语法结构

List:

●prefix—mono-

●suffix—-en

●Grammar

Past Participle as Adverbial Modifier

Past participles can be used as adverbial of condition, adverbial of time, adverbial of reason, adverbial of recession and adverbial of accompanying manner etc.

Example:

●The children headed toward school, followed by their dogs. (Para. 8)

●Heated, the metal expands.

●Born and bred in the countryside, he was bewildered by the big city.

●These sentences, analyzed differently, will make no sense.

●Mocked at by everybody, he had my sympathy.

●The lichens came borne by storms.

Past Participle as Object Complement

Past participles can be used as object complements. The predicate verbs are normally basic verbs of sensation or causative verbs.

Example:

●Dozens of people plunged into dead-end streets and found themselves trapped by crashing buildings. (Para. 17)

●She found the house renovated.

●It’s better to leave some things unsaid.

●I don’t want my name linked with him.

●I should like this matter settled immediately.

●He had his window broken to pieces.