Principal Parts of Verbs
Present and Present Participle
A verb in the present tense describes an action that is happening now.
A verb in the present participle tense describes an action that is ongoing.
To form the present participle, use one of the helping verbs is, are, or am
and add –ing to the end of the main verb.
Past and Past Participle
A verb in the past tense describes an action in the past.
A verb in the past participle tense describes an action that was started in the
past but is ongoing or continuous.
To form the past participle of regular verbs, use one of the helping verbs has
or have and add –ed to the end of the main verb.
The principle parts of verbs include the present, present participle, past and past
participle tenses.
The present participle combines a helping verb is, are, or am with a main verb
ending in –ing.
The past participle of a regular verb combines a helping verb have or has with a
main verb ending in –ed.
Present
make
go
learn
laugh
Past
made
went
learned
laughed
Present Participle
(is, are, am) making
(is, are, am) going
(is, are, am) learning
(is, are, am) laughing
Past Participle
(has, have) made
(has, have) went
(has, have) learned
(has, have) laughed