1. VERBS, VERBS, VERBS! Regular and Irregular

2. Verbs are classified by the way their past tenses are formed. §A REGULAR VERB forms the past tense by adding -d or -ed.

3. EXAMPLES: PRESENTPAST STARESTARED PLAYPLAYED

4. CONJUGATION RULE: PRESENT PARTICIPLE IS FORMED BY ADDING -ING. STARESTARING PLAYPLAYING

5. CONJUGATION RULE: § WHEN REGULAR VERBS END WITH A SINGLE CONSONANT, DOUBLE THE CONSONANT BEFORE ADDING - ED OR -ING.

6. EXAMPLES: PRESENTPAST STAR STARRED JOG JOGGED

7. EXAMPLES: PRESENT PARTICIPLE STARSTARRING JOGJOGGING

8. CONJUGATION RULE: THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE USES HELPING VERBS SUCH AS IS, AM, AND ARE. STARE IS STARING PLAY AM PLAYING STAR ARE STARRING

9. CONJUGATION RULE: THE PAST PARTICIPLE IS THE PAST TENSE FORM OF THE VERB. IT USES THE HELPERS HAVE, HAS, AND HAD.

10. EXAMPLES: PAST PARTICIPLE STARE HAVE STARED STAR HAS STARRED PLAYED HAD PLAYED

11. CONJUGATION RULE: §WHEN A VERB ENDS WITH -Y PRECEDED BY A CONSONANT, CHANGE THE -Y TO -I BEFORE ADDING -ED.

12. EXAMPLES: PRESENT PAST CRYCRIED ENVYENVIED

13. §An IRREGULAR VERB undergoes a change in spelling or no change at all to form the past tense.

14. EXAMPLES: PRESENTPAST BREAK BROKEN SEE SAW BRING BROUGHT

15. MORE EXAMPLES: PRESENTPASTPUTBURSTHURT

16. CONJUGATION RULE: THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE USES HELPING VERBS SUCH AS IS, AM, AND ARE. HURT IS HURTING SEE AM SEEING BRING ARE BRINGING

17. CONJUGATION RULE: § JUST LIKE REGULAR VERBS, SINGLE CONSONANTS ARE DOUBLED BEFORE ADDING -ING.

18. EXAMPLES: PRESENTPAST PUTPUTTING

19. CONJUGATION RULE: THE PAST PARTICIPLE MAY NOT BE THE PAST TENSE FORM OF THE VERB. IT USES THE HELPERS HAVE, HAS, AND HAD.

20. EXAMPLES: PAST PARTICIPLE CUT HAVE CUT BREAK HAS BROKEN SEE HAD SEEN

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