The form
| Subject | have / has | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| I, you, we, they | have | finished |
| he, she, it | has | finished |
I have finished. · She has finished. · They have arrived.
In speech, it shrinks
Almost nobody says the full form out loud:
- I have → I've
- She has → She's
- They have → They've
Note that she's can be she is or she has. The word after it tells you which: she's tired (is) versus she's gone (has).
Regular participles
Add -ed: work → worked, play → played, decide → decided.
Irregular participles worth knowing first
| Verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | been |
| go | went | gone |
| see | saw | seen |
| do | did | done |
| write | wrote | written |
| take | took | taken |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| give | gave | given |