THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS

EVERY VERB HAS 4 PRINCIPAL PARTS Present Participle Past 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 Present Participle Past Participle look (is) look+ing 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 PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE burst (is) bursting (has) burst set (is) setting (has) set shut (is) shutting (has) shut

IRREGULAR VERBS GROUP 2 The forms of the past and the past participle are the same. PRESENT PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PARTICIPLE bring (is) bringing brought (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 PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PARTICIPLE begin (is) beginning began (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 PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PARTICIPLE beat (is) beating (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 PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PARTICIPLE do (is) doing did (has) done give (is) giving gave (has) given run (is) running ran (has) run

Give the principal parts of these verbs PRESENT PRESENT PARTICLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE BEGIN (is) beginning (has) begun began BEND (is) bending *bent *(has) bent 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

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

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

Give the principal parts of these verbs Present Present participle Past Past participle SINK (is)sinking sank (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