VERBS, VERBS, VERBS!

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VERBS, VERBS, VERBS!

• Regular and Irregular

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Verbs are classified by the way their past tenses
are formed.

• A REGULAR VERB forms the past tense by adding -d
  or -ed.

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EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PAST
• STARE STARED
• PLAY PLAYED

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CONJUGATION RULE

• PRESENT PARTICIPLE IS
• FORMED BY ADDING -ING.
• STARE STARING
• PLAY PLAYING

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CONJUGATION RULE

• WHEN REGULAR VERBS END WITH A SINGLE CONSONANT,
  DOUBLE THE CONSONANT BEFORE ADDING -ED OR -ING.

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EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PAST
• STAR STARRED
• JOG JOGGED

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EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PRESENT
• PARTICIPLE
• STAR STARRING
• JOG JOGGING

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CONJUGATION RULE

• THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE USES HELPING VERBS SUCH AS
  IS, AM, AND ARE.
• STARE IS STARING
• PLAY AM PLAYING
• STAR ARE STARRING

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CONJUGATION RULE

• THE PAST PARTICIPLE IS THE PAST TENSE FORM OF THE
  VERB. IT USES THE HELPERS HAVE, HAS, AND HAD.

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EXAMPLES

• PAST PAST
• PARTICIPLE
• STARE HAVE STARED
• STAR HAS STARRED
• PLAYED HAD PLAYED

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CONJUGATION RULE

• WHEN A VERB ENDS WITH -Y PRECEDED BY A
  CONSONANT, CHANGE THE -Y TO -I BEFORE ADDING -ED.

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EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PAST
• CRY CRIED
• ENVY ENVIED

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• An IRREGULAR VERB undergoes a change in spelling
  or no change at all to form the past tense.

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EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PAST
• BREAK BROKEN
• SEE SAW
• BRING BROUGHT

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MORE EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PAST
• PUT PUT
• BURST BURST
• HURT HURT

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CONJUGATION RULE

• THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE USES HELPING VERBS SUCH AS
  IS, AM, AND ARE.
• HURT IS HURTING
• SEE AM SEEING
• BRING ARE BRINGING

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CONJUGATION RULE

• JUST LIKE REGULAR VERBS, SINGLE CONSONANTS ARE
  DOUBLED BEFORE ADDING -ING.

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EXAMPLES

• PRESENT PAST
• PUT PUTTING

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CONJUGATION RULE

• THE PAST PARTICIPLE MAY NOT BE THE PAST TENSE
  FORM OF THE VERB. IT USES THE HELPERS HAVE, HAS,
  AND HAD.

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EXAMPLES

• PAST PAST
• PARTICIPLE
• CUT HAVE CUT
• BREAK HAS BROKEN
• SEE HAD SEEN

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