Yes, "startled" is the past participle of startle.
The is the past tense of the VERB to startle.
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
The past participle of do is done. The past participle of have is had.
The present participle is "sowing" and the past participle is "sown".
Begun is the past participle, and beginning is the present participle.
Ah, what a lovely question. "Startled" can actually be both a verb and an adjective, depending on how it's used in a sentence. When someone is surprised or frightened, we can say they "were startled," making it a verb. It's like a happy little word that can bring movement and life to your sentences.
Yes, the word 'screeching' is a gerund, a verbal noun, the present participle of the verb to screech that functions as a noun. The present participle of the verb is also an adjective (screeching tires).Example as a noun: "She was startled by that horrible screeching she heard."
The spelling is startled, as in The trick STARTLED him.
The word 'thundered' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to thunder (thunders, thundering, thundered). Example:The storm thundered all night.The past participle of a verb also functions as an adjective. Example:His thundered command startled the new recruits.
Startled means to be in shock or amaze of something.
Startled is the verb in your sentence.
Deer and rabbits are easily startled.
more startled most startled
You startled me, because I hadn't heard you come home.
The is the past tense of the VERB to startle.
The startled deer zigzagged out of the underbrush and was gone in a flash.
Both examples need commas after their modifiers, as well as some other punctuation that isn't currently allowed in Wiki questions. Other than that, the first example is correct. It implies that you were standing on the chair, which is a reasonable action for you to take when you want to reach something high. The second example is incorrect. It implies that the alarm clock was startled by its own noise. It's more likely that the person who knocked the alarm clock onto the floor was startled. Example #2 correction: Startled by the noise, I (he/she/etc.) knocked the alarm clock onto the floor.