1. Standard English Verbs and Irregular Verbs
Chapter Twenty-Four
Standard English Verbs and Irregular Verbs
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Regular Verbs
Every verb has four principal parts:
Present
Past
Past Participle
Present Participle
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3. Regular Verbs These parts are used to build verb Present Past
Past Participle
Present Participle
Tenses. . .
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Regular Verbs
. . . and
Tenses
Tell
Time.
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Most verbs. . .
. . .in English are regular.
Let’s take a look at the verb
SHOUT.
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6. “Shout” is in the present tense.
The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding -d or -ed to the present.
So, the past tense of “shout” is. . .
Shouted.
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The past participle. . .
. . . is also formed by adding -d or -ed to the present.
So, the past participle of “shout” is also. . .
Shouted.
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8. The past participle. . . have has had or some forms of be.
. . . is the form of the verb used with the helping verbs:
have
has
had or
some forms of be.
Example:
“Enough! You have shouted at me for two days already!”
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9. The present participle. . .
. . . is formed by adding
-ing to the present.
So, the present participle of “shout” is. . .
Shouting.
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Let’s review!
Present Past Past Present Participle Participle
Shout Shouted Shouted Shouting
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Irregular Verbs. . .
. . . throw these rules out the window.
Except, thank goodness, for the present participle, which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.
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Irregular verbs. . .
. . .can otherwise be tricky.
For example, take the verb “bite.”
That’s the present tense.
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Irregular Verbs
The past tense of “bite” is “bit,” and the past participle is “bitten.” “Bited” just won’t do.
Remember, the present participle is still “biting.”
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Let’s review again!
Present Past Past Present
Participle Participle
Bite Bit Bitten Biting
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Irregular Verbs. . .
. . . give just about everyone trouble from time to time.
When in doubt, consult the list in your text or your dictionary.
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