The participle in the sentence is "shaken," which functions as part of the verb phrase "shook hands," indicating the action performed by the competing teams after the game. While "shaken" itself is a participle, in this context, it is part of the simple past tense verb phrase "shook" (past tense form), and does not appear in the sentence. The correct participial form referring to the action "shaking hands" would be related to the process of shaking that happened. "Shook" indicates the completed action of handshaking.
The competing teams shook hands after the game was over.
Write 1–2 sentences identifying the participle in this sentence and its function
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