The form of the verb that goes with “have,” the past participle, can trip up a lot of English-language users. June Casagrande shows us where to find the right word in the dictionary.

The “participle” part of the term dangling participle means the modifying phrase is built on either an “ing” form of a verb or on a past tense form.

Indeed, languages with three forms for present, past and participle have a way of trying to make two things out of three. Sometimes they marginalize the past form in favor of the participle.

Are you using the passé composé (perfect tense) correctly when talking about the past? Improve your past tense with this BBC Bitesize guide for KS3 French.