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Principal Parts of Verbs

Principal Parts of Verbs. Page 178-179. TN Standard. SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, tenses) within context. Principal Parts of Verbs. The principal parts of a verb are forms that help it express time and action.

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Principal Parts of Verbs

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  1. Principal Parts of Verbs Page 178-179

  2. TN Standard • SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, tenses) within context.

  3. Principal Parts of Verbs • The principal parts of a verb are forms that help it express time and action. • The four principal parts are called the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle. Principal Parts of Verbs

  4. Forming the Future Tense • To form the future tense, use verbs from the present column (previous slide) with will or shall. • You can use helping verbs with participles to make other tenses. • For the present participle, use forms of the helping verb be (is, are, was, were). For the past participle, use forms of have (have, has, had). • Examples: She uses her pencil today. (present) She is using her pencil again today. (present participle) She used her pencil. (past) She had used her pencil yesterday. (past participle)

  5. Directions for 1-5, page 178: identify and write the principal part (does not include the helping verb)used in the verb or verb phrase in each sentence and tell the kind of principal part it is. Use the chart to help you to identify. One sentence has two verbs. • Example: The scientist has arrived in the tropical forest. • Answer: arrived, past participle

  6. 1. She pitched her tent and looked around. presentpresent participle past past participle

  7. Now she observes a band of spider monkeys. presentpresent participle past past participle

  8. 3. They are jumping from tree to tree. presentpresent participle past past participle

  9. 4. They have paused for a snack. presentpresent participle past past participle

  10. 5. They have lived here for many years. presentpresent participle past past participle

  11. Directions for 6-15, page 179: identify and write the verb phrase(includes the helping verb)and tell the kind of principal part used in the verb. Use the chart to help you to identify. Some sentences have two verbs. • Example: The zoologist had stayed in the tropical forest. • Answer: had stayed, past participle

  12. 6. She prepared for her return in North America. presentpresent participle past past participle

  13. 7. “The animals here have amazed me,” she noted in her journal. presentpresent participle past past participle

  14. 8. She has taken some beautiful photographs. presentpresent participle past past participle

  15. 9. She has recorded information in her journal. presentpresent participle past past participle

  16. 10. “Now, a different forest awaits me.” presentpresent participle past past participle

  17. 11. Soon she will sketch raccoons at a pond. presentpresent participle past past participle

  18. 12. The zoologist has photographed otters. presentpresent participle past past participle

  19. 13. Three otters are playing by the river. presentpresent participle past past participle

  20. 14. “Have they encountered humans before?” she wondered. presentpresent participle past past participle

  21. 15. Soon she will publish a wildlife book. presentpresent participle past past participle

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