PAST PARTICIPLE

How to form it.How to use it.

Past Participle

• How to form it– Verbs that end in –ar

• Take off the –ar, add –ado

– Verbs that end in –er and –ir• Take off the ending, add –ido

– Irregulars• REVVMACPHDDF• See next slide!

– No stem changes, etc.

• How to use it– Perfect tenses

• (with a helping verb)• Use only –o form

– Adjectives • (verbs become adjectives)• Use –o or –a, also –os or –

as, to agree with your subject

• (with estar – because you’re usually describing a condition)

Irregular Past Participles

Infinitive• romper• escribir• ver• volver• morir• abrir• cubrir• poner• hacer• decir• descubrir, devolver• freír

Past participle• roto• escrito• visto• vuelto• muerto• abierto• cubierto• puesto• hecho• dicho• descubierto, devuelto• frito