Verbs Tenses

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Verbs Tenses

• Regular Verbs

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Verb Tenses

• Past already happened
• Present happening now
• Future will happen

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Verb Forms

• Better known as
• Principle Parts
• of a Verb

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Verb Forms

• The principle parts of verbs are used to express
  time for regular and irregular verbs.

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The Principle Parts of Verbs

• Base or Infinite Is the dictionary form of the
  verb
• (help)
• Present Participle helping verb plus ing
• (is helping)

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The Principle Parts of Verbs

• Past adding ed to the base verb (helped)
• Past Participle adding the helping verb have
• (have helped)

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Regular Verbs

• A regular verb forms its past and past participle
  by adding d or ed to the base form.

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Base Present Participle Past Past
wash is washing washed have washed
hop is hopping hopped have hopped
use is using used have used
Participle
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Present Participle

• All verbs in the present participle are
  regular!

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Spelling Present Participles

• Most regular verbs that end in e drop the e
  before adding ing. Some regular verbs double the
  final consonant before adding ing or ed.

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Examples

• cause causing caused
• drop dropping dropped

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Quick Notes

• One common error in forming the past or past
  participle of a regular verb is to leave off the
  d or ed ending.

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Examples

• Incorrect
• Josh was suppose to meet us here.
• Correct
• Josh was supposed to meet us here.

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Examples

• The audience _____ with laughter. (roar)
• The curtains are ______ dust. (collect)
• Latisha is _____ the directions. (follow)
• I had ____ to do that. (plan)
• Alex ____ lemonade yesterday. (serve)
• Many farmers have _____ against the new tax laws.
  (rebel)

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Verbs Tenses

• Irregular Verbs

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Irregular Verbs

• An irregular verb forms its past and past
  participle in some other way than by adding d or
  ed to the base form.

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Irregular Verbs

• An irregular verb forms its past and past
  participle in one of the following ways

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Changing Vowels
Base Present Participle (Not irregular) Past Past Participle
win is winning won have won
sing is singing sang have sung
hold is holding held have held
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Changing Consonants
Base Past Past Participle
make made have made
lend lent have lent
hear heard have heard
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Changing Vowels and Consonants
Base Past Past Participle
catch caught have caught
draw drew have drawn
tear tore have torn
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Making No Change
Base Past Past Participle
burst burst have Burst
cut cut have cut
hurt hurt have hurt
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Examples

• Judy _____ the world record. (break)
• Coretta has _____ to research whales. (go)
• Larry ___ his lunch. (make)
• Our family _____ to the lake. (drive)
• She has ____ her leg. (hurt)
• The concert has not _____. (begin)