question

'He was wearing a torn shirt' which is the participle and what type of participle?​

Answer 1

TORN is the past participle of the verb tear.

Answer 2

The participle is past participle with the word as torn.

• Past participles are a type of participle that represents a completed action. They are made up of irregular verbs which generally ends with terms such as en, d, n and t.

• The sentence specifies that a person was wearing a torn shirt. Since the word was is used the sentence is in past tense.

• The participle word is torn stating that the shirt is already torn which further specifies a past participle.