What is Past Perfect?
Past perfect, also known as pluperfect, is a tense that indicates actions completed before a specific point in the past. It’s used to show that one event happened before another event in the past. The formation of past perfect tense involves using the auxiliary verb ‘had’ and the past participle form of the given verb. Examples include “He had not practiced enough” and “By the time David got to the party, everyone had gone home.”
What is Past Participle?
A past participle is a verb form used in passive voice, perfect tenses, and as adjectives. It is typically the third category in the table of irregular verbs. To form the past participle, regular verbs add -ed, while irregular verbs vary. For example, the past participle of “make” is “made,” and the past participle of “write” is “written.” Past participle verbs can be used in present perfect, past perfect, future perfect, third conditional, modals in the past, and passive form.
Key Takeaways
- Past perfect is a tense that indicates actions completed before a specific point in the past, while past participle is a verb form.
- Past perfect tense is formed by adding ‘had’ and the past participle form of the given verb to the subject.
- Past participle verbs can be used in various tenses, passive voice, and as adjectives.
