USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE

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USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE
THE PAST PARTICIPLE
FORM OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• In regular verbs, the past
• participle is the same as
• the past form of the verb
• looked
• wanted
• studied
• In irregular verbs, you need
• to learn the past participle
• eaten
• seen
• found

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THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• Uses of the past participle
• The past participle is used in
• perfect tenses
• the passive voice
• modals in the past
• the conditional

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THE PERFECT TENSES
THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• THE PRESENT PERFECT
• She has finished her work.
• Have you seen that movie?
• THE PAST PERFECT
• When she arrived home, she noticed that she had
  forgotten to lock the door.
• THE FUTURE PERFECT
• By the year 2002, my daughter will have graduated
  from high school.

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USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE
THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• THE PASSIVE VOICE
• The passive is formed by using some form of the
  verb to be the past participle
• Examples
• The mail is delivered every afternoon at 2 pm.
• The accident victim was taken to the hospital in
  an ambulance.
• The book has been published in 20 countries.

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USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE
THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• MODALS IN THE PAST
• Max was absent yesterday. He must have been
• sick.
• What would you have done in that situation?
• The robbers might have gotten in through
• the window.

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USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE
THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• THE CONDITIONAL
• The past participle occurs in the conditional in
  the form of the past perfect in past
  conditionals.
• If I had known you were coming, I would have
  baked a cake.
• I could have bought that car if I had saved my
  money.

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USES OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE
THE PAST PARTICIPLE

• The past participle is used in many structures
  in English
• Dont forget the ed ending on
• regular verbs, even when you dont hear it.
• Learn your irregular past participles