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🧐 Dlaczego nie „3rd form”? / Why it’s really called past participle 👇

Wiesz, dlaczego w tabeli nieregularnych czasowników pisze past participle, a nie „3rd form”?
Większość Polaków mówi o „pierwszej, drugiej i trzeciej formie”, ale angielskie podręczniki wcale tak nie robią! 🇬🇧
Zobacz, jak uczą się tego angielskie dzieci — i dlaczego warto używać prawdziwych nazw 👇

📘 Why “go – went – gone” are called infinitive, past simple and past participle

You’ve probably seen a table like this before — on the classroom wall or at the back of your English book.
It shows three forms of irregular verbs. But did you know these forms have real names — not just “1st”, “2nd” and “3rd”?

👉 go = infinitive
👉 went = past simple
👉 gone = past participle

💡 In Poland, teachers and students often say “the 3rd form” because it’s quick and easy.
But English coursebooks and exams don’t actually use this name — they say past participle.

So why not use the real name too? Here’s what it means 👇

✅ Infinitive – the base form, like go or eat.
✅ Past simple – for actions in the past, like went or ate.
✅ Past participle – used with have (has gone, have eaten) or be (was written, were broken).

The past participle can also work like an adjective 😄
➡ a broken window, a tired student, an interested teacher.
So participles are used in the perfect, passive, and adjective forms.

English children learn about these forms too — but they learn their names, not the numbers.
If you ask a British child “What’s the 3rd form of go?”, they’ll probably have no idea what you mean!

So whether you’re a student or a teacher, remember:
say past participle, not 3rd form.
It’s what the books say — and now you know why! 😉