What is the past participle?

Answer 1

The past participle is used to form the perfect and pluperfect tenses as in I have asked him - I had askedhim. Other examples of past participles - written, told, been, walked, stood ...

The past participle is also used to form the passive, as in The money was spent quickly; he was pushed; they were driven home. It is also found in phrases used 'in lieu' of passive verbs, as for example, The statement made by John seems true; the houses built last year ...

The past participle is also the form of a verb used as an adjective, as in The spoken word; an illustratedbook; a sworn statement; a shrunken head; the chosen candidate.

Answer 2

The past participle is a verb form used to create various verb tenses in English, such as the present perfect and past perfect. It is often formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs (e.g., walked, finished) or irregularly for irregular verbs (e.g., eaten, taken).