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
Past Perfect [1]
- I had studied every night.
- He had finished the course this year.
- We had fought many times.
- I had been studying every night.
- He had been finishing the course this year.
- We had been fighting many times.
Present Perfect [3]
- I have studied every night this week.
- He has finished the course recently.
- We have fought a lot.
Future Perfect [4]
- I will have studied every night.
- He will have finished the course by the end of the year.
- We will have fought a lot.
- I will have been studying every night for weeks.
- He will have been finishing the course.
- We will have been fighting too much.
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).
Let’s revise this content within the {Form} section. Take a look at the {Example} section that shows its use within a context.