Chapter Twenty-Four

1. Chapter Twenty-Four Standard English Verbs and Irregular Verbs

2. Regular Verbs Every verb has four principal parts: • Present • Past • Past Participle • Present Participle

3. Regular Verbs • Present • Past • Past Participle • Present Participle These parts are used to build verb Tenses. . .

4. Regular Verbs . . . and Tenses Tell Time.

5. Most verbs. . . . . .in English are regular. Let’stake a look at the verb SHOUT.

6. The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding -d or -ed to the present. So, the past tense of “shout” is. . . “Shout” is in the present tense. Shouted.

7. . . . is also formed by adding -d or -ed to the present. So, the past participle of “shout” is also. . . The past participle. . . Shouted.

8. The past participle. . . . . . is the form of the verb used with the helping verbs: • have • has • had or • some forms of be. Example: “Enough! You have shouted at me for two days already!”

9. The present participle. . . . . . is formed by adding -ing to the present. So, the present participle of “shout” is. . . Shouting.

10. Let’s review! Present Past Past Present Participle Participle Shout Shouted Shouted Shouting

11. Irregular Verbs. . . . . . throw these rules out the window. Except, thank goodness, for the present participle, which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.

12. Irregular verbs. . . . . .can otherwise be tricky. For example, take the verb “bite.” That’s the present tense.

13. Irregular Verbs • The past tense of “bite” is “bit,” and the past participle is “bitten.” “Bited” just won’t do. • Remember, the present participle is still “biting.”

14. Let’s review again! Present Past Past Present Participle Participle Bite Bit Bitten Biting

15. Irregular Verbs. . . . . . give just about everyone trouble from time to time. When in doubt, consult the list in your text or your dictionary.