past participle
Syllabification: (past par·ti·ci·ple)
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In regular verbs, it is the same as the past tense form and is made by adding -ed to the verb stem (or just -d if the verb ends with the letter -e). In irregular verbs, it is formed in different ways.The past participle is used to form a number of tenses:present perfect: I have smiledpast perfect: I had smiledfuture perfect: I shall have smiledIt is also used to form past tenses with modal auxiliaries (I might have smiled, I should have smiled, etc.).
Definition of past participle
noun
GrammarGrammar
One of the forms of the verb:
| stem | smile |
| infinitive | to smile |
| present tense | smile/smiles |
| present participle | smiling |
| past tense | smiled |
| past participle | smiled |