Choose between the past tense and past participle
Key Notes:
📘✨ Past Tense vs. Past Participle ✨📘
| What is Past Tense? ⏳ |
Shows an action that already happened in the past.
Example:
- ✅ I played ⚽ yesterday.
- ✅ She went 🚶 to school.
👉 Form: Base verb + -ed (for regular verbs).
- play → played
- walk → walked
| What is Past Participle? |
Used with helping verbs (has, have, had, is, was, were, been).
Often the third form of the verb.
Example:
- ✅ I have played 🎮 this game.
- ✅ She had gone 🚌 before I arrived.
👉 Form:
- Regular verbs → same as past tense (play → played).
- Irregular verbs → different (go → went → gone).
| How to Choose Correctly? 🤔 |
Use Past Tense alone for finished past actions. ✅
- ✨ I ate 🍎 an apple yesterday.
Use Past Participle with a helping verb. ✅
- ✨ I have eaten 🍎 three apples today.
| Quick Verb Chart 📊 |
| Base Verb | Past Tense | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| go 🚶 | went | gone |
| eat 🍎 | ate | eaten |
| play ⚽ | played | played |
| write ✍️ | wrote | written |
| Memory Trick 🎯 |
- Past tense = Yesterday action ⏰
- Past participle = Action with helper verbs 🛠️
✨🌟 Tip: Always check if a helping verb is there!
- 👉 If yes → use past participle.
- 👉 If no → use past tense.
Let’s practice!
