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Review of verbs
3) The Past Participle
My route was diverted
by a storm
What is the past participle?
The past participle is another important
conjugation of verbs.
 The past participle indicates past (a
completed action/time.)

Past
The past
participle
commonly
indicates
something that
happened here
Present
Future
When do we use the p.p.?
Basically, the Past participle has three (3)
uses:
1) To conjugate the perfect tense forms of a
compound verb:

Present perfect
Past perfect
Future perfect
Conditional perfect

we are going to learn this topic later. First, it
is necessary to understand the past
participle
2)To conjugate verbs with the passive voice
(When the object is more relevant that
the person/ thing that performs the
action)
Basic syntax:
Active
voice
Noun
Verb
Object
Complement
Passive
voice
Object
Verb to be in
past simple
(was/were)
Verb in Past
participle
Complement
Example:
Active
voice
The earthquake destroyed the town last night
Passive
voice
The town was destroyed last night (destroyed is the past
participle of destroy)
3) To use the participle as adjective
 The past participle can be used like an
adjective in front of a noun
Examples:
<<>>Adjective
<<>>Noun
-Please bring all of the <<required>> <<documents>> for your
interview tomorrow
-He has a <<broken>> <<arm>>
Conjugation of verbs

Click the verbs and see the past participle column
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As in simple past tense, regular verbs have the ED/D
ending and irregular verbs have not a specific rule
Regular Verbs
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









Accept
Advise
Alert
Ask
Ban
Burn
Call
Clear
Command
Decide
Delay










Extend
Fix
Follow
Gaze
Handle
Identify
Measure
Offer
Prove
Put
Irregular Verbs
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








Fly
Quit
Ride
Rise
Run
Seek
See
Sink
Sleep
Slide
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






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Take
Throw
Thrust
Think
Understand
Wear
Wake
Write
Win
Exercises
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http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Past_Participles.htm
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http://www.xtec.cat/~eromo2/englishgate/elementary/p
p1.htm

http://firstenglish.org/english_learning/english_tenses/present_perf
ect/90_present_perfect_past_participle.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cramup/grammar/participles/exercises?07
Sources
http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/PastParticiples.htm
 http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/parti
ciplepast.html
 Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5eE
TkVPE_A
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