Past participle in English
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In this chapter the English past participle will be explained. The past participle is used to form many tenses.
The past participles in English are formed from verbs. How the past participle is formed, depends on whether the verb is regular or irregular.
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To form the past participle of regular verbs, you have to add '-d' or '-ed' to the stem of the verb.
Stem of the verb + '-d' / '-ed'
Examples:
The past participles of irregular verbs do not follow a certain pattern. These forms have to be memorized.
Examples:
The past participle of English verbs is used in tenses. For example to form the present perfect tense, the past perfect tense and the future perfect tense. Besides that past participles can be used as adjectives in participle phrases.
Situation | Example |
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The formation of the present perfect tense. |
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The formation of the past perfect tense. |
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The formation of the future perfect tense. |
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The past participle as an adjective in participle phrases. These participle phrases describes something in the main clause. |
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The table below shows some examples of the regular and irregular past participles in English.
Verb | Past participle | Example |
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to eat | eaten | I had eaten salad before I went to the party. |
to work | worked | You have worked at a pharmacy. |
to become | become | She has become a doctor. |
to break | broken | The broken window got fixed yesterday. |
to buy | bought | I have bought fresh flowers at the market this morning. |
to finish | finished | We will have finished the project before he comes back. |
to catch | caught | Martina caught the ball during the game. |
to freeze | frozen | He will be frozen when he gets home from playing in the snow. |
to study | studied | Axel had already studied the Dutch language when he came to the Netherlands. |
to grow | grown | She is a grown woman now. |
to burn | burned | The burned food tasted horrible. |
to play | played | He has played the piano yesterday. |
to hide | hid/hidden | They have hid the treasure in the woods. |
to pay | paid | We will have paid our debts by the end of this month. |
to speak | spoken | She had spoken about him, before he entered the room. |
Fill in the missing past participle of the English regular verbs.
Remember:
Stem of the verb + '-d' / '-ed'
I had my essay the day before. (to type)
They have together. (to walk)
The teacher had the question many times. (to repeat)
She has her slides to the powerpoint. (to add)
My brother has the door when I came home. (to open)
You had hard to accomplish that. (to work)
We have together since we moved to Spain. (to live)
My sister has her secret with me. (to share)
He had me when he came. (to text)
My grandmother had when I was not home. (to call)
Fill in the missing past participles of English irregular verbs.
The cat had a mouse. (to catch)
My father has a treehouse for my brother. (to build)
The game had before we arrived. (to begin)
My brother had with a guy at school. (to fight)
I have him my homework. (to give)
The plants have a lot. (to grow)
She had that she had a day off on Wednesday. (to hear)
The manager had the group to a good result. (to lead)
The guy has my bike for the second time. (to steal)
The girls had in the ocean in January. (to swim)
Fill in the missing past participle of the English verbs.
Remember:
They had for hours online. (to chat)
I had the button for the elevator. (to press)
My sister has my bag to school instead of hers. (to take)
She had her dishes before I came. (to wash)
The teacher has the answers on the blackboard. (to write)
They have the assignment before the class ended. (to finish)
The boss has many emails to his employees. (to send)
The police has my father's car before. (to stop)
He has it because he worked hard. (to earn)
The singer has my favourite song at the concert. (to sing)
Fill in the missing past participle of the English regular verbs.
Remember:
Stem of the verb + '-d' / '-ed'
I had my essay the day before. (to type)
They have together. (to walk)
The teacher had the question many times. (to repeat)
She has her slides to the powerpoint. (to add)
My brother has the door when I came home. (to open)
You had hard to accomplish that. (to work)
We have together since we moved to Spain. (to live)
My sister has her secret with me. (to share)
He had me when he came. (to text)
My grandmother had when I was not home. (to call)
Fill in the missing past participles of English irregular verbs.
The cat had a mouse. (to catch)
My father has a treehouse for my brother. (to build)
The game had before we arrived. (to begin)
My brother had with a guy at school. (to fight)
I have him my homework. (to give)
The plants have a lot. (to grow)
She had that she had a day off on Wednesday. (to hear)
The manager had the group to a good result. (to lead)
The guy has my bike for the second time. (to steal)
The girls had in the ocean in January. (to swim)
Fill in the missing past participle of the English verbs.
Remember:
They had for hours online. (to chat)
I had the button for the elevator. (to press)
My sister has my bag to school instead of hers. (to take)
She had her dishes before I came. (to wash)
The teacher has the answers on the blackboard. (to write)
They have the assignment before the class ended. (to finish)
The boss has many emails to his employees. (to send)
The police has my father's car before. (to stop)
He has it because he worked hard. (to earn)
The singer has my favourite song at the concert. (to sing)
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