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Describing experiences
Past participle
The main use for the past participle in English is forming the perfect tenses. In
this block you will learn the past participle that will be important when forming the
present perfect tense.
The past participle is mainly used to form the present perfect and past perfect
tenses. Furthermore, it is used when speaking in passive voice.
The past participle similary the simple past is formed by adding
ed
or
d
to regular
verbs, for example: play-played, dance-danced. In the case of irregular verbs, the
verb changes its spelling example: be-been, go-gone, do-done.
Look at the examples:
Regular verbs
Infnitive
Present simple
Simple past
Past participle
play
play
played
played
dance
dance
danced
danced
Irregular verbs
Infnitive
Present simple
Simple past
Past participle
write
write
wrote
written
understand
understand
understood
understood
For more reference, at the end of your book you will nd a list with some regular and
irregular verbs in present simple, simple past and past participle.
The present perfect is a compound tense, two verbs are required: the auxiliary verb
to have
in present simple tense and the main verb in past participle.
Subject + auxiliary verb (
to have
) + past participle + complement
I
have
understood
the lesson.
She
has
written
ve letters.
Look at the following examples:
Present perfect