Lesson 4 - Fancy Terms in Plain English

participle -- the "-ing" form of the verb

Lesson 3 - Fancy Terms in Plain English

(I'm starting with Lesson 3, where I got stuck, but I'll try to go back and do the previous lessons, for my own benefit if no one else's.)

Atrributive adjective - adjective that combines with a noun to make a phrase (the blue car)

Predicate adjective - adjective that combines with a noun to make a sentence (the car [is] blue)

Substantive adjective - adjective that functions as a noun (the blue [one])