#1  
Old 15-Jun-2006, 09:39
Fazzu's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 397
Home Country: India
Native Language: Tamil
Current Location: Singapore
Member Type: Student or Learner
Default Past Participle

Hello again,

Why is it each and every tenses were added with Past Participle in the end?

Simple Present:am/is/are + past participle
Present continuous:am/is/are being + past participle
Simple past:was/were + past participle
Past continuous:was/were being + past participle
Present perfect:has/have been + past participle
Past perfect: had been + past participle
Future:will be + past participle
Future perfect:will have been +past participle
Future continuous: going to be + past participle

Fazzu
  #2  
Old 15-Jun-2006, 14:15
Newbie
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11
Member Type: English Teacher
Default Re: Past Participle

do you know passive and active voices?
well...
your tenses are clearly in the passive voice!
  #3  
Old 16-Jun-2006, 00:19
Fazzu's Avatar
Member
Threadstarter  
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 397
Home Country: India
Native Language: Tamil
Current Location: Singapore
Member Type: Student or Learner
Default Re: Past Participle

Sorry,I don't get it
  #4  
Old 16-Jun-2006, 05:13
Editor, UsingEnglish.com
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 34,358
Home Country: UK
Native Language: British English
Current Location: Philippines
Member Type: English Teacher
Default Re: Past Participle

The tense is shown through the verb 'be' and the meaning is shown through the verb in the past participle in the passive voice.

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/passive.html
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

Tags
past, participle


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
past tense and past participle Anonymous Ask a Teacher 5 21-Apr-2010 15:43
Is Yesterday a past time? shun General Language Discussions 10 13-Feb-2008 18:54
past tense and past participle azmi55 Ask a Teacher 1 18-Aug-2005 13:31
present participle and past participle dusrn11 Ask a Teacher 1 28-Jun-2005 09:44
past participle Unregistered Ask a Teacher 1 20-Jan-2005 00:04


All times are GMT. The time now is 14:22.



Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.