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Ubud is one of tourism city in Indonesia, is located in the middle of Bali island. Ubud is known as Bali traditional arts and dancing. There are ancient sacred caves, Gajah Cave that has detailed engraving, also Kawi Mountain that is a place to worship carved out of a stone.

Ubud offers many yoga and healing places, also galleries. Ubud monkey forest temple is a Hindu's temple which has a type of monkey called Makaka. It plays around the trees. In the southern Ubud, there's a handycraft village, known as wood carvings. It is called Celuk.

What is a Past Participle? What does past participle mean? A past participle is formed from a verb. Because it is used to express actions that have already happened, it takes the past tense form. Most past participles end in -ed.

Past Participle Examples:

Verb: to play Past participle: played Sentence: She had played for hours. (used in past perfect tense) Verb: to accelerate Past Participle: accelerated The speed at which the Zika virus is spreading in Puerto Rico has accelerated sharply, according to new federal data, complicating already difficult efforts to prevent thousands of pregnant women in the territory from infection. –The Wall Street Journal Verb: to buy Past participle: bought Social media sites are hot these days. Snapchat. Instagram. Even if Verizon had bought Pokemon Go, the mobile augmented reality app that has been around only a couple weeks and yet has tens of millions of people chasing make-believe creatures down streets and through parks, there might be more tongues wagging among analysts. –The Washington Post Past Participles as Adjectives Past participles can be used to as adjectives. In this way, they modify nouns or noun phrases.

APPOSITIVE PHRASES An appositive renames a noun or a pronoun. It usually follows the noun and idenifies, explains, or adds to the meaning of the noun. An appositive phrase consists of the appositive and its modifiers

An appositive or an appositive phrase can appear next to a noun in any position in the sentence.