1. VERB PHRASES AND THE 4 BASIC PRINCIPLE PARTS
Ms. Gott
7th Grade Language Arts 

2. Brief Review of Tenses/Progressives
Present Tense- “ I look at my grades on-line.”
Past Tense- “I looked at my grades on-line.”
Future Future- “ I will look at my grades on-line.”
Progressives are verbs that-
-end in ING, plus, they include a helping verb.
-IS readING, WAS smilING, AM laughING

3. PRINCIPLE PARTS
1.) Verbs have 4 different and basic forms called, “principle parts”.
1.) Present 2.) Present Participle
TALK is/am TALKING
3.) Past 4.) Past Participle
TALKED has/have TALKED

4. EXAMPLES “He walks toward us in a hurry.” (Present)
“Mrs. Gott IS walkING toward us.” (Present Participle)
“They walkED to the park.” (Past)
“We HAVE walkED three miles in search for our friends.” (Past Participle)

5. REGULAR VERBS
1.) The past and the past participle of a regular verb are formed by:
---- Adding –ED or –D to the present form.
1.) chirp (is/am) chirping chirped (have/has) chirped
2.) move (is/am) moving moved (have/has) moved
3.) charge (is/am) charging charged (have/has) charged
PRESENT
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
PAST
PAST
PARTICPLE

6. IRREGULAR VERBS
1.) The past and Past Participle forms DO NOT follow the –ED or –D pattern.
2.) Look on pages to see the irregular forms.
a.) make present- Every season, Bears fans (have created) orange and blue posters.
b.) make present participle- Chicago (cheer) for the Sox and the Cubs.
c.) make past- On Halloween, children (dress up).
d.) make past participle- I (dress up) like a witch on Halloween.

7. VERB PHRASES

8. BEST FRIENDS, FOR LIFE They go together, forever…….
1.) AS MENTIONED DURING OUR “HELPING VERB” NOTES, A PRINCIPLE PART VERB (Main Verb) IS COMBINED WITH A HELPING VERB, WHICH CREATES A VERB PHRASE.
2.) The Formula is as follows:
HELPING VERB ⁺ PRINCIPLE VERB ⁼ A Verb Phrase.
3.) Helping Verbs are added BEFORE another verb to make a verb phrase.

9. Uh Oh, They Can Be Main or Helping Verbs??!!
The forms of the verbs, be, do, and
have can be used as either Main Verbs
or Helping Verbs!
1.) IS that clear?? (Main Verb)
2.) Who DID that?? (Main Verb)
3.) Joe IS speaking! (Helping/Main Verb)
4.) We DID remember! (Helping/Main Verb)

10. *Practice Time*
Present Present Participle Past Past Participle put am putting put have put _____ am swinging swung __________ choose _________ chose have chosen rise am rising _________ __________ drink _________ drank __________ ______ am hurting _________ have hurt ______ am going went __________ ______ _________ came __________ set am setting _________ __________ eat _________ ate __________