1. © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Chapter Twenty-Four Standard English Verbs and Irregular Verbs

2. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Regular Verbs Present Present Past Past Past Participle Past Participle Present Participle Present Participle

3. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Regular Verbs Present Present Past Past Past Participle Past Participle Present Participle Present Participle These parts are used to build verb

4. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Regular Verbs... and

5. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Most verbs......in English are regular. Let’s take a look at the verb

6. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e “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...

7. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e The past participle...... is also formed by adding -d or - ed to the present. So, the past participle of “shout” is also...

8. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e... is the form of the verb used with the helping verbs: have has had or some forms of be. The past participle... Example: “Enough! You have shouted at me for two days already!”

9. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e The present participle...... is formed by adding -ing to the present. So, the present participle of “shout” is...

10. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Let’s review! PresentPastPast Present ParticipleParticiple ShoutShoutedShoutedShouting

11. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e 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.

12. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Irregular verbs......can otherwise be tricky. “bite.” For example, take the verb “bite.” present That’s the present tense.

13. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e 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.”

14. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Let’s review again! PresentPastPastPresentParticiple BiteBitBittenBiting

15. Chapter 24 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e Irregular Verbs...... give just about everyone trouble from time to time. When in doubt, consult the list in your text or your dictionary.