Principal Parts of Verbs
The 4 principal parts of a verb (in order):
What are:
Base form
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
What is the voice in this sentence?
The music for the documentary film The Plow That Broke the Plains was composed by Virgil Thomson.
Passive voice
Nation shall (rise, raise) against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
If there is a direct object, you MUST also state the d.o.
rise
Does this sentence use active voice or passive voice?
According to the editorial, the city's surplus money was wasted by inefficient politicians.
If the sentence is passive, write the sentence in active voice on your white board.
Passive voice
Active voice:
According to the editorial, inefficient politicians wasted the city's surplus money.
The 4 principal parts of
BURN
What are:
burn
[is] burning
burned or burnt
[have] burned or burnt
Which verb form shows a logical time relationship with the main verb?
A newspaper account sated that the Syrians (invaded, had invaded) Lebanon.
had invaded
The Lord (set, sat) His face like a flint and refused to be diverted from His path to the cross.
If there is a direct object, you MUST also state the d.o.
set
DO: face
Write the correct principal part of the verb in parentheses on your white board. Spelling counts.
He did the extra work and (lay, lie) it on the teacher's desk.
laid
What are the ways an irregular verb can form the past and past participle?
1. changing consonants
2. changing vowels
3. changing vowels and consonants
4. making no change
What is the verb (verb phrase) in this sentence? What is the tense?
Burr had participated in a treasonous plot to control Western lands.
had participated
past perfect tense
Since the new rails have been [1] (laid, lain) to replace the loose ones, Jeremy has [2] (laid, lain) down to take a nap.
1. laid
2. lain
Write the correct principal part of the verb in parentheses on your white board. Spelling counts.
Pete (climb) up the tree and threw down the young boy's kit.
climbed
Give the correct form (past or past participle) of the verb given before this sentence:
[see] During our visit to Hawaii, we ______ a group of performers do a traditional hula dance.
saw
What is the verb in this sentence? Is the verb transitive or intransitive? What is the voice of the verb?
Aaron Copeland, an American composer, wrote the beautiful Appalachian Spring.
wrote
transitive verb
active voice
[1] (Rising, Raising) early in the morning, two crews were at work [2] (raising, rising) the circus tent.
If there is a direct object, you MUST state the direct object.
1. Rising
2. Raising
D.O.= tent
Write the principal parts of the following verbs. Write if the verb is regular or irregular.
1. ride
2. be
3. seek
1. ride- irregular ride, [is] riding, rode, [have] ridden
2. be- irregular be, [is] being, was/were, [have] been
3. seek- irregular seek, [is] seeking, sought, [have] sough
On the board, give the correct form of the italicized verbs in the following sentences. Next to each verb, provide the principal part.
We recently [1] (see) paintings by the African American artist H.O. Tanner. Tanner had [2] (choose) his lifelong career by the time he was thirteen. While walking in the park one day, he had [3] (come) upon a landscape artist at work.
1. saw- past
2. had chosen- past participle
3. had come- past participle
What is the verb (verb phrase) in this sentence? What is the tense?
Have you ever visited Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson?
Have visited
present perfect tense
While you were [1] (sitting, setting) the notes on the podium and preparing for my lecture on Tolkien, I chose to [2] (sit, set) awkwardly on the tiny chair in the corner of the lecture hall.
If there is a direct object, you MUST state the D.O.
1. setting
DO= notes
2. sit
Does this sentence use active voice or passive voice?
Her vision and her mind were descried by her as free of "static" and "distractions."
Write the sentence in active voice and diagram it on your board.
passive voice
She described her vision and her mind as free of "static" and "distractions."