Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

6th Grade ELA

​Verb Tenses

• ​A Verb's tenses are made from 4 basic forms...

• ​These basic forma are called the verb's principal parts.

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​Present, Present Participle (AKA Present Participle), Past, and Past Participle (AKA Past Perfect)

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​Watch:

• ​Present: watch

• ​Present Participle: (am, is, are) watching

• ​Past: watched

• ​Past Participle: (has, have, had) watched

​carry

• ​Present: Carry

• ​Present Participle: (am, is, are) carrying

• ​Past: carried

• ​Past Participle: (has, have, had) carried

​A regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the present form.

• ​The present and past form can be used by themselves as verbs.

• ​The present participle and the past participle are always used with a helping verb.

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​REMEMBER, when a verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding -ed. ex: cried

​When a one syllable verb ends with a vowel and a consonant, double the consonant before adding-ed. ex: Hopped

Multiple Choice

She places more wood on the fire.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle

Multiple Choice

The darkness has filled him with fear.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle

Multiple Choice

He scrapes bark from the tree with his hatchet.

• present

• present participle

• pas

• past participle

Multiple Choice

The plane slammed into the forest.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle

Multiple Choice

Mosquitoes are swarming around Brian's head.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle