Principal Parts
Tenses
Troublesome Verbs
1. Present - base form
2. Present Participle
3. Past
4. Past Participle
look
(am/is/are) looking
looked
(has/have/had) looked
• Add -ing to form the PRESENT PARTICIPLE
raise + ing = raising
talk + ing = talking
• Add –d or –ed to form PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE
raise + d = raised; (has/have/had) raised
talk + ed = talked; (has/have/had) raised
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jump
Present
(am/is/are) jumpingPresent Participle
jumped
Past
(has/have/had) jumped Past Participle
talk
travel
You do:
enjoy
stop
receive
argue
wish
remember
• Also add –ing to form PRESENT PARTICIPLE
drink + ing = drinking
• BUT … forms the PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE by
changing the present/base form altogether
drank = PAST
(has/have/had) drunk = PAST PARTICIPLE
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break
(am/is/are) breaking
broke
(has/have/had) broken
choose
catch
eat
bite
Present
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
You do:
freeze
know
drive
bring
1. The judges have (chose, chosen) the finalists.
2. James (walk, walked) to the library today.
3. My favorite jeans have (began, begun) to
wear out.
4. Someone (broke, has broke) that valuable
vase.
5. Have you (began, begun) studying for the
test?
6. We have (ate, eaten) already.
7. The snow cone has (froze, frozen) my tongue.
8. Sue has (broked, broken) the record for the
long jump event.
9. The team captains (chose, chosen) their
players carefully.
10. Have you (chose, chosen) a topic yet?
11.Have you (brung, brought) your application
to the office?
12. He has (drank, drunk) only water at practice.
• The principal parts of a verb are:
1. present/base
2. present participle
3. past
4. past participle
The principal parts of a verb help create the
six tenses.
• A regular verb forms its present participle by
adding –ing and its past and past participle by
adding –d or –ed to the present/base form.
• An irregular verb forms its present participle
by also adding –ing but forms the past and
past participle by changing the present/base
form all together.
Sit or Set?
Rise or Raise?
Lie or Lay?
Sentence Practice
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Today, I want to (lie, lay) in the sun.
Yesterday, I (lie, lay) I the sun.
The girl (lay, laid) her paper on the table.
The teacher has (laid, lain) the pen on her desk.
The student (raised, rose) at four o’clock.
(Raise, Rise) the window shade.
We always (set, sit) the boxes on the floor.
The boy (set, sat) in his favorite chair.
9. The student (raised, rose) his hand.
10. Mother (raised, rose) the shade in the kitchen.
11. Our neighbor (sat, set) his garbage can outside.
12. Sally has (lain, laid) under the tree all day.
13. Julio had (sat, set) at the park until dark.
14. The girl had (rose, risen) to the occasion.
15. The coach (set, sat) the trophy on the shelf.
16. Dad is (laying, lying) on the couch in the den.
17. The dog likes to (lie, lay) on the rug.
18. The class (raised, rose) the question again.