8. English Grammar Lesson. Past Participles and Present Participles

[Hacides]

This video made my score from 0 to 10

[Danster547]

Thanks a lot I go to an online school (keystone middle) and you helped me understand this concept.

[SGCRCT]

There are many irregular verbs where the past tense is the same as the past participle. For example: bet (bet, bet), bring (brought, brought), build (built, built), catch (caught, caught), etc...

Why is it "has run" instead of "has ran" then? so confusing

[tudormonarch]

Regarding your comment on "I was beaten" in response to some earlier comments, what do you mean when you say that this is a form of past passive tense but not past participle? "Beaten" here is still the past participle form of "beat" isn't it? 

[tudormonarch]

I've read elsewhere that the past participle is to be used whenever there is an auxillary verb separating the subject of the sentence and the verb, otherwise the past tense is used - eg I swam uses the past tense whereas I have swum uses the past participle. But what about "I was bored"? According to the rule above, "bored" here is the past participle but it doesn't satisfy your rule about using a form of "to have". Can the past participle be used with auxillary verbs like "do" and "was" too?

[mrthoth]

@tudormonarch It's not true that past participles invariably follow auxiliary verbs. Consider "I am swimming" (present participle following "am") or "I do care" (root form following "do") or "I have been thinking" (present participle following "have" and "been"). "I was bored," however, is something quite different. "Was" in that sentence is a main verb, not an auxiliary. Auxiliaries are followed by other verbs, but "bored" here is an adjective, as "sleepy" is in "I was sleepy."

[dragonmaiden50]

you should teach my teacher. she's been harping this crap for weeks and i didn't get it. Watched this video and in five minutes i got it. wth?

[agoodfedora]

You explain this very well. Thank you for this video.

[shakespeare5555]

Great lessons! I have a question.

I'm a computer programmer. We often say, "Program 5 has been rerun".

Is it correct to say, "Program 5 has been reran"?

I could not find a definition for the word "rerun" used in this way.

Thanks.

[mrthoth]

@shakespeare5555 It's "been rerun." The race has been run and rerun (not ran and reran). The program has been run and rerun. The dishwasher has been run and rerun. When you've got "has been BLANKED," the "BLANKED" is always going to be a past participle, and "ran" and "reran" are not past participles; they are past tense.

[shakespeare5555]

@mrthoth Thanks so much! I get it now. I will share your videos with some of my co-workers. They will love them. I would like to practice what I'm learning from your videos. Should I try to find workbooks? What would you suggest?

[itzah10]

Thank you very much for your help, your class is very nice and is teaching me a lot... Please do more videos for the pass participle...

[marshmallow1507]

this is the most difficult topic i ever knew so far...

[marshmallow1507]

question...

the only thing i knew is that when you're using was, there's should be a specific time.. for example.. I walked yesterday... Yesterday is the specific day.. and if there is have, there's no specific time for example, i have walked...

and the question is.. am i right???

[mrthoth]

I haven't heard that before, and I don't think it works. Consider this sentence: "In my boyhood, I played with my friends in the streets." No specific time is indicated; the action took place repeatedly, presumably. Consider this: "I have bought the milk, as you requested." That sounds like a one-time, temporally precise action.

[marshmallow1507]

OMG.. Seriously.. coz i think ive read that in one of my old books.. but maybe i just didnt understand it and need to read it twice or more.. heheheh. it's really hard to practice english if you're born outside the US.. can you also do a tutorial for 'had had or have had' thing.. coz i seriously dont understand it..

[scubes10]

How would you classify present participles that follow forms of "to go" or other movement/position words?

For example:

I went swimming.

She came running down the hall.

I lay looking at the clouds.

Thanks!

[Socratease1]

What does 'auxiliary' mean? ;D

[Socratease1]

Good work.

[HigherPlanes]

Brilliant stuff man. I wish my teachers back in those days had been as excellent as you are today. This is so refreshing too. It's like being in school again except this time around I'm actually learning.

[SwitchRich]

'Yesterday I have walked'. 'Yesterday I had walked already this week'. Both of those sentences sound extremely strange. I'd go as far as to say that they sound grammatically incorrect (that's not to say that they are - they just sound very strange).

Also, you'd never say 'years ago I had been happy'. You'd surely say 'I was happy years ago'. I think that it would be better if the examples provided were sentences which can actually used in everyday spoken and written English.

