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Past Participles For Intermediate learners

As you know, we have different types of participles in the English language. In this lesson, we are going to learn about 'past participles'. Follow me.

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"Past Participles" in the English Grammar

What Are Past Participles?

Past participles are a type of verb form that are used to form several tenses. They can also serve as adjectives in a sentence.

Past Participles: Form

When we want to form the past participle of a verb, we typically add 'ed', '-d', or '-t' to the base form of the verb.

Example

Talk → talked

Smack → smacked

Scream → screamed

Learn → learnt

Now, pay attention to the following examples:

Example

Today, we learnt how to greet people.

The poor woman screamed to the top of her lungs.

I'm sorry but the enemies killed your girlfriend.

Warning!

Keep in mind that only the past participles of regular verbs are formed in this way. Irregular verbs have completely different forms. Look at some of them below:

Base From

Past Participle Form

Bite

Bitten

Speak

Spoken

Go

Gone

Run

Run

Sing

Sung

Past Participles: Uses

Past participles can serve different functions in the sentence. They can be used:

as adjectives

to form participle clauses or phrases

to form perfect tenses (present perfect, past perfect, etc.)

Now, let us examine some examples:

Example

She could heal her own broken heart. (As an adjective)

Shattered to pieces, the vase was completely destroyed. (Participle phrase)

I think you have mistaken me for someone else. (Present perfect tense)

You thought he had forgotten you? (Past perfect tense)

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