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Grammar Lesson:Principal Parts of Verbs
Principal Parts of VerbsThere are four principal parts of a verb:
1. infinitive (the base form)
2.present participle3.past
4.past participle
Infinitive/base
Present Participle
PastPast
Participle
(to) live (is) living lived (have) lived
(to) run (is) running ran (have) run
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
O All verbs form the present participle in the same way: add –ing to the infinitive/base form.
O A regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding –d or –ed to its infinitive/base form.
Infinitive/basePresent
ParticiplePast
Past Participle
(to) live (is) living lived (have) lived
(to) fix (is) fixing fixed (have) fixed
(to) plan (is) planning planned (have) planned
Get your
colors ready
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Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
O All verbs form the present participle in the same way: add –ing to the infinitive/base form.
O An irregular verb forms its past and past participle in some way other than by adding –d or –ed...
O You might change vowels, change consonants, change vowels and consonants, or change nothing.
Infinitive/basePresent
ParticiplePast
Past Participle
(to) sing (is) singing sang (have) sung
(to) lend (is) lending lent (have) lent
(to) buy (is) buying bought (have) bought
(to) cost (is) costing cost (have) cost
What column is the short cut to irregular vs.
regular?Infinitive/
basePresent
ParticiplePast
Past Participle
(to) fix (is) fixing fixed (have) fixed
(to) plan (is) planning planned (have) planned
(to) live (is) living lived (have) lived
(to) sing (is) singing sang (have) sung
(to) lend (is) lending lent (have) lent
(to) buy (is) buying bought (have) bought
(to) cost (is) costing cost (have) cost
Principal Parts Chart
Try two on your own…
To drink To talk
Infinitive/base
Present Participle
PastPast
Participle
Is the verb regular or irregular?
(to) drink (is) drinking drank (have) drunk irregular
(to) talk (is) talking talked (have) talked regular