Verbs Principal Parts and Tenses Regular vs Irregular

Verbs Principal Parts and Tenses

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs • There are 2 kinds of verbs. • A regular verb is a verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding –ed or –d to the present. • Irregular verbs are verbs whose past and past participle are not made by adding –ed or –d to the present. • Please see the handout with the chart of irregular verbs. • Note that both regular and irregular verbs form the present participle the same way.

Principal Parts of the Verb • Every verb has 4 basic forms ~ the principle parts. • These 4 forms are used to make all of the forms and tenses of verbs. • Notice that the helping verbs are used with the present and past participles. Present base form jump crash Present participle helper + ~ing (is) jumping (is) crashing Past ~ ed jumped crashed Past participle helper + ~ed (has) jumped (has) crashed

Form the 4 principle parts. Present 1. work 2. open 3. say 4. crash 5. sing Present participle Past participle

Form the 4 principle parts for each verb. Present 1. crawl 2. hate 3. enjoy 4. sound 5. look 6. hurt 7. tell 8. wear 9. take 10. drink Present Participle Past Participle

Identify each underlined verb’s principle part. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Stunt people perform the dangerous scenes in movies and TV shows. Many are athletes who have decided to pursue careers in show business. When the hero of a movie is leaping from a galloping horse or the villain is jumping out of a burning helicopter, the person you see is probably a stunt person. Most stunts belong to 5 categories: falls, fights, fires, car stunts, and horse stunts. A safety crew stays on hand in case of problems. Some stunt people have fatally injured themselves. For example, Vic Rivers once jumped a truck into a lake and drowned. Despite the dangers, most stunters love their exciting jobs.

Identify each underlined verb’s principle part. 1. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones circled the earth in a balloon in 1999. 2. They finished their around-the-world trip in 20 days. 3. This stands as a world record. 4. Piccard and Jones traveled in a combination hot-air and helium balloon called Breitling Orbiter 3. 5. In terms of comfort, the balloon greatly outclassed earlier aircraft. 6. Inside a pressurized, heated cabin, engineers have equipped the balloon with a bunk bed, toilet, and kitchen. 7. When one pilot is sleeping, the other sits at the control panel. 8. Then the pilots switch places. 9. Other equipment on the flight included a fax machine and power for the onboard equipment. 10. Other pilots have used similar balloons in around-the-world attempts. 11. Engineers are continually improving the design of high-altitude balloons.