The simple past tense is the past form of the verb. It expresses a completed action and/or an action that took place at a specific time.
Example 1:
My mother decided it would be best to prepare the dinner earlier than planned.
Example 2:
The water seeped through the cracks in the walls as the building began to decay.
The past participle may be used in both active and passive voices:
forming the perfect: The chicken has eaten.forming the passive voice: The chicken was eaten.
modifying a noun, with active sense: our fallencomrades
modifying a noun, with passive sense: the attachedfiles
modifying a verb or sentence, with passive sense: Seenfrom this perspective, the problem presents no easy solution.
As noun-modifiers, participles usually precede the noun (like adjectives), but in many cases they can or must follow it:
For regular verbs the past participle ends in -ed, irregular past participle verbs often follow the format -en or -ne, examples:
beaten /done /fallen /seen.
The past participle of cheer is cheered.
"diverged" is a verb, in its past tense or past participle form. The past participle form can function in a sentence as an adjective.
It can be, as in slithering snakes.The word slithering is the present participle of the verb "to slither."
A verb in its simple past tense or past participle form. The latter form may function in a sentence as an adjective or may be part of a verb form with more than one word, such as "had encountered".
It's a verb - the past tense and the past participle of nestle.
The present simple is used for habitual actions or general truths in the present. The past simple is used for actions that were completed in the past. The present participle is used for actions happening at the same time as the main verb, while the past participle is used for completed actions or to form the perfect tenses.
The simple past tense is blew. The past participle is blown.
"Sung" is the past participle of the verb "sing," while "sang" is the simple past tense. Similarly, "hung" is the past participle of the verb "hang," while "hang" is the simple past tense. The difference lies in the tense and form of the verb being used.
Both the simple past and the past participle are ground.
"Organized" is the simple past and past participle of "organize".
The simple past is "beat" whilst the past participle is "beaten".
The past tense of break is broke, and the past participle is broken.
"Smiled" is the past tense and past participle of "smile".
The simple past tense is flew. The past participle is flown.
Has is the present indicative of to have for the third person singular.The simple past and the past participle of to have is had.
The past participle (and simple past) is copied.
The past participle (and simple past) is dived.