2. EVERY VERB HAS 4
PRINCIPAL PARTS
Present Present
Participle
Past Past
Participle
look (is)
looking
looked (has)
looked
break (is)
breaking
broke (has)
broken
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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)
look+ing
Look + ed (has)
look + ed
6. THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF
VERBS
• IRREGULAR VERBS - form their past and
past participle in some other way than
adding -ed or -d.
7. Examples
(has) drawn
drew
(is) drawing
DRAW
(h)as dug
dug
(is) digging
DIG
(has) caught
caught
(is) catching
CATCH
(has) brought
brought
(is) bringing
BRING
(has) bled
bled
(is) bleeding
BLEED
*(has) bent
*bent
(is) bending
BEND
(has) begun
began
(is) beginning
BEGIN
PAST
PARTICIPLE
PAST
PRESENT
PARTICLE
PRESENT
