FORM
With regular verbs the past participle is formed by adding -ed to the basic form of the verb.
With irregular verbs the past participle is formed in different ways:
USAGE
The past participle is used:
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PRESENT PARTICIPLE
FORM
The present participle is formed by adding -ing to the basic form of the verb.
USAGE
The present participle is not only used when referring to the present. It is also used when referring to the past or the future. The present participle form is also used in different parts of speech:
1. verb forms, to make perfect, passive and continuous (progressive) verb forms with the auxiliary verbs have and be:
2. as adjectives: the walking injured, a pack of playing cards, an aging population, an interesting* person.
* n.b. The 'present participle' (-ing) form is used as the adjective when describing people or things that causefeelings, NOT the past participle form.
Compare this usage in the following examples:
3. in clauses:
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A past participle is a verb form typically ending in -ed or -en that is used to form perfect tenses in English (e.g., "broken" in "She has broken the vase"). A present participle is a verb form typically ending in -ing that is used to form continuous tenses in English (e.g., "running" in "She is running in the park").
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
Present participle: talking Past participle: talked
Present: study Past: studied Past participle: studied
The present participle of "sow" is "sowing," and the past participle is "sown."
The present participle of beat is beating, and the past participle is beaten.
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
"Leaving" can be both a present participle and a past participle. As a present participle, it functions as part of the progressive verb forms (e.g., "I am leaving"). As a past participle, it is used in perfect verb tenses (e.g., "I have left").
Present: study Past: studied Past participle: studied
Present tense: lead Present participle: leading Past tense: led Past participle: led
The past participle is done. The simple past tense is did. The present participle is doing.
The past tense and past participle is equipped; equipping is the present participle.
Present Participle of pull is pulling, past is pulled, and past participle is have pulled
The present participle of beat is beating, and the past participle is beaten.
Present participle - winding Past participle - winded
The present participle of "sow" is "sowing," and the past participle is "sown."
The present participle of "bear" is "bearing," and the past participle is "borne" or "born" depending on the context.
The present participle is swelling. The past participle is swelled.