Download the principal parts of verbs

THE PRINCIPAL
PARTS OF VERBS
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EVERY VERB HAS 4
PRINCIPAL PARTS
Present
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.
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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
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.
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
burst
(has) burst
set
(is) setting
set
(has) set
shut
(is) shutting
shut
(has) shut
IRREGULAR VERBS
GROUP 2
• The forms of the past and the past participle
are the same.
PRESENT PRESENT
PAST
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
PAST
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
PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE
PARTICIPLE
beat
(is) beating
beat
(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 PAST
PARTICIPL
E
PAST
PARTICIPLE
do
(is) doing
did
(has) done
give
(is) giving
gave
(has) given
run
(is) running
ran
(has) run