For example:
The past of eat is ate and the past participle is eaten - eat / ate / eaten.
eat is used to make a present simple sentences - I eat breakfast everyday.
ate is used to make past simple sentences - I atebreakfast yesterday.
The past participle is used to make:
present perfect - I have eaten breakfast everyday this week.
past perfect - I had eaten breakfast early in the morning.
passive sentences - Breakfast is eaten before lunch.
The past tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred in the past. For regular verbs, the past tense typically ends in -ed (e.g. walked, talked). The past participle is a form of the verb used in forming the present perfect, past perfect, and passive voice. It often ends in -ed, -en, or -d (e.g. walked, eaten, done).
The past tense is was or were.The past participle is been.
There is no past participle tense. A past participle is a form of a verb that is used to make different tenses.The past participle form of forget is forgotten. Forgotten is used to make different tenses egpresent perfect -- have forgottenpast perfect -- had forgottenpassive -- be forgotten
Present tense: lead Present participle: leading Past tense: led Past participle: led
The past tense of "being" is "was" and the past participle is "been."
The simple past tense is did. The past participle is done.
The past tense is was or were.The past participle is been.
Present tense: lead Present participle: leading Past tense: led Past participle: led
The past tense of "be" is "was" for singular subjects and "were" for plural subjects. The past participle is "been."
The past tense and past participle are both had.
All verbs have a past tense form and a past participle form. For regular verbs, the past tense and past participle ends in -ed.Example:walk (present tense) walked (past tense and past participle)Irregular verb do not have the -ed ending.Example:run (present tense) ran (past tense) run (past participle)
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.
The past tense is ate.(Be careful - eat is an irregular verb which means the past participle is different. The past participle is eaten)The present tense is:I/You/We/They eat.He/She/It eats.The present participle is eating.The future tense is will eat.
The simple past tense is did. The past participle is done.
The past tense of "being" is "was" and the past participle is "been."
The past tense of "stand" is "stood," and the past participle is also "stood."
The past tense of "lend" is "lent" and the past participle is also "lent." For example: "Yesterday, I lent him a book."