Four Principle Parts of Verbs

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What are the four principal parts of verbs?

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

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Define the present part of a verb.

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The present part of a verb indicates an action that is currently happening or a state of being. Example: 'run' in 'I run every day.'

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Define the past part of a verb.

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The past part of a verb indicates an action that has already happened. Example: 'ran' in 'I ran yesterday.'

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Define the present participle of a verb.

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The present participle of a verb indicates an ongoing action and usually ends in -ing. Example: 'running' in 'I am running now.'

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Define the past participle of a verb.

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The past participle of a verb is used with helping verbs to indicate a completed action. Example: 'eaten' in 'I have eaten lunch.'

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'I beat the drum.'

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Present

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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: 'James does his best all the time.'

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Present

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'Micah studied his spelling words every night.'

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Past

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Identify the principal part of the verb in this sentence: 'We are donating canned foods to the Red Cross Shelter.'

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Present Participle