past tense and past participle

what is the difference between a past tense and past participle?

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by paige_donna

what is the difference between a past tense and past participle?

A past participle ends in -ed or -en and it has two functions:

1) adjective

EX: This car is heated. (Verb: "is"; Adjective "heated")
EX: We had a heated argument. (Adjective "heated")

As an adjective, the past participle occurs after the verb BE (is, am, was, were, been) or it modifies a noun.

2) part of a verb

EX: The stove has heated the room. (Verb: "has"; Part of a verb: "heated")

As a part of a verb, the past participle occurs with the verb HAVE (have, has, had).

Past tense refers to a verb. (Please note that, past participles are not verbs.)

EX: The stove heated the room.

In the example above, the word 'heated' doesn't do the following things:

It doesn't occur with BE (is, am, was, were, been)
It doesn't occur with HAVE (have, has, have)
It doesn't modify a noun (argument)

"heated" functions all by itself. It's a verb, and the -ed ending tells us it's a past tense verb. :D

All the best, :D

[ufoggetti]

Dear Mr. Casiopea ("Moderator"),

Thank you for all your replies. I've been reading them and you have been helping me.

Please alow me to ask the following question:

(1) The stove has heated the room (present perfect)

(2) The stove heated the room (simple past)

It is complicated for me to explain the difference between the two above, I mean, the meaning/the message of each one.

I appreciate your help,

Thanks

Ulisses
Brazil

[rewboss]

"The stove has heated the room" means that, thanks to the stove, the room is now warm. The present perfect usually refers to the result of a past action.

"The stove heated the room" doesn't mean the room is still warm. I might say, for example: "The stove heated the room, but then some idiot opened the window and the room is cold again."

[ufoggetti]

Mr. Rewboss. Thank you very much. Very well illustrated.