Principal Parts of Verbs

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Principal Parts of
Verbs
Page 178-179
TN Standard
• SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs
(i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
agreement, tenses) within context.
Principal Parts of Verbs
• The principal parts of a verb are forms that
help it express time and action.
• The four principal parts are called the
present, the present participle, the past, and
the past participle.
Principal Parts of Verbs
Present
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
climb (climbs)
(is, are, was, were) climbing
climbed
(have, has, had) climbed
carry (carries)
(is, are, was, were) carrying
carried
(have, has, had) carried
live (lives)
(is, are, was, were) living
lived
(have, has, had) lived
Forming the Future Tense
• To form the future tense, use verbs from the present
column (previous slide) with will or shall.
• You can use helping verbs with participles to make other
tenses.
• For the present participle, use forms of the helping verb be
(is, are, was, were). For the past participle, use forms of
have (have, has, had).
• Examples:
She uses her pencil today. (present)
She is using her pencil again today. (present participle)
She used her pencil. (past)
She had used her pencil yesterday. (past participle)
Directions for 1-5, page 178: identify and write the
principal part (does not include the helping verb)
used in the verb or verb phrase in each sentence and
tell the kind of principal part it is. Use the chart to
help you to identify. One sentence has two verbs.
• Example: The scientist has
arrived in the tropical forest.
• Answer: arrived, past
participle
1. She pitched her
tent and looked
around.
present present participle
past
past participle
2. Now she observes
a band of spider
monkeys.
present present participle
past
past participle
3. They are jumping
from tree to tree.
present present participle
past
past participle
4. They have paused
for a snack.
present present participle
past
past participle
5. They have lived
here for many years.
present present participle
past
past participle
Directions for 6-15, page 179: identify and write the
verb phrase(includes the helping verb) and tell the
kind of principal part used in the verb. Use the chart
to help you to identify.
Some sentences have two verbs.
• Example: The zoologist had
stayed in the tropical forest.
• Answer: had stayed, past
participle
6. She prepared
for her return in
North America.
present present participle
past
past participle
7. “The animals
here have amazed
me,” she noted in
her
journal.
present present participle
past
past participle
8. She has taken
some beautiful
photographs.
present present participle
past
past participle
9. She has recorded
information in her
journal.
present present participle
past
past participle
10. “Now, a
different forest
awaits me.”
present present participle
past
past participle
11. Soon she will
sketch raccoons at
a pond.
present present participle
past
past participle
12. The zoologist
has photographed
otters.
present present participle
past
past participle
13. Three otters
are playing by the
river.
present present participle
past
past participle
14. “Have they
encountered humans
before?” she
wondered.
present present participle
past
past participle
15. Soon she will
publish a wildlife
book.
present present participle
past
past participle