How many forms of the participle are there in English? I know that there are two main, but I'd like to know all possible variations such as perfect particple and so on.
There are only two participles, the -ing or present participle (being, going, having, arresting) and the past participle or third form (been, gone, had, arrested. They may be combined to construct passive (being arrested), perfect (having been, having gone, having had, having arrested) and perfect passive (having been arrested) forms.Originally Posted by Kotfor
Last edited by 5jj; 26-Oct-2012 at 10:30. Reason: typo
Sometimes the keyboard just seems too small for so many letters, eh?They nay [aye, they may] be combined to construct passive (being arrested), perfect (having been, having gone, having had, having arrested) and perfect passive (having been arrested) forms.
Please be aware that I'm neither a native English speaker nor a teacher.
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