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OpenStudy (fangirlphantomhive):

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

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

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

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