Identify the participle in the following sentence: The news made us depressed.
1. news
2. made
3. depressed
4. us
4. depressed
The participle in the sentence is "depressed."
The participle in the sentence "The news made us depressed" is "depressed."
To identify the participle in a sentence, you need to locate the verb and then determine if it is functioning as a participle. Participles are a form of verb that can act as adjectives or be part of verb phrases. In this sentence, the verb is "made" (past tense of "make"). The word "depressed" is an adjective that describes the state of "us." Therefore, it is functioning as a participle in this sentence.