Complex

Noun
Phrases
.because they are
complex

The discovery
The fascinating discovery

The fascinating discovery last week

The fascinating discovery of an ancient
tomb last week
The fascinating discovery of an ancient
tomb which Jonathan made last week

The fascinating discovery of an ancient tomb which

Jonathan made last week was absolutely incredible

Name
= past
And now for something a little bit
different
participle adverbial

clause (this one is passive with been)

The fascinating discovery,

having been discovered by Jonathan last week,
was proven to be a fake.

having been discovered

Adds a condition, result,

time sequence or reason

Function = adds more

information to sentence

The boy, having climbed over the wall,

began to pick the strawberries one by one.
Having been published all around the world, the
controversial newspaper became a global sensation
With slavery having been banned in the previous
century, many people began to work as servants

With women having been given the vote,

the face of politics began to change.

The government, having given women

the vote, regretted it from then on.

Verb 3 The
Past Participle
and its uses
Note:
Regular = -ed
Irregular = (all different)

The legend
The believed legend

The widely-believed legend

The widely-believed legend,

The driver has drunk two glasses of wine! Said the policeman
The drunk driver has drunk two glasses of wine! Said the
policeman

Verb 3 The Past Participle

and its uses

V3 is often used as an
adjective
1: The drunk driver stepped out of the car
2: The boy threw away the broken bottle

3: The charmed girl sat on the chair

staring at the charming prince
3: The depressed dog sat miserably on
the couch

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sunk ship: (sunken is an intransitive variation)

drunk sailor (drunken is a variation)
obsessed girl
possessed girl
haunted house
rotten milk
elated mother
cracked window
torn book
ripped jeans
stained T.Shirt

V3 is often used as an
adjective modified with an
adverb
The
The
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poorly-behaved student
badly-behaved student
badly-paved road
widely-held belief
poorly-understood theory
undeniably well-made cake
atrociously-named book
awfully-damaged house
expertly-designed block of flats
badly-taught lesson
badly-explained notion
badly-damaged house

Example full sentence: The badly-damaged house, which had been hit by an
earthquake, was knocked eventually down to make way for a expertly-designed block
of flats.