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Phxsunstoon Posted 13 years ago
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past participle verbs as abj
How do you know when to use the past participle verbs as adjectives rather than the base verb form? Is it a frighten dog or a frightened dog?
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phxsunstoon How do you know when to use the past participle verbs as adjectives rather than the base verb form? Is it a frighten dog or a frightened dog? " The past participle or present participle can be used as a modifier.
- phxsunstoon How do you know when to use the past participle verbs as adjectives rather than the base verb form?
- Is it a frighten dog or a frightened dog?
- " The past participle or present participle can be used as a modifier.
- The frignten ed dog ran under the car.
- That dog has a frightening bark.
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phxsunstoon How do you know when to use the past participle verbs as adjectives rather than the base verb form? Is it a frighten dog or a frightened dog?The verb is "frighten." It is regular, so the past participle is "frightened."
The past participle or present participle can be used as a modifier.
The frigntened dog ran under the
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How did you distinguish which modifier to use between
the frightened dog ran under the car.
or
the frighten dog ran under the car.
How does the tense affect the sentence?
the frightened dog ran under the car.
or
the frighten dog ran under the car.
How does the tense affect the sentence?
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