Principal Parts of Verbs

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Principal Parts of Verbs

• Page 178-179

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TN Standard

• SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs
  (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
  agreement, tenses) within context.

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Principal Parts of Verbs

• The principal parts of a verb are forms that help
  it express time and action.
• The four principal parts are called the present,
  the present participle, the past, and the past
  participle.
• Principal Parts of Verbs

Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
climb (climbs) (is, are, was, were) climbing climbed (have, has, had) climbed
carry (carries) (is, are, was, were) carrying carried (have, has, had) carried
live (lives) (is, are, was, were) living lived (have, has, had) lived
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Forming the Future Tense

• To form the future tense, use verbs from the
  present column (previous slide) with will or
  shall.
• You can use helping verbs with participles to
  make other tenses.
• For the present participle, use forms of the
  helping verb be (is, are, was, were). For the
  past participle, use forms of have (have, has,
  had).
• Examples
• She uses her pencil today. (present)
• She is using her pencil again today. (present
  participle)
• She used her pencil. (past)
• She had used her pencil yesterday. (past
  participle)

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Directions for 1-5, page 178 identify and
write the principal part (does not include the
helping verb) used in the verb or verb phrase in
each sentence and tell the kind of principal part
it is. Use the chart to help you to identify. One
sentence has two verbs.

• Example The scientist has arrived in the
  tropical forest.
• Answer arrived, past participle

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• 1. She pitched her tent and looked around.

present present participle past past participle
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• Now she observes a band of spider monkeys.

present present participle past past participle
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• 3. They are jumping from tree to tree.

present present participle past past participle
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• 4. They have paused for a snack.

present present participle past past participle
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• 5. They have lived here for many years.

present present participle past past participle
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Directions for 6-15, page 179 identify and
write the verb phrase(includes the helping verb)
and tell the kind of principal part used in the
verb. Use the chart to help you to identify.
Some sentences have two verbs.

• Example The zoologist had stayed in the
  tropical forest.
• Answer had stayed, past participle

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• 6. She prepared for her return in North America.

present present participle past past participle
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• 7. The animals here have amazed me, she noted
  in her journal.

present present participle past past participle
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• 8. She has taken some beautiful photographs.

present present participle past past participle
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• 9. She has recorded information in her journal.

present present participle past past participle
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• 10. Now, a different forest awaits me.

present present participle past past participle
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• 11. Soon she will sketch raccoons at a pond.

present present participle past past participle
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• 12. The zoologist has photographed otters.

present present participle past past participle
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• 13. Three otters are playing by the river.

present present participle past past participle
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• 14. Have they encountered humans before? she
  wondered.

present present participle past past participle
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• 15. Soon she will publish a wildlife book.

present present participle past past participle