THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS

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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
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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.

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These principal parts are used to make all of the
verb tenses.

• 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

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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) looking Look ed (has) look ed

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THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF VERBS

• IRREGULAR VERBS - form their past and past
  participle in some other way than adding -ed or
  -d.
• Check out page 131 of your grammar book and the
  handout!

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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
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IRREGULAR VERBSGROUP 2

• The forms of the past and the past participle are
  the same.

PRESENT PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
bring (is) bringing brought (has) brought
lead (is) leading led (has) led
lend (is) lending lent (has) lent
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IRREGULAR VERBSGroup 3

• The vowel changes from i to a to u.

PRESENT PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
begin (is) beginning began (has) begun
sink (is) sinking sank (has) sunk
swim (is) swimming swam (has) swum
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IRREGULAR VERBSGROUP 4

• The past participle is formed by adding -n or -en
  to the past.

PRESENT PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
beat (is) beating beat (has) beaten
steal (is) stealing stole (has) stolen
wear (is) wearing wore (has) worn
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IRREGULAR VERBSGROUP 5

• The past participle is formed from the present -
  often by adding -n, -en, or -ne.

PRESENT PRESENT PARTICIPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
do (is) doing did (has) done
give (is) giving gave (has) given
run (is) running ran (has) run
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Give the principal parts of these verbs
PAST PARTICIPLE
PAST
PRESENT PARTICLE
PRESENT
(has) begun
(is) beginning
BEGIN
began
(has) bent
bent
(is) bending
BEND
(has) bled
bled
(is) bleeding
BLEED
(has) brought
brought
(is) bringing
BRING
(has) caught
caught
(is) catching
CATCH
(h)as dug
dug
(is) digging
DIG
(has) drawn
drew
(is) drawing
DRAW
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Give the principal parts of these verbs
Past participle
Past
Present participle
Present
(has) dreamed
dreamed
(is) dreaming
DREAM
(has) eaten
ate
(is) eating
EAT
(has) driven
drove
(is) driving
DRIVE
(has) flown
flew
(is) flying
FLY
(has) forgotten
forgot
(is) forgetting
FORGET
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Give the principal parts of these verbs
PAST PARTICIPLE
PAST
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
PRESENT
(has) flown
flew
(is) flying
FLY
(has) frozen
froze
(is) freezing
FREEZE
(has)hidden
hid
(is) hiding
HIDE
(has)known
knew
(is)knowing
KNOW
(has)kept
kept
(is)keeping
KEEP
(has)run
ran
(is)running
RUN
(has)shaken
shook
(is)shaking
SHAKE
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Give the principal parts of these verbs
Past participle
Past
Present participle
Present
(has)sunk
sank
(is)sinking
SINK
(has)sprung
sprang
(is)springing
SPRING
(has)stolen
stole
(is)stealing
STEAL
(has)swung
swung
(is)swinging
SWING
(has)written
wrote
(is)writing
WRITE