verbs, verbs, verbs! regular and irregular. verbs are classified by the way their past tenses are...

VERBS, VERBS, VERBS!

Regular and Irregular

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

EXAMPLES:

PRESENT PAST

STARESTARED

PLAY PLAYED

CONJUGATION RULE:

PRESENT PARTICIPLE IS

FORMED BY ADDING -ING.

STARE STARING

PLAY PLAYING

CONJUGATION RULE:

WHEN REGULAR VERBS END WITH A SINGLE CONSONANT, DOUBLE THE CONSONANT BEFORE ADDING -ED OR -ING.

EXAMPLES:

PRESENTPAST

STAR STARRED

JOG JOGGED

EXAMPLES:

PRESENT PRESENT

PARTICIPLE

STAR STARRINGJOG JOGGING

CONJUGATION RULE:

THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE USES HELPING VERBS SUCH AS IS, AM, AND ARE.

STARE IS STARING

PLAY AM PLAYINGSTAR ARE STARRING

CONJUGATION RULE:

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

EXAMPLES:

PAST PAST

PARTICIPLESTARE HAVE

STAREDSTAR HAS STARREDPLAYED HAD PLAYED

CONJUGATION RULE:

WHEN A VERB ENDS WITH -Y PRECEDED BY A CONSONANT, CHANGE THE -Y TO -I BEFORE ADDING -ED.

EXAMPLES:

PRESENTPAST

CRY CRIEDENVY ENVIED

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

EXAMPLES:

PRESENT PAST

BREAK BROKEN

SEE SAWBRING

BROUGHT

MORE EXAMPLES:

PRESENT PAST

PUT PUTBURST

BURSTHURT HURT

CONJUGATION RULE:

THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE USES HELPING VERBS SUCH AS IS, AM, AND ARE.

HURT IS HURTINGSEE AM SEEINGBRING ARE

BRINGING

CONJUGATION RULE:

JUST LIKE REGULAR VERBS, SINGLE CONSONANTS ARE DOUBLED BEFORE ADDING -ING.

EXAMPLES:

PRESENT PAST

PUT PUTTING

CONJUGATION RULE:

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

EXAMPLES:

PAST PAST

PARTICIPLE

CUT HAVE CUTBREAK HAS

BROKENSEE HAD SEEN

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