Read the following sentence and answer the question. Sara possesses all the qualifications required for the job. Which of the following verbals is used in the sentence above?
present participle
perfect participle
past participle
infinitive

The correct answer is past participle.

Explanation:

All the participle clauses are tools used to shorten the information.

There are three types of participle clauses: present participles, past participles and perfect participles.

In this case we are using a past participle.

The past participle generally fulfill the function of the liabilities. Its use can be to add information, or to give a reason to the verb that has the sentence.

The past participle of regular verbs is formed with the ending -ed.

Let's look at examples of the other participles so that there is no doubt that the correct answer is past participle:

Present participle: verbs ending with -ing: watching, leaving, cooking.

Perfect participle: formed with "having + past participle": having watched, having cooked.

after the signature of the treaty of versailles in june 1919, germany lost nearly 25,000 square miles and a population of 7 million people. these territories included eupen-malmedy area and moresnet which were ceded to belgium. regarding relations with france, germany ceded the sovereignty of the saar coal mines to this country, as well as the provinces of alsace-lorraine.

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