THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS EVERY VERB HAS

THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS

EVERY VERB HAS 4 PRINCIPAL PARTS Present Participle Past Participle look (is) looking looked (has) looked break (is) breaking broke (has) broken

PARTiciples are actually PARTS of verbs • When the present participle and the past participle are used to form verbs in sentences THEY ALWAYS TAKE AUXILIARY (HELPING) VERBS.

These principal parts are used to make all of the verb tenses. • • • Present tense I find Past tense I found Future tense I will/shall find Present perfect tense I have found Past perfect tense I had found Future perfect tense I will/shall have found

THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF VERBS • REGULAR VERBS - form their past and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the present. Present Participle look (is) look+ing Past Participle Look + ed (has) look + ed

THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF VERBS • IRREGULAR VERBS - form their past and past participle in some other way than adding -ed or -d. • Check out page 131 of your grammar book and the handout!

IRREGULAR VERBS GROUP 1 • The forms of the present, the past, and the past participle are the same. PRESENT burst PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE (is) bursting burst PAST PARTICIPLE (has) burst set (is) setting set (has) set shut (is) shutting shut (has) shut

IRREGULAR VERBS GROUP 2 • The forms of the past and the past participle are the same. PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST bring (is) bringing brought PAST PARTICIPLE (has) brought lead (is) leading led (has) led lend (is) lending lent (has) lent

IRREGULAR VERBS Group 3 • The vowel changes from i to a to u. PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST begin (is) beginning began PAST PARTICIPLE (has) begun sink (is) sinking sank (has) sunk swim (is) swimming swam (has) swum

IRREGULAR VERBS GROUP 4 • The past participle is formed by adding -n or -en to the past. PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST beat (is) beating beat PAST PARTICIPLE (has) beaten steal (is) stealing stole (has) stolen wear (is) wearing wore (has) worn

IRREGULAR VERBS GROUP 5 • The past participle is formed from the present - often by adding -n, -en, or -ne. PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST do (is) doing did PAST PARTICIPLE (has) done give (is) giving gave (has) given run (is) running ran (has) run

Give the principal parts of these verbs PRESENT PARTICLE PAST BEGIN (is) beginning BEND (is) bending BLEED (is) bleeding bled (has) bled BRING (is) bringing brought (has) brought CATCH (is) catching caught (has) caught DIG (is) digging dug (h)as dug DRAW (is) drawing drew (has) drawn began *bent PAST PARTICIPLE (has) begun *(has) bent

Give the principal parts of these verbs Present participle Past participle DREAM (is) dreaming *dreamed *(has) dreamed EAT DRIVE FLY FORGET (is) eating (is) driving (is) flying (is) forgetting ate drove flew forgot (has) eaten (has) driven (has) flown (has) forgotten

Give the principal parts of these verbs PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE FLY FREEZE HIDE KNOW KEEP RUN SHAKE (is) flying (is) freezing (is) hiding (is)knowing (is)keeping (is)running (is)shaking (has) flown (has) frozen (has)hidden (has)known (has)kept (has)run (has)shaken flew froze hid knew kept ran shook

Give the principal parts of these verbs Present Past SINK Present participle (is)sinking sank Past participle (has)sunk SPRING (is)springing *sprang (has)sprung STEAL (is)stealing stole (has)stolen SWING (is)swinging *swung (has)swung WRITE (is)writing wrote (has)written