Past Participles Regular

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Past Participles Regular

• Essential Grammar 90

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Definition

• In both Spanish and English, past participles can
  come in quite handy.
• Not only can they be used as parts of verbs (and
  not just for speaking about the past), they can
  also be used to create adjectives.

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Definition

• The past participles in the two languages have
  similar origins, so they are not only similar in
  function, but also vaguely similar in the way
  they are formed.
• In English, the past participle for regular verbs
  is formed by adding "-ed" to the end.

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Past Participles

• They have different uses
• 1. When used with haber, past participles do not
  show agreement!

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Past Participles

• 2. When used with passive voice, past participles
  how agreement with subject.

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Past Participles

• 3. When past participles are used as adjectives,
  they agree in number and gender with the noun
  they modify.

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How to make the past participle

• In Spanish, the past participle for regular verbs
  is formed by
• adding -ado to the stem of -ar verbs
• adding -ido to the stem of er / -ir verbs.
• When ido, is preceded by a vowel other than u,
  add an accent to ído.

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Practice
Make the following infinitives into past
participles.

• fumar
• salir
• ganar
• comer
• vivir
• venir
• ser

• aprender
• probar
• leer
• oír
• mirar
• acostar
• crecer

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Practice
Make the following infinitives into past
participles.

• fumado
• salido
• ganado
• comido
• vivido
• venido
• sido

• aprendido
• probado
• leído
• oído
• mirado
• acostado
• crecido