I realize that you are trying to simplify in order to avoid jargon, but I do think referring to "trained" as a verb here may confuse some students. "To train" is a verb; Parisian divas "train" fat cats is a verb; fat cats "trained" Parisian divas is a verb, but in this sentence, "trained" is more so a participle used adjectivally. It is a form of the verb "to train" but in this case, it is used to modify or describe the noun "cats," and it therefore functions similarly to the adjective "fat" (and not similarly to the verb "sing"). I feel that this, alongside the fact that the cats are not doing the training, makes it misleading to refer to the word "trained" as a verb. It may be more helpful to refer to it as an adjective (alongside "fat") with a disclaimer that it is derived from a verb.
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I realize that you are trying to simplify in order to avoid jargon, but I do think referring to "trained" as a verb here may confuse some students. "To train" is a verb; Parisian divas "train" fat cats is a verb; fat cats "trained" Parisian divas is a verb, but in this sentence, "trained" is more so a participle used adjectivally. It is a form of the verb "to train" but in this case, it is used to modify or describe the noun "cats," and it therefore functions similarly to the adjective "fat" (and not similarly to the verb "sing"). I feel that this, alongside the fact that the cats are not doing the training, makes it misleading to refer to the word "trained" as a verb. It may be more helpful to refer to it as an adjective (alongside "fat") with a disclaimer that it is derived from a verb.