"Past participle."

It's a present participle.

"Past participle." Okay.

It's the present participle.

Well the "we" but "eat" ... What is a participle?

A, uh, dangling participle, and, uh, right here... [Clears throat]

You will not allow him to participle in the proceeding is that clear?

like, "Homeland Security". If it's a participle modifying the first word then you better, uh... you better keep it lower case.