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DANIEL PRESTON JULY 17, 2010 REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS 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 I You He/she/it Everyone Child know know knows knows knows We You They Parents know know know know 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. 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 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 Drove Teach Broke Was, were Became Flew Saw Took Went Wrote Driven Taught Broken Been Become Flown Seen Taken Gone Written I have drove to the college often. I have wrote down a list of groceries. I have driven to the college often. I have written down a list of groceries. You may have took the test before. You may have taken the test before.