Four Principal Parts of Verbs The Principal Parts

Four Principal Parts of Verbs

The Principal Parts of a Verb ● Every verb has 4 basic forms: verb (present), present participle, past, and past participle ● �Verbs take different forms in order to indicate time. These forms of verbs are tenses. ● �“She talks about her plans” expresses action in the present. ● �“She talked about her plans” expresses action that occurred in the past. ● �To use the tenses correctly, you must know how to form the principal parts of verbs.

Principal Parts of a Verb The Principal Parts of the Verb Talk ● �Present: talk ● �Present Participle (expresses continuing action): (am, is, are, was, were) + talking ● �Past: talked ● �Past Participle (used to form perfect tenses): (have, has, had) + talked

Principal Parts of Present Tense Verbs �Present: most basic form of the verb EX: � save �Present Participle: helping verb am, is, are, was, or were + verb with –ing ending �Past: verb with –ed ending �Past Participle: helping verb have, has, or had + verb with –ed ending � Present Participle = am saving Past = saved Past Participle = have saved

Practice Verb Present Participle Past Tense Past Participle avert (is) averting averted (has) averted petition ratify tax revise expel

Practice- Answers Verb Present Participle Past Tense Past Participle avert (is) averting averted (has) averted petition am petitioning petitioned had petitioned ratify was ratifying ratified have ratified tax were taxing taxed has taxed revise are revising revised had revised expel is expelling expelled has expelled

Practice Hake Grammar Book Page 77 “More Practice” Complete # 1 -10 Verb Present Participle Past Participle verb (am, is, are, etc. ) + with these -ing willverb check -ed (have, has, had) +verb with -ed ___ minutes. We together in

Page 77 # 1 -5 Verb Present Participle Past Participle proceed (is) proceeding proceeded (has) proceeded represent (is) representing represented (has) represented constitute (is) constituting constituted (has) constituted legislate (is) legislating legislated (has) legislated export (is) exporting exported (has) exported

Page 77 # 6 -10 Verb Present Participle Past Participle justify (is) justifying justified (has) justified apportion (is) apportioning apportioned (has) apportioned appoint (is) appointing appointed (has) appointed slander (is) slandering slandered (has) slandered pass (is) passing passed (has) passed

Review Set 13 Pages 77 -79 # 6 -14 #20 -23 #25 #28 -30