How to form the past participle in English
Pay paid
Prove proven
Put put
Quit quit
Read read
Send sent
Set set
Shut shut
Sleep slept
Shine shoned, shined
Shoot shot
Sink sunk
Slay slain
Swear sworn
Sweat sweated, sweat
Tell told
Throw thrown
Undergo undergone
Wake woken
Win won
Teach taught
Take taken
Tread trod
Ride ridden
Ring rung
Run run
Rise risen
Sit sat
Rid rid
Overcome overcome
Mow mown
Mean meant
Lose lost
Lend lent
Give given
Freeze frozen
Flee fled
Knit knit, knitted
Keep kept
Kneel knelt, kneeled
Know known
Lay laid
Lead led
· A person is hanged. A picure is hung.
· Lay-laid: to put down gently. I lay the baby on the bed.
· Lie-lay: to be in a horizontal position. I lie in the bed.
The following extract is about John’s journey to Spain:
Put the verbs into the correct form
Leave |
Go |
Happens |
Fly |
Get up |
Have |
Drive |
Have |
Wait |
Park |
Start |
Happens |
Take |
Go |
Last Friday John (1) flew from Italy to Spain, He (2) ............. At eight o'clock in the morning and (3)............. A cup of tea. At 8:30 AM, ET (4) ................... Home and (5) ........................ to the airport. When he (6) ..............................., he (7) ....................... The car and then (8) ......................... To the airport restaurant where he (9) ................... Breakfast. Then he (10) ............... through passport control and (11) ...................... For his flight. The plane (12) .................. a little later than scheduled and (13) ................... In Spain three hours later. Finally he (14) ............... a bus from the airport to his hotel in the city of Spain.