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Regular and Irregular VerbsRegular and Irregular Verbs
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Present participles describe what a thing does.
Past participles describe what was done to a thing.
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Dried meat is a staple of my diet.
subject
verb
Past participle
Past participles describe what was done to a thing.
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The dripping faucet kept me awake
subject
verb
Present participle
Present participles describe what a thing does.
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Regular Verbs
•PresentPresent
•PastPast
•Past Past ParticipleParticiple
•Present Present ParticipleParticiple
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Regular Verbs
•PresentPresent
•PastPast
•Past ParticiplePast Participle
•Present Present ParticipleParticiple
These parts are used to build verb
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Regular Verbs
. . . and
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Most verbs. . .
. . .in English are regular.
Let’s take a look at the verb
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“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. . .
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The past participle. . .
. . . is also formed by adding -d or -ed to the present.
So, the past participle of “shout” is also. . .
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. . . is the form of the verb often used with helping verbs:
• have
• has
• had
or
• some forms of be.
The past participle. . .
Example:Example:
““Enough! You Enough! You have shoutedhave shouted at at me for two days me for two days
already!”already!”
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The present participle. . .
. . . is formed by adding
-ing to the present.
So, the present participle of “shout” is. . .
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Let’s review!
Present Past Past Present Participle Participle
ShoutShout ShoutedShouted ShoutedShoutedShoutingShouting
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Irregular Verbs. . .
. . . throw these rules out the window.
Except, thank goodness, for the present present participleparticiple, which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.
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Irregular verbs. . .
. . .can otherwise be tricky.
For example, take the verb “bite.”“bite.”
That’s the present present tense.
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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.”
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Let’s review again!
Present Past Past Present
Participle Participle
BiteBite BitBit BittenBitten BitingBiting
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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.
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Activities
• Activities 1 (p475), 2 (p475-476), 3 (p479), & 4 (p481)
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