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Other

Review and Practice: Past Participle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site reviews the uses and the formation of the past participle in Spanish. After this review, the user may choose to complete practice activities to test comprehension.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Verb Forms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains the five forms of verbs: root, third-person singular,present participle, past, and past participle and provides examples of each.
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Los Participios Pasados

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find some Spanish grammar practice with past participles in the context of the environment. Learners can check for accuracy of their responses. Included are links artwork and a Spanish song on the environment.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Hyphen With Noun, Adjective or Adverb and Present Participle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using hyphens when writing compound adjectives ending in a past participle.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Conditional Sentences. Would Have in the if Clause

For Students 9th - 10th
This Grammarly Handbook resource clarifies examples of conditional sentencs. The examples provided in this resource include the word if, the phrase would have, and a past participle.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Hyphen in Compound Expression With Noun and Past Participle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using hyphens when writing compound adjectives.
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Language Guide

Participles

For Students 9th - 10th
Site discusses formation of present participle and past participle (regular and irregular). Provides Sample phrases in both English and French to illustrate usage. Has a link at the end for interactive practice. Tons of other languages...
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Participle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify participles in the context of sentences.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Participle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify participles in the context of sentences.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: When to Use the Past Tense for Irregular Verbs

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Often when we write the past tense of a regular verb, we add an "-ed" after the last letter. Irregular verbs do not follow this rule! The simple past and simple participle of irregular verbs can end in a variety of ways with no...
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Language Guide

Language Guide: El Participio Pasado

For Students 9th - 10th
This grammar tutorial explains the formation of the past participle for ar/er/ir verbs as well as some irregular forms. A couple of examples are given to show the formation of the present perfect.
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Other

Les Jeux D'orthonet: Interactive French Grammar Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
These multilevel French grammar interactive exercises concentrate on agreement of past participles and the like.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Irregular Verbs: Rules for Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Grammar rules are provided for irregular verbs. Includes examples and tables.
Interactive
Road to Grammar

Road to Grammar: Verb Forms

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
This interactive provides the base words of irregular verbs and asks students to type the past and past participle tenses of them in boxes.
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Pasivos

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a form of the verb SER and a past participle is one of three ways this grammar tutorial teaches the passive voice. In addition, the impersonal SE is used with examples, along with the impersonal SE plus an indirect pronoun plus a...
Interactive
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Online crossword from the Capital Community College that reviews simple past tense and past participles of irregular verbs. Options for seeing hints and doing over the incorrect answers.
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Other

Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Francais Interactif

For Students 9th - 10th
This full-featured interactive textbook encounter utilizes French speakers in real life scenarios. Well structured for work on grammatical concepts (links to Tex's French Grammar), vocabulary, listening comprehension and exposure to...
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English Club

English Club: Basic Tenses: Regular Verbs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples of verb tense including past, present, future, past participle, present participle, simple, continuous, perfect, and continuous perfect.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Auxiliary Verb

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an auxiliary verb in the context of a sentence.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Irregular Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a list of common irregular verbs showing the present, preterit, and past participle. Includes charts for rise vs. raise, sit vs. set, lie vs. lay, which will help prevent misusing these verbs.
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Other

Orthonet Quick Look Up to Check Orthography

For Students 9th - 10th
Type in a noun or verb (infinitive only), and site quickly returns info and usage examples. Not a dictionary - provides sample phrases, notes on past participle agreement etc.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using the Present Progressive Tense

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Present progressives describe an action in progress, or something that started in the past and is still happening. It is formed with the helping "to be" verb in the present tense and the present participle of the verb. [0:42]