ACT English

past participle irregular verbs, tenses, commonly confused words

past participle of go

gone

past participle of see

seen

past participle of do

done

past participle of eat

eaten

past participle of drink

drunk

past participle of run

run

past participle of begin

begun

past participle of write

written

past participle of take

taken

past participle of give

given

past participle for break

broken

past participle for drive

driven

past participle of speak

spoken

past participle of choose

chosen

past participle of sing

sung

past participle of ring

rung

past participle of fly

flown

past participle of grow

grown

past participle of know

known

past participle of blow

blown

past participle of lie (recline)

lain

past participle of hide

hidden

past participle of forget

forgotten

will have vs will have had?

‘will have’ = something that will be completed in the future

‘will have had’ = possession, something that will be owned in the future

have/has vs had

‘have/has’ = something that started in the past and is still relevant right now

‘had’ = something that happend before another event, '“past of the past”

affect

to influence

effect

the end result

then

related to time

than

comparison

who

person that does the action; he/she replacement

whom

person on the recieving end; him/her replacement

lie

to recline, does not need a direct object

lay

to put something down, needs a direct object

farther

physcial distance

further

abstract degree of “distance”

accept

to recieve/confirm

except

to exclude

between

related with 2 things/items

among

related with 3+ things/items

allude

to hint at something

elude

to evade/escape

implicit

something that’s hinted at, hidden or subtle

explicit

outright said, obvious