1. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Regular and Irregular Verbs College Writing Skills, 6E and College Writing Skills with Readings, 6E John Langan ChapterTwenty-Six

2. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Regular Verbs PresentPresent PastPast Past ParticiplePast Participle Present ParticiplePresent Participle

3. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Regular Verbs PresentPresent PastPast Past ParticiplePast Participle Present ParticiplePresent Participle These parts are used to build verb

4. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Regular Verbs... and

5. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Most verbs......in English are regular. Let’s take a look at the verb

6. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc “Shout” is in the present tense. The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding -d or -ed to the present. So, the past tense of “shout” is...

7. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The past participle...... is also formed by adding -d or - ed to the present. So, the past participle of “shout” is also...

8. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc... is the form of the verb used with the helping verbs: have has had or some forms of be. The past participle... Example: “Enough! You have shouted at me for two days already!”

9. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The present participle...... is formed by adding -ing to the present. So, the present participle of “shout” is...

10. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Let’s review! PresentPastPast Present ParticipleParticiple ShoutShoutedShoutedShouting

11. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Irregular Verbs...... throw these rules out the window. present participle Except, thank goodness, for the present participle, which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.

12. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Irregular verbs......can otherwise be tricky. “bite.” For example, take the verb “bite.” present That’s the present tense.

13. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Irregular Verbs The past tense of “bite” is “bit,” and the past participle is “bitten.” “Bited” just won’t do. Remember, the present participle is still “biting.”

14. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Let’s review again! PresentPastPastPresentParticiple BiteBitBittenBiting

15. Chapter 26 College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 6E©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Irregular Verbs...... give just about everyone trouble from time to time. When in doubt, consult the list in your text or your dictionary.