Is the underlined word a participle or verb? The boiled egg smelled rotten but tasted great! Boiled is underlined. A. Participle
B. verb

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A.   
Participle

The underline word in the
sentence, the boiled egg smelled rotten but tasted great! Which is
boiled is a participle and not a verb because it doesn’t rely an action in the
sentence instead it relays a modification or a description to the egg like an
adjective or an adverb which is boiled egg. Participle is technically a verb that
is utilized to describe a noun, noun phrase, verb or verb phrase.