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.