Irregular Past Participles

a. Practice working with past participles. Fill in the blanks with the correct participial form of
the verb in parentheses.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Peter was (take)________ to the hospital in an ambulance.

The (lose) ________ woman could not remember her way back home.
The explorers had (find)_______ a shorter trade route.
After the fight, Rocky had a (break) _______ nose.
Unfortunately, the thief was not (catch)_________ on time. He escaped.

b. Go back and look at each one of these sentences and determine what function each of the past
participles had. Was it as an adjective, a passive form, or a perfect form?
1. ____________ 2.____________ 3.___________ 4.__________ 5.___________
c. Write your own sentences using the Past Participle. You can write sentences using adjectives,
perfect tenses and passive voice. Share your sentences with your classmates.
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3._____________________________________

Irregular Past Participles

a. Practice working with past participles. Fill in the blanks with the correct participial form of
the verb in parentheses.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Peter was (take)________ to the hospital in an ambulance.

The (lose) ________ woman could not remember her way back home.
The explorers had (find)_______ a shorter trade route.
After the fight, Rocky had a (break) _______ nose.
Unfortunately, the thief was not (catch)_________ on time. He escaped.

b. Go back and look at each one of these sentences and determine what function each of the past
participles had. Was it as an adjective, a passive form, or a perfect form?
1. ____________ 2.____________ 3.___________ 4.__________ 5.___________
c. Write your own sentences using the Past Participle. You can write sentences using adjectives,
perfect tenses and passive voice. Share your sentences with your classmates.
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3._____________________________________