A predicative

Everybody's gone.

She looked embarrassed.

Note 1. Sometimes participles II used as attributes or predicatives lose their verbal character and become mere adjectives:

I am very worried about you. (adjective)

We were worried by mosquitoes all night. (participle II) (R.A.Close)

Such adjectives homonymous with participle II may be used with prepositions other then by:

alarmed at; amazed at; bored with; distinguished for; embarrassed about, at, over; excited about, at, over; frightened about, at, of; given to (склонный); interested in; pleased about, at, with; opposed to; shocked at; tired of; worried about;

Participle II used as part of a passive construction is followed by the preposition by:

I am surprised by the knock at the door. (R.A.Close)

Note 2. Adjectives homonymous with participle II can be modified by the adverbs too, very, more, less:

I am no less embarrassed about it than you are.

Participles are modified by such adverbs as (very) much, well, badly, completely, greatly, highly:

Her performance was (very) much admired.

The pedestrian was badly (seriously) injured. (R.A.Close)

Note 3. Some participles II which turned into adjectives, when used attributively, have a form different from that of the participle:

Look at these drunken people!

These people have drunk a lot.

Note 4. Some participles II change their meaning according to the position:

a concerned (=worried) expression – the people concerned (=affected) (M.Swan)

Note 5. Some participles II can be used only in compounds with adverbs:

a well-read person, a much-travelled man, recently-arrived immigrants (M.Swan)

An adverbial modifier of

Time

When finished, the story turned out to be quite thrilling.

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