Principal Parts
There are this many principal parts of verbs.
Four (Present, Present Participle, Past, Past Participle)
There are this many verb tenses.
Six
Bring or Take:
Find the car keys, and _______ them to your father.
Take
Lie or Lay: Choose the correct form:
She has ________ on her back with an ice pack for 30 minutes today.
Lain
Complete the sentence: The cat _____ onto the counter. (jump, future)
will jump
These two principal parts will always have a helping verb attached to them.
List the 6 verb tenses
present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect
This is the past participle of the verb bring.
Have/has brought
DAILY DOUBLE
Teach or Learn?
It's your responsibility to ________ God's Word for yourself.
Learn
Complete the sentence: We _____ Crystal Bridges this year. (visit, past participle)
have visited
This principal part always ends in "-ing"
Present participle
List the three regular tenses of the verb "point" using the pronoun "I"
point, pointed, will point
This is the present participle of the verb "raise."
Is raising
This is the present participle of "lay"
Complete the sentence: She _____ to him on the phone just last week. (talk, past)
talked
The past participle is formed using either of these helping verbs + a "-d/ed" ending (for regular verbs)
have or has
Complete the sentence: I _____ to the store yesterday before I ate dinner. (go, past)
went
Sit or Set:
I need to _____ my reading glasses on the desk.
Set
This is the past participle of "raise"
have/has raised
Complete the sentence: Mom and I ______ to a play tonight at the Walton Arts Center. (go, present participle)
are going
List the principal parts for the verb "lunge."
lunge, is lunging, lunged, has lunged
List the three perfect tenses of the verb "plot" using the pronoun "we"
have plotted, had plotted, will have plotted
Rise or Raise:
The air bubbles will always ________ to the top of the water.
Rise
These are the four principal parts of the verb "lie"
lie, is lying, lay, have/has lain
Complete the sentence: They _____ fourteen miles in the last two days. (run, past participle)
have run