•The steel had nicked into the edge of one of the darker stone pieces.

•The verb phrase had nicked combines the participle of the verb nick with a form of have.

Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

•Verbs in the past tense show action that has already happened. Most verbs in the past tense end in –ed.

•The flowers in the vase wilted after two days.

Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

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

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

•When a verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding –ed: cried.

Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

•A verb’s tenses are made from four basic forms. The basic forms are called the verb’s principal parts.

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

Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

Present Present Participle Past Past Participle

walk (is, are) walking walked (has, have, had) walked

study (is, are) studying studied (has, have, had) studied

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

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

•When a verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding –ed: cried.

Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

•The porcupine terrified the young boy.

• past

•Brian is pouring the water onto the flames.

• present participle

•Wendy had wished for an early spring.

• past participle

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verb.

• Jack saves his strength.

• present

•The sun warmed his back.

• past

•The rescue pilots are searching the area every day.

• present participle

Principal Parts of Regular VerbsIdentify the principal part used to form the underlined

verb.

•Marian carries the supplies by herself.

• present

•The hikers had settled into a daily routine.

• past participle

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verb.

•The hungry flames are licking up the dry bark.

• present participle

•He hammered the rock with the flat end of his hatchet.

• past

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verb.

•The mammoth oak tree is shading us from the burning sun.

• is shading, present participle

•Diana strapped the parachute on before take-off.

• strapped, past

Principal Parts of Regular VerbsIdentify the verb in each sentence and decide if it is present, present participle, past, or past participle.

•Dawn has cooked us supper on an open fire.

• has cooked, past participle

•Our fox terrier barks at every squirrel and rabbit.

• barks, present

Principal Parts of Regular VerbsIdentify the verb in each sentence and decide if it is present, present participle, past, or past participle.

•Brad wanted a quiet vacation away from the telephone.

• wanted, past

Principal Parts of Regular VerbsIdentify the verb in each sentence and decide if it is present, present participle, past, or past participle.