1. Principal Parts Tenses Troublesome Verbs

2. VERBS – 4 Principal Parts
1. Present - base form look
2. Present Participle (am/is/are) looking
3. Past looked
4. Past Participle (has/have/had) looked

3. Regular Verbs Add -ing to form the PRESENT PARTICIPLE
raise + ing = raising
talk + ing = talking
Add –d or –ed to form PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE
raise + d = raised; (has/have/had) raised
talk + ed = talked; (has/have/had) raised

4. Regular Verbs – Practice
jump Present
(am/is/are) jumping Present Participle
jumped Past
(has/have/had) jumped Past Participle
You do:
talk enjoy stop wish
travel receive argue remember

5. (has/have/had) drunk = PAST PARTICIPLE
Irregular Verbs
Also add –ing to form PRESENT PARTICIPLE
drink + ing = drinking
BUT … forms the PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE by changing the present/base form altogether
drank = PAST
(has/have/had) drunk = PAST PARTICIPLE

6. Irregular Verbs – Practice
break Present
(am/is/are) breaking Present Participle
broke Past
(has/have/had) broken Past Participle
You do:
choose eat freeze drive
catch bite know bring

7. Practice Sentences The judges have (chose, chosen) the finalists.
James (walk, walked) to the library today.
My favorite jeans have (began, begun) to wear out.
Someone (broke, has broke) that valuable vase.
Have you (began, begun) studying for the test?
We have (ate, eaten) already.

8. More Practice 7. The snow cone has (froze, frozen) my tongue.
8. Sue has (broked, broken) the record for the long jump event.
9. The team captains (chose, chosen) their players carefully.
10. Have you (chose, chosen) a topic yet?
Have you (brung, brought) your application to the office?
He has (drank, drunk) only water at practice.

9. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER The principal parts of a verb are: present/base
present participle
past
past participle
The principal parts of a verb help create the
six tenses.

10. A regular verb forms its present participle by adding –ing and its past and past participle by adding –d or –ed to the present/base form.
An irregular verb forms its present participle by also adding –ing but forms the past and past participle by changing the present/base form all together.

11. Sit or Set? Rise or Raise? Lie or Lay?
Troublesome Verbs
Sit or Set? Rise or Raise? Lie or Lay?

12. Sentence Practice Today, I want to (lie, lay) in the sun.
Yesterday, I (lie, lay) I the sun.
The girl (lay, laid) her paper on the table.
The teacher has (laid, lain) the pen on her desk.
The student (raised, rose) at four o’clock.
(Raise, Rise) the window shade.
We always (set, sit) the boxes on the floor.
The boy (set, sat) in his favorite chair.

13. The student (raised, rose) his hand.
Mother (raised, rose) the shade in the kitchen.
Our neighbor (sat, set) his garbage can outside.
Sally has (lain, laid) under the tree all day.
Julio had (sat, set) at the park until dark.
The girl had (rose, risen) to the occasion.
The coach (set, sat) the trophy on the shelf.
Dad is (laying, lying) on the couch in the den.
The dog likes to (lie, lay) on the rug.
The class (raised, rose) the question again.