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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
I HOPE YOU HAVE COPIED ALL
NOTES AS IT IS YOUR GRADE
FOR THE DAY.
TURN THEM IN TO THE TEACHER!