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1.  Who keeps buying all the swords?2.  I don't care who the guy roots for.3.  I haven't played that game yet.  &lt;--- why it is played4.  In the 50s an d60s, adults born before or during WWII showed a careless and patronzing indifference toward what is inadequatly called the Halocaust.  &lt;----- why it is born and not borned5.  I haven't ran in a while.  If you guys could give an explanation to each of the sentences... that would be great.  Thaks

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

1. Who keeps buying all the swords? OK.

2. I don't care who the guy roots for. OK

3. I haven't played that game yet. <--- why it is played OK, this is present perfect tense. "have" is the helping verb and it is followed by the past participle of the main verb, in this case "played".

4. In the 50s and 60s, adults born before or during WWII showed a careless and patronzing indifference toward what is inadequately called the Halocaust. <----- why it is born and not borned The main verb is "bear" (This tree bears a lot of fruit). It is irregular. The past is "bore" (Last year, this tree bore a lot of peaches.) and the past participle is born or borne, - "borne" is used to mean carried or to give birth to. - The coffin was borne by four pall bearers. She has borne six children.

5. I haven't run in a while. The irregular verb "run" has the past as "ran" and the past participle is "run".

Anonymous · Answer

I still don't understand the explanations for number 3 and number 5. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/8.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/8.gif' alt='Emotion: indifferent'/>

AlpheccaStars · Answer

OK.

These 2 sentences use the present perfect tense.

The present perfect tense uses the verb "have" as a helping verb (auxilliary) and it is followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Here are some examples:

I have been to the park. (The main verb is "be", and its past is "was/were" and its past participle is "been")

I have loved my wife since we got married. (The main verb is "love", and the past is "loved" and the past participle is also "loved". For regular verbs, the past and past participle are the same.)

I have eaten my lunch. (The main verb is "eat", and the past is "ate", and the past participle is "eaten")

Play is a regular verb, so the past is "played" and the past participle is "played"
Run is not regular. It's past is "ran" and the past participle is "run".

Here are a few irregular verbs with their present, past, and past participle forms:

sing, sang, sung
bring, brought, brought
drink, drank, drunk
think, thought, thought
throw, threw, thrown
catch, caught, caught
do, did, done

The verb forms will be in a good dictionary.

Anonymous · Answer

So for number 3, you can't say:

I haven't play that game yet?

And for present perfect tense, does it always have the word have in it?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

So for number 3, you can't say:

I haven't play that game yet? That's right, you must write "played".

And for present perfect tense, does it always have the word have in it?
Yes. "have" is the helping verb in all the perfect tenses. There are 3 perfect tenses: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect.

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