Please Explain for me These Participle !!!

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What do you not understand?
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It's called the past participle because it shows completion of the action, but that doesn't mean it can only refer to past time- things can be completed in the future. The present participle shows that something is incomplete and, again, can be used with the past, present and future. ;-)
 
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