Question

Is past perfect the same as past participle? Is the past perfect tense has + (word)ed? Does the past participle always have a helping verb?

Answer 1

Past participle needs not any helping verb except if the form is a passive.

Explanation:

The bored students went into sleep during the boring lecture, in this sentence you can see, "bored" needs not any helping verb, it is an example of a past participle.
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