Verbal | Past Participle vs Past Tense in a sentence

Basically past participles are "adjectives" for the most part, while simple past tense, is a"verb".

Example:

Peter, tired after the race, took somerest.

"tired" is a "past participle" (modifying/describing the noun "Peter"), while "took" is "simple past tense verb".

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