![]() ![]() The adjective “ bored” is a good example. These adjectives are a little different from normal ones because they generally describe how someone feels. Only some past participles can be used as adjectives. Here, the verb “be” is in the present tense “is.” “Cook” is a regular verb, so its past participle is “cooked.”Īnd, finally, we turn to adjectives – the third use for past participles. Listen for be + past participle in this next example: Here, the verb “be” appears in the past tense “was.” And “stolen” is the past participle of “steal.” In English, the most basic passive voice is formed with be + past participle. We can use passive voice when we do not know who or what performed the action or when identifying the performer is not important. You could say, “My bike was stolen.” There is no mention of the person because you do not know who did it. Take the example "You called a friend." The subject is "You” and the subject performs the action “called.”īut sometimes the subject is acted upon or receives the action of the verb. In most sentences in English, the subject performs the action of the verb. Next, let’s talk about the passive voice – the second use for the past participle. ![]() Simply note that they are perfect tenses and perfect tenses use past participles.Īn engineer rides his specially-designed bicycle near Agartala, India with his daughter. The speaker used the past participle “studied” as part of the past perfect verb “had studied.”Īgain, do not worry if you do not know the names of these verb tenses. She had studied English before moving to the U.S. The thing to remember is this: All perfect tenses in English include the past participle. Knowing the name of this or other verb tenses is not important for today’s lesson. I used the present perfect tense, which is have or has + past participle. The first we will look at is perfect verb tenses.Īs a reminder, a perfect tense is one that puts some form of the verb “have” before its main verb. ![]() OK, now let’s get into today’s subject: the three uses for past participles. Its past tense is “took,” as in “I took my mother to the park.” The past participle is “taken,” as in “She has taken that flight many times.” Most English verbs are regular, so most of their past participles are identical to the past tense.īut for irregular verbs, the past participles and past tenses are not the same. In other words, it is identical, as in “I have talked to her about my plans.” You probably know that the past tense of a regular verb ends in -ed, as in “I talked to my friend.” For regular verbs, the past participle also ends in - ed. The past participle is everywhere so let me begin with a quick discussion about recognizing it. In fact, I used it a few times in this paragraph alone. You just may not have known what it was called. On today’s program, I will talk about all three of these.īy now in your English studies, you have heard and seen the past participle countless times. One is the passive voice and the other is adjectives. In addition to forming verb tenses, the past participle can form two other things. Take the statement “I have been to Atlanta.” It uses “been,” which is the past participle of the verb “be.” ![]() Most English tenses use a word form called a “participle.” There are present participles and past participles. As you know, English does this through verb tenses. By playing the quiz that follows you will learn more about such verbs.Every language has its own way of saying something happened in the past, is happening now or will happen in the future. You will notice that WATCHED has remained the same throughout as WATCH is a regular verb. 'The children HAVE WATCHED the animals in the zoo.’ ‘The children WATCHED the animals in the zoo.’ However, for the plural form HAVE is used just as in the first person singular form:įor regular verbs, since the past participle form is the same as a simple past form, the use of the auxiliary verb is as follows: ‘She HAS talked to my sister.’ You will notice the change in the auxiliary verb from HAVE to HAS. In the example sentences above the verb TALKED has not changed with the use of SHE or THEY. Just as we saw in the previous quizzes, verbs depend on singular or plural form and also tense, and this includes auxiliary verbs. HAVE is an auxiliary verb and TALKED is the past participle. This sentence tells us that an action started in the past continues at the time of speaking. ![]()
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