Past Participle
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Introduction
The Past participle is a verb that is used to form other tenses (such as the present perfect).
Many past participle forms of verbs are irregular.
Form
The Past participle is a form of the verb that is used in formation of past perfect, past perfect continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous and passive tenses {check the topic Present Perfect}.
Regular
Regular past participles follow all the formation rules of past simple that is made by adding -ed at the end of the verbs.
Irregular
Irregular verbs do not follow this rule. The most commonly used irregular verbs are:
| Verb | Past Participle |
|---|---|
| become | become |
| break | broken |
| bring | brought |
| buy | bought |
| do | done |
| draw | drawn |
| drink | drunk |
| eat | eaten |
| feel | felt |
| find | found |
| go | gone |
| have | had |
| hear | heard |
| keep | kept |
| read | read |
| run | run |
| say | said |
| see | seen |
| teach | taught |
| write | written |
Example
Regular
- I have just finished my work.
- He has already stopped exercising.
- They have started to talk during the lesson.
Irregular
- I have lost my car keys!
- He has put on weight.
- They have never been to Chicago.
Use
We use the past participle to form verbs in different tenses.
Summary
The past participle is a verb form which is used in the formation of many tenses. It is made by adding -ed at the end of the verbs, but there are many verbs that are irregular.
For example:
— Regular : „Watch“ ⇒ “I have watched a great movie tonight.” = We add -ed at the end of the verb.
— Irregular: „Be“ ⇒ “I have been to Montenegro four times.” / “I have beed to Montenegro four times.„ = We use another form (the verb be changes to been).
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