Editing Participle (section)

== Forms ==
Some languages have extensive participial systems but English has only two participial forms, most commonly termed:
#'''past participle''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/past_participle|title = Past participle - Wiktionary|date = 11 November 2021}}</ref> which is regularly formed with an ''-ed'' [[suffix]] (e.g. ''looked'', ''ended'', ''tutored'') but has numerous irregular forms (e.g. ''broken'', ''spoken'', ''eaten''); and
#'''present participle''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/present_participle|title = Present participle - Wiktionary|date = 10 February 2019}}</ref> which is formed with an ''[[-ing]]'' suffix (e.g. ''breaking'', ''making'', ''understanding'').
Some grammars further distinguish ''passive participles''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/passive_participle|title = Passive participle - Wiktionary|date = 4 January 2021}}</ref> as often associated with [[passive voice]] versus ''active participles''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/active_participle|title=Active participle - Wiktionary|date=4 January 2021}}</ref> as often associated with e.g. the [[present progressive tense]], but such linguistic distinctions are neither recognized nor employed on a universal basis.