All surviving family members have experienced the devastations of war.

Is the participle in this sentence present, past, or perfect?

Question

All surviving family members have experienced the devastations of war.

Is the participle in this sentence present, past, or perfect?

jadeishere · Answer

A participle if a phrase that is made out of a verb and utilized as though it's an adjective.

Look at all of the verbs in the sentence; there's only one. This verb is Surviving. It takes a verb (Survive) and uses it to describe the family (Adj.). 

-ing verbs suggest present
-ed verbs suggest past
Verb + person (or) person + verb - suggests Perfect