A past particple is used to express an action (the verb) that has already taken place...a past action. Example: "I answered your question."
~adding "ed" to the verb "answer" expresses that the action is completed or is in the past.
I (noun)
answer (verb)
anwerED (past particle)
question (subject)
Example of Present particle: I am answering your question.
Example of Past particle: I answered your question.
Example: Future particle: I will answer your question
Hope this helps. ^_^
September 6, 2008
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Sorry about that.
Past Participles:
(have) laid, (have) lain = lay
set, sat = sit
got, gotten = get
raised, rose, risen = raise
forgotton = forget
September 7, 2008
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Sorry, AJ, but the verb form in "I answered your question" is not a past participle. Also, their is a consensus among grammarians that English does not have a future participle.
September 6, 2008
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It is used like participles in other languages, do not know is such in your native or not, but I hope it will not be hard for you.
September 6, 2008
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It is widely used in perfect tenses, in passive voice and also separately. Used, followed, given - these are some examples. I turn on computer used mostly by my brother - used here is past participle. I read book written in english - here is written.
September 6, 2008
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