[mrthoth]

Thanks for your comment! "Yesterday I have walked" is grammatically incorrect, and I don't think it appears in the video. "Yesterday I had walked already this week" is just fine, and could show up in everyday conversation. ("You would have slept soundly last night if you'd had any exercise lately" "But yesterday I had walked already this week.")

[SwitchRich]

@mrthoth

Sorry, you said 'I have walked' in connection with yesterday at 1:13.

'But yesterday I had walked already this week' (at least not in British English). Essentially you'd be stating that at some point yesterday you were in the state of having walked earlier in the week so surely saying 'But I'd already been for a walk this week' would be the appropriate response.

In fact a simple 'but I had exercised' would be better but not necessarily useful in the context of this lesson.

[mrthoth]

We agree! At 1:13 I said, "I have walked," and "I have walked" is a good sentence.

[TheLarssan]

Thanks. :)

[kitosdad]

When did we start pronouncing "been" as "bin"?

He makes a lot of statements that are not correct.

[ddsharper]

Today.

[tdog661]

nice big words mrthoth

[dxg9012]

I find it rather strange that you are comparing both the present progressive and the past perfect, in this video. Generally, one would compare the same form in both present and past.

[ceto301]

thank you very much

[racon2r]

I have been looking for a good present perfect porgressive verb.

[exabes]

Thank you, Now it's more clear to me.

[jsong103]

Thanks!

[sunnyxlove1990]

wait, was the past participle a "have" (as in have walked, have run, have broken, etc.) or "had" (as in had walked, had run, had broken)?

[MasterBott01]

Past participle always uses "had" as the helping or auxiliary verb.

I.e. I had walked 1 mile before my phone rang.

I had gone to the meeting before my wife woke up.

Hope that helps...

You're doing a good job on grammar lessons, mrthoth. Keep it up.

[mrthoth]

It makes no difference whether you use "have" or "had". The sentences "I have won" and "I had won" both conclude with the past participle "won." But in "I won", "won" is the past tense, not the past participle. The past tense and past participle of "win" are identical (viz. "won"), but they differ in other irregular verbs, like "sing" ("sang" and "sung," respectively). When the action takes place in the past and the verb is one word long, it's always the past tense.

[sunnyxlove1990]

thank you!!! Ur explanation is so clear and understandable!

thanks again Yossarian, and keep making great videos! It helps a lot :)

[liuzhou]

Get your hand out of your pocket! Are you playing with yourself?

[greedybones]

This is pretty good, but what about the past participles that are used in conjunction with to be? I was beaten, It was eaten, etc..?

[MasterBott01]

These aren't past participles. It's a form of past passive voice. When you don't know the subject or don't want to mention it or when it isn't really necessary to use it, you use passive voice.

I.e. I was beaten by this man, it was eaten by a snake, etc..

In these examples, you could remove the subject "by this man' or "by a snake" if it isn't important to use it.

Hope that helps

[mrthoth]

Good question. When the past participle is used along with a form of "to be", the result is a verb in what is called the passive voice (as in "I was beaten"). You can check out my video on the passive voice for more information.

[cartoni21]

omg... I understood everything :P

Thanks a lot

[orazalinz]

Excellent job, man! He is a MAN!!!!!

[kornbizkit16]

thank you very much, i'm not a native speaker and i'm about to go to college in a few days .

[peanuts122396]

Can you do a video on past and present progressive verbs and perfect progressive verbs? We are desperate?

[oriongemini]

Thanks so much for your videos ! I am an ESL teacher and really appreciate your teaching style. You make things so easy to understand. Thanks again for taking the time to make these videos for us. : )

[spritics333]

I've just wished i was able to understand him,because of his strong accent.

[soulsearch1234]

Yes! You can use the word "did" the work yesterday. The past participle would be the word "done." I had already "done" the work before 3:00 p.m yesterday.

[xopbat999]

Great Job!!!! but not for beginners

[leobt98765]

What about the word 'did'.

can you said i 'did' the work yesterday .

And what forms of the sentences does the word "did" applied?

[mazzimi]

Great job.

Thank you very much for your videos!!

[christeenjoane]

good job..mr thoth

[iamjhou]

well done mate!!

keep videos like these coming!!