Four Principle Parts of Verbs

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What are the four principal parts of verbs?

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1. Present 2. Present Participle 3. Past 4. Past Participle

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What is the present form of a verb?

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The base form of the verb used to describe an action happening now (e.g., 'lead').

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What is the present participle of a verb?

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The form of the verb that ends in -ing and indicates an ongoing action (e.g., 'leading').

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What is the past form of a verb?

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The form of the verb that indicates an action that has already happened (e.g., 'led').

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What is the past participle of a verb?

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The form of the verb used with 'have' or 'has' to indicate a completed action (e.g., 'led').

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'David leads his brothers to their classroom.'

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Present

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'I am swimming in today's 50 meter race.'

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Present Participle

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'We thought that the water faucet was still running.'

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Past

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'We are cooking dinner.'

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Present Participle

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'Daunte ran away from the dog yesterday.'

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Past