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Yayya Lautner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past participle vs past tense.
can you tell me the difference between past participle and past tense?
I have learnt on how to make a cake.
I learned on how to make a cake.
I have learnt on how to make a cake.
I learned on how to make a cake.
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The past participle is only part of the verb. It can't stand on its own. It has to have a helping verb with it (sometimes called an auxiliary verb).
- The past participle is only part of the verb.
- It can't stand on its own.
- It has to have a helping verb with it (sometimes called an auxiliary verb).
- I have learnt how to make a cake.
- ) I learned how to make a cake.
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The past participle is only part of the verb. It can't stand on its own. It has to have a helping verb with it (sometimes called an auxiliary verb).
I have learnt how to make a cake. (Or I have learned how to make a cake.)
I learned how to make a cake. (Or I learnt how to make a cake.)
The British use learnt for both of these, and the Americans use learned. Both the s
I have learnt how to make a cake. (Or I have learned how to make a cake.)
I learned how to make a cake. (Or I learnt how to make a cake.)
The British use learnt for both of these, and the Americans use learned. Both the s
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Yayya LautnerCan you tell me the difference between past participle and past tense?That's not what you have here. You have the present perfect and the simple past. Which you use depends on how you're thinking of it.
I have learned how to make a cake (at some time during my life).
I learned how to
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