Problems With Verbs (2): Participles.

(The concert [had] [begun] before we could find our seats)

- The concert
- (HAVE): had
- (participle): begun
- before we could find our seats

Remember that the participles of the following verbs are not the same as the past forms.
Avoid using a past form instead of a participle with (have), (has), (had), or (having).

Verb Word:

- begin
- come
- drink
- fall
- give
- know
- run
- see
- speak
- steal
- take
- tear
- go
- wear
- write

Past Form:

- began
- came
- chose
- drank
- fell
- gave
- knew
- ran
- saw
- spoke
- stole
- took
- tore
- went
- wore
- wrote

Participle:

- begun
- come
- chosen
- drunk
- fallen
- given
- known
- run
- seen
- spoken
- stolen
- taken
- torn
- gone
- worn
- written


Examples:


Incorrect: Someone (had) broken into the office and (stole) the files
Correct: Someone (had) broken into the office and (stolen) the files.

Incorrect: Her advisor was pleased witg the topic which she (had chose) for her thesis.
Correct: Her advisor was pleased with the topic which she (had chosen) for her thesis.

Incorrect: (Having) eaten and (drank) too much the night before, he woke up with a headache.
Correct: (Having) eaten and (drunk) too much the night before, he woke up with a headache.

Incorrect: Although he (had ran) as fast as he could, he only placed fourth in the race.
Correct: Although he (had run) as fast as he could, he only placed fourth in the race.

Incorrect: (Having wrote) five successful novels, she published a collection of short stories.
Correct: (Having written) five succesful novels, she published a collection of short stories.