1. Regular and Irregular Verbs College Writing Skills with Readings ChapterTwenty-Six

2. Chapter 26

3. Present participles describe what a thing does. Past participles describe what was done to a thing.

4. Chapter 26 Dried meat is a staple of my diet. subject verb Past participle Past participles describe what was done to a thing.

5. Chapter 26 The dripping faucet kept me awake subject verb Present participle Present participles describe what a thing does.

6. Chapter 26 Regular Verbs PresentPresent PastPast Past ParticiplePast Participle Present ParticiplePresent Participle

7. Chapter 26 Regular Verbs PresentPresent PastPast Past ParticiplePast Participle Present ParticiplePresent Participle These parts are used to build verb

8. Chapter 26 Regular Verbs... and

9. Chapter 26 Most verbs......in English are regular. Let’s take a look at the verb

10. Chapter 26 “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...

11. Chapter 26 The past participle...... is also formed by adding -d or - ed to the present. So, the past participle of “shout” is also...

12. Chapter 26... is the form of the verb often used with helping verbs: have has had or some forms of be. The past participle... Example: “Enough! You have shouted at me for two days already!”

13. Chapter 26 The present participle...... is formed by adding -ing to the present. So, the present participle of “shout” is...

14. Chapter 26 Let’s review! PresentPastPast Present ParticipleParticiple ShoutShoutedShoutedShouting

15. Chapter 26 Irregular Verbs...... throw these rules out the window. present participle Except, thank goodness, for the present participle, which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.

16. Chapter 26 Irregular verbs......can otherwise be tricky. “bite.” For example, take the verb “bite.” present That’s the present tense.

17. Chapter 26 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.”

18. Chapter 26 Let’s review again! PresentPastPastPresentParticiple BiteBitBittenBiting

19. Chapter 26 Irregular Verbs...... give just about everyone trouble from time to time. When in doubt, consult the list in your text (p476-478) or your dictionary.

20. Chapter 26 Activities Activities 1 (p475), 2 (p475-476), 3 (p479), & 4 (p481) College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E©2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc