1. Verbs Principal Parts of Verbs

2. Four Parts of a Verb Base Form – also called Simple Present Present Participle – ends with -ing Past Form – usually ends with -ed unless it is irregular Past Participle – usually the same as Past Form except always used with a helping verb

3. Principal Parts of Verbs Base FormPresent Participle Past FormPast Participle learnlearninglearned Add some examples of your own! Principal parts of verbs: Can be combined with helping verbs to form verb phrases.

4. Perfect Tenses Names something that happened at an indefinite time in the past. It is still happening today. Consists of the helping verb have or has plus the past participle of the main verb (-ed).

5. Progressive Forms Names an action that is continuing right now. Consists of the helping verb am, is, or are plus the present participle of the main verb (-ing).

6. Short Cut Notes Perfect Tenses Have or has + -ed = Present Perfect Had + -ed = Past Perfect Progressive Forms Am, is, or are + -ing = Present Progressive Was or Were + -ing = Past Progressive

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8. My cousins Tina and Tayhon love hockey. They have played since they were little. For years their favorite professional team has been the Philadelphia Flyers. Until last week, though, neither of them had gone to a real game. They had watched the Flyers play only on TV. Then one day Aunt Annalise came home with a surprise. She had bought four tickets! “Yahoo!” shouted Tayhon. “By this time next week, we will have seen the Flyers beat the Rangers!”

9. The arena was filled with fans who (have, had) come to see the hockey game. The Flyers were losing, and their star player had (be, been) injured. Suddenly, one of the Flyers zoomed down the ice and scored. “Yes!” Tina shouted. “He (has, had) just tied the game! If the Flyers score once more, we will have (taken, took) the lead!”