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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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