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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