Comments on: Participles and Perfect Verb Tenses http://www.dailywritingtips.com/participles-and-perfect-verb-tenses/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Margaret MS Kirby http://www.dailywritingtips.com/participles-and-perfect-verb-tenses/comment-page-1/#comment-389383 Margaret MS Kirby Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:41:58 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=5582#comment-389383 Thank you for making a complicated topic easier to understand. Thank you for making a complicated topic easier to understand.

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/participles-and-perfect-verb-tenses/comment-page-1/#comment-361582 Maeve Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:40:33 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=5582#comment-361582 Mark, There's no such thing as a "participle tense." A participle is a form of the verb. English has two participles: present and past. The present participle ends in -ing. It is used to form the progressive tenses. The past participle is the form of the verb that is used with forms of have. With regular verbs, the past participle ends in -ed. With irregular verbs, it takes different forms. Ex. I have studied. He has gone. We had sung. Mark,
There’s no such thing as a “participle tense.” A participle is a form of the verb. English has two participles: present and past.

The present participle ends in -ing. It is used to form the progressive tenses.

The past participle is the form of the verb that is used with forms of have. With regular verbs, the past participle ends in -ed. With irregular verbs, it takes different forms. Ex. I have studied. He has gone. We had sung.

]]> By: Mark http://www.dailywritingtips.com/participles-and-perfect-verb-tenses/comment-page-1/#comment-361246 Mark Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=5582#comment-361246 I am struggling a bit here, but what is the difference (if any) between the perfect and particple tense? How do I tell a student the difference? I am struggling a bit here, but what is the difference (if any) between the perfect and particple tense? How do I tell a student the difference?

]]> By: Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/participles-and-perfect-verb-tenses/comment-page-1/#comment-306131 Maeve Maddox Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:17:02 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=5582#comment-306131 @ Rae Yes, it should read "date drunk." Perhaps the publican shares Roberta B's view of the word "drunk." (See comments following the post on the forms of "drink": http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learn-the-forms-of-drink-please/ @ Rae
Yes, it should read “date drunk.” Perhaps the publican shares Roberta B’s view of the word “drunk.” (See comments following the post on the forms of “drink”: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learn-the-forms-of-drink-please/

]]> By: Rae http://www.dailywritingtips.com/participles-and-perfect-verb-tenses/comment-page-1/#comment-305864 Rae Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:22:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=5582#comment-305864 At a local pub I frequent, they have the names of all 140 beers they carry on a list and you can fill out your own list with the date you consumed each of those beers. Next to the name of the beer it reads, "date drank". Shouldn't that read, "date drunk"? At a local pub I frequent, they have the names of all 140 beers they carry on a list and you can fill out your own list with the date you consumed each of those beers. Next to the name of the beer it reads, “date drank”. Shouldn’t that read, “date drunk”?

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