PAST PARTICIPLES EXERCISE 1

GRAMMAR REVIEW! Past Participles in English
A past participle is a verb form typically used to create perfect tenses, passive voice, and sometimes as an adjective. It's the third principal part of a verb, following the base form and the simple past.

Formation

For regular verbs, the past participle is formed by adding -ed to the base verb:
walk → walked
talk → talked

For irregular verbs, the past participle often changes form and must be memorized:
go → went → gone
eat → ate → eaten
write → wrote → written

USES OF PAST PARTICIPLES

Perfect Tenses (with have/has/had):
She has eaten lunch.
They had finished the movie before we arrived.

Passive Voice (with be verbs):
The cake was baked by my mom.
The books have been read by many students.

Adjectives:
The broken window needs fixing.
A tired dog slept under the table.


Don't forget to check out our other free exercises on participles:
Participle adjectives 1 (I)
Participle adjectives 2 (I)

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