What is the past participle of verbs?

The past participle is a verb form that is used to form the perfect tenses (present perfect, past perfect, future perfect) and passive voice. It often ends in -ed or -en, but there are also irregular forms.

Here's a breakdown:

Regular Verbs:

* The past participle of regular verbs is formed by adding -ed to the base form.

* Example: walk -> walked (past tense) -> walked (past participle)

* They are often used with the auxiliary verbs "have" or "has" to form the perfect tenses:

* I have walked to the store. (Present Perfect)

* She had walked to the store yesterday. (Past Perfect)

* You will have walked to the store by tomorrow. (Future Perfect)

* They are also used with the auxiliary verb "be" to form the passive voice:

* The letter was walked to the mailbox. (Passive Voice)

Irregular Verbs:

* Irregular verbs have unique past participles that don't follow the simple -ed rule.

* Example: see -> saw (past tense) -> seen (past participle)

* You need to learn these irregular forms by heart.

Here are some examples of irregular verbs and their past participles:

* go: gone

* eat: eaten

* write: written

* give: given

* take: taken

* make: made

* do: done

* say: said

Remember:

* The past participle is not the same as the past tense.

* Past participles are used in different grammatical constructions than past tenses.

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