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In this lesson you will learn how

to form past participle verbs
and talk about your past
experiences.

Look at the verbs below and fill in the gaps with the correct verb form.
The first one has been done for you.

Verb

Past Verb

PP Verb

meet

met_______

met

break

broke

_________

ride

_________

ridden

drink

drank

_________

drive

_________

driven

write

wrote

_________

swim

_________

swum

sleep

slept

_________

fly

_________

flown

do

did

_________

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When we talk about a past experience with a date, the past simple tense is used.
For example, Yesterday, I wrote a letter to my friend.
Last year, I went to Australia.
When we talk about an experience with no date the present perfect tense may be used.
The present perfect tense is made with have/has + pp verb.
For example, I have written a love letter. (no date)
She has been to Australia. (no date)

????????
past

now

future

* Note if we use a date the sentences above are incorrect.

Yesterday, I have written a love letter. (incorrect)
Last year, she has been to Australia. (incorrect)

The pp verb is often regular and we form it with verb + ed (same as simple past verb)
E.g. play played played
If the verb is irregular you have to learn the past simple and pp verb form.
E.g. write wrote written
break broke broken

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Look at the pictures and try to form questions using the present perfect tense.
The first one has been done for you.

write/love letter
Have you ever written a love letter?
eat/frog
________________________?
drive/sports car
________________________?
go/France
_______________________?
see/ghost
_______________________?
meet/famous person
_______________________?

lose/passport
_______________________?

Scroll to the answer key and check your answers.

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E.g.

Have you ever written

a love letter?

No, never.
Yes, once/twice/a few times.
Yes, many times

YOU

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The ending of a regular pp verb is pronounced in one of three ways.

E.g.

played is pronounced play /d/

looked is pronounced look /t/
started is pronounced start /id/

Look at the following regular verbs and decide how they are pronounced. The
first one has been done for you.

finish

watch

look

laugh

move
hate

decide

arrive

die

wash

/d/

arrive
enjoy

talk

start
expect

/t/

/ id /

finished

Scroll down to the answer key and check your answers.

mix

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Present
Meet
Break
Ride
Drink
Drive
Write
Swim
Sleep
Fly
Do

Past
Met
Broke
Rode
Drank
Drove
Wrote
Swam
Slept
Flew
Did

PP
Met
Broken
Ridden
Drunk
Driven
Written
Swum
Slept
Flown
Done

Have you ever eaten frog?

Have you ever driven a sports car?
Have you ever been to France? (We dont say Have you ever gone to
France?)
Have you ever seen a ghost?
Have you ever met a famous person?
Have you ever lost your passport?

/d/
arrived
moved
enjoyed
died

/t/
finished
looked
watched
laughed
talked
washed
mixed

/id/
decided
hated
started
expected