Transcript VERBS – 4 Principal Parts

Principal Parts
Tenses
Troublesome Verbs
1. Present - base form
2. Present Participle
3. Past
4. Past Participle
look
(am/is/are) looking
looked
(has/have/had) looked
• 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
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jump
(am/is/are) jumping
jumped
(has/have/had) jumped
talk
travel
Present
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
You do:
enjoy
stop
receive
argue
wish
remember
• 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
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break
(am/is/are) breaking
broke
(has/have/had) broken
choose
catch
eat
bite
Present
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
You do:
freeze
know
drive
bring
1. The judges have (chose, chosen) the finalists.
2. James (walk, walked) to the library today.
3. My favorite jeans have (began, begun) to
wear out.
4. Someone (broke, has broke) that valuable
vase.
5. Have you (began, begun) studying for the
test?
6. We have (ate, eaten) already.
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?
11.Have you (brung, brought) your application
to the office?
12. He has (drank, drunk) only water at practice.
• 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.