1. DANIEL PRESTON JULY 17, 2010

2. REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS

3.  All singular nouns ( child, tree, pencil) and the pronouns he, she, and it are third person singular; indefinite pronouns like everyone, anyone, and neither are also third person singular.  Sentences that have subjects that are third- person singular require verbs with an ‘s’ or an’es’ ending in the present tense. * Information for these slides is based on Chapter 27 of Rules for Writers, 6e, 2009

4.  Iknow  Youknow  He/she/itknows  Everyoneknows  Childknows  Weknow  Youknow  Theyknow  Parentsknow

5.  The past tense expresses an action that happened entirely in the past: I walked to work yesterday.  The past participle of verbs can be used to express different periods in time or state of action and is always accompanied by a helping verb like have; I have taken the exam already.  If a sentence contains a helping verb, then the past participle form is required.

6.  Have, has, had  Do, does, did  Be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been  Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would  Ought to

7.  For regular verbs, the form used for the past tense ( walked, rode) is the same as the form used for the past-participle.  Irregular verbs change form when being used as a past-participle.

8. PAST PAST PARTICIPLE NEEDS HELPING VERB  Drove  Teach  Broke  Was, were  Became  Flew  Saw  Took  Went  Wrote  Driven  Taught  Broken  Been  Become  Flown  Seen  Taken  Gone  Written

9.  I have drove to the college often.  I have driven to the college often.  I have wrote down a list of groceries.  I have written down a list of groceries.  You may have took the test before.  You may have taken the test before.