1. Principal Parts of Verbs
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Principal Parts of Verbs

2. Present Participle Sometimes the main verb in the sentence.
It is used with: is, was, or another form of the verb BE.
Example: LeRoy is visiting England.

3. Past Participle Sometimes the main verb in the sentence.
It is used with the helping verbs has, had, or have.
Example: He has visited London.

4. Forming participles
To form the past tense and the past participle do follow the rules listed below:
Add “d” or “ed”
Walk= walked
When a regular verb ends with a consonant PRECEDED by “Y”, change the “Y” to “I” before adding “ED”.
Try=tried
When a one-syllable verb ends with a consonant PRECEDED by a vowel, double the consonant BEFORE adding “ED”.
Drop= dropped

5. How would you make the following verbs into the present participle?
(is) looking
(is) sharing
(is) skipping
(is) learning
(is) drying
Look
Share
Skip
Learn
Dry

6. How would you make the following verbs into the past tense?
looked
shared
skipped
learned
dried
Look
Share
Skip
Learn
Dry

7. How would you make the following verbs into the past participle?
(has) looked
(has) shared
(has) skipped
(has) learned
(has) dried
Look
Share
Skip
Learn
Dry

8. Irregular Verbs
These verbs do not form the past and past participle by adding “D” or “ED”. YOU MUST MEMORIZE THEM!!!!!!!!!

9. How would you make the following verbs into the present participle?
(is) doing
(is) seeing
(is) tearing
(is) sinking
(is) knowing Do
See
Tear
Sink
Know

10. How would you make the following verbs into the present participle?
Did
Saw
Tore
Sank
Knew Do
See
Tear
Sink
Know

11. How would you make the following verbs into the present participle?
(Has) done
(Has) seen
(Has) torn
(Has) sunk
(Has) known Do
See
Tear
Sink
Know