Question

Write two past participles in which the last letters are doubled.

Answer 1

Hint: A participle is a non-finite form of a verb. The past participle is used in forming perfect and passive tenses. It also sometimes acts as an adjective. It usually has the suffix ‘-ed’ added to it.

Complete answer:

From the hint given to us, we know that a participle is a non-finite form of a verb. Non-finite verbs are the verbs that do not show tense and thus, you cannot tell if the sentence is in past, present or future tense. They do not perform an action in the sentence. The non-finite verbs can further be divided into infinitives, gerunds, and participles. An infinitive is the base form of the verb as written in the dictionaries. A participle is the non-finite form of the verb which acts as an adjective or an adverb. Gerunds are the verbs that are often used as a noun. We should know that a non-finite verb does not necessarily form an agreement with the subject and hence, it does not act as the main verb of the sentence.
The past participle is used in forming perfect and passive tenses. It also sometimes acts as an adjective. It usually has the suffix ‘-ed’ added to it. Now that we know what past participles are, we shall be writing the two past participles in which the last letters are doubled.
Dub - Dubbed
Get - Gotten
In the above two past participle forms of the verbs - dub and get, we observe that they have double last letters at the end.

Note: Past participles are not tenses, they are just a form of the verb. It can be used for the present and the future context too with the appropriate auxiliary verb. They do not indicate a mood or a tense on their own.