All Ears English Podcast AEE: How to Dance Around Tricky Past Participles
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Aug 16, 2025 Explore the intricacies of past participles, like the tricky forms of 'drink' and 'grind.' Learn why native speakers often choose simpler language for smooth communication. The hosts share strategies to tackle grammatical challenges with confidence. Discover the significance of the present perfect tense and how to avoid common mistakes, encouraging flexibility in verb tense usage. This lively discussion demystifies complex grammar to enhance your conversational skills!
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Use Present Perfect Continuous
- Swap present perfect with present perfect continuous to avoid irregular past participles.
- Use
Avoidance Becomes Habit
- Even highly educated native speakers avoid certain past participles because they rarely hear them.
- This avoidance becomes a social habit, not a grammar ignorance.
Grind Example Inspired The Topic
- Aubrey mentions a question about the verb 'grind' where listeners hear both 'ground' and 'grinded'.
- He and Michelle used continuous tense to avoid uncertain past participles in that episode.