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DANIEL PRESTON
JULY 17, 2010
REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS
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All singular nouns (child, tree, pencil) and the
pronouns he, she, and it are third person
singular; indefinite pronouns like everyone,
anyone, and neither are also third person
singular .
Sentences that have subjects that are thirdperson singular require verbs with an ‘s’ or
an’es’ ending in the present tense.
* Information for these slides is based on Chapter 27 of Rules for Writers,
6e, 2009
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I
You
He/she/it
Everyone
Child
know
know
knows
knows
knows
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We
You
They
Parents
know
know
know
know
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The past tense expresses an action that
happened entirely in the past: I walked to work
yesterday.
The past participle of verbs can be used to
express different periods in time or state of
action and is always accompanied by a helping
verb like have; I have taken the exam already.
If a sentence contains a helping verb, then the
past participle form is required.
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Have, has, had
Do, does, did
Be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been
Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should,
will, would
Ought to
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For regular verbs, the form used for the past
tense (walked, rode) is the same as the form used
for the past-participle.
Irregular verbs change form when being used
as a past-participle.
PAST PARTICIPLE
NEEDS HELPING VERB
PAST
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Drove
Teach
Broke
Was, were
Became
Flew
Saw
Took
Went
Wrote
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Driven
Taught
Broken
Been
Become
Flown
Seen
Taken
Gone
Written
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I have drove to the college often.
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I have wrote down a list of groceries.
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I have driven to the college often.
I have written down a list of groceries.
You may have took the test before.
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You may have taken the test before.