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Standard English Verbs

Standard English Verbs and Standard English Verbs and Irregular VerbsIrregular Verbs

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Standard English Verbs

Regular Verbs

•PresentPresent

•PastPast

•Past Past ParticipleParticiple

•Present Present ParticipleParticiple

Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E ©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc

Standard English Verbs

Regular Verbs

•PresentPresent

•PastPast

•Past ParticiplePast Participle

•Present Present ParticipleParticiple

These parts are used to build verb

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Standard English Verbs

Regular Verbs

. . . and

Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E ©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc

Standard English Verbs

Most verbs. . .

. . .in English are regular.

Let’s take a look at the verb

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“Shout” is in the present tense.

• The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding -d or -ed to the present.

• So, the past tense of “shout” is. . .

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The past participle. . .

. . . is also formed by adding -d or -ed to the present.

So, the past participle of “shout” is also. . .

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. . . is the form of the verb used with the helping verbs:

• have

• has

• had

or

• some forms of be.

The past participle. . .

Example:Example:

““Enough! You Enough! You have shoutedhave shouted at at me for two days me for two days

already!”already!”

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The present participle. . .

. . . is formed by adding

-ing to the present.

So, the present participle of “shout” is. . .

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Let’s review!

Present Past Past Present Participle Participle

ShoutShout ShoutedShouted ShoutedShoutedShoutingShouting