Past Participles

Past Participles

A past participle indicates past or completed action or time. It is often called the 'ed' form as it is formed by adding d or ed, to the base form of regular verbs, however it is also formed in various other ways for irregular verbs.

It can be used to form a verb phrase as part of the present perfect tense.

Examples of past participles:

Walked

Helped

Drunk

Taken

For example:-

I have learnt English. (Learnt is part of the verb phrase 'have learnt')

It can also be used as an adjective.

For example:-

As an adjective: He had a broken arm. (Broken is used here as an adjective.)

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Komodo Dragons
     Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands. The world’s heaviest lizard weighing 150 pounds or more is Komodo dragon. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg) .Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail. They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains from several miles away. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimes cannibalistic. 
     The Komodo dragon’s teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon’s saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss. 

present participle

present participle

A verb form--made by adding -ing to the base--that often functions as an adjective. 

Examples of present participles:

Walking

Helping

Drinking

Taking

Example sentences:

They are dancing together right now.

John was painting the wall all morning.

I will be sleeping by the time you come back.

Present participles should not be confused with gerunds,which are nouns formed from verbs. Gerunds also end -ing. For example:

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.

(This is a gerund not a present participle.)