The Four Principal Parts
become
to become, becoming, became, become
I __________ an essay. (to write / future)
I will write an essay.
He __________ the floor. (to sweep / present)
He has swept the floor.
The building __________ for hours. (to burn / past)
The building was burning for hours.
I __________ steak for a week. (to freeze / present)
I have been freezing steak for a week.
bite
to bite, biting, bit, bitten
I __________ the timer. (to wind / past)
I wound the timer.
They __________ more than once. (to steal / past)
They had stolen multiple times.
She __________ you dinner. (to bring / future)
She will be bringing you dinner.
You __________ the rules. (to forget / past)
You had been forgetting the rules.
bring
to bring, bringing, brought, brought
You __________ every time you play. (to win / present)
You win every time you play.
You __________ there. (to stand / future)
You will have stood there.
The water __________ through the wall. (to burst / present)
The water is bursting through the wall.
They __________ to the food bank for a year. (to give / future)
They will have been giving to the food bank for a year.
choose
to choose, choosing, chose, chosen
He __________ that shirt yesterday. (to wear / past)
He wore that shirt yesterday.
He __________ in the dirt. (to spit / past)
He had spat in the dirt.
I __________ a new car. (to buy / present)
I am buying a new car.
You __________ to school for many years. (to go / present)
You have been going to school for many years.
do
to do, doing, did, done
They __________ the instructions. (to understand / past)
They understood the instructions.
I __________ all my money. (to spend / present)
I have spent all my money.
You __________ so many fish! (to catch / present)
You are catching so many fish!
She __________ not __________ very well recently. (to hear / present)
She has not been hearing very well recently.
eat
to eat, eating, ate, eaten
I __________ the first pitch at the game. (to throw / future)
I will throw the first pitch at the game.
She __________ to us before. (to speak / past)
She had spoken to us before.
They __________ on for dear life. (to cling / past)
They were clinging on for dear life.
They __________ secrets all this time. (to keep / past)
They had been keeping secrets all this time.
fall
to fall, falling, fell, fallen
I __________ you are incorrect. (to think / present)
I think you are incorrect.
He __________ into home plate. (to slide / future)
He will have slid into home plate.
__________ you __________ a hole? (to dig / present)
Are you digging a hole?
Soon, I __________ on the couch for an hour. (to lie / future)
Soon, I will have been lying on the couch for an hour.
fly
to fly, flying, flew, flown
She __________ the paper in half. (to tear / present)
She tears the paper in half.
I __________ in for too long. (to sleep / present)
I have slept in for too long.
She __________ a picture. (to draw / past)
She was drawing a picture.
We __________ the lights on overnight. (to leave / present)
We have been leaving the lights on overnight.
give
to give, giving, gave, given
He __________ at the school for five years. (to teach / past)
He taught at the school for five years.
The ship __________ to the bottom of the sea. (to sink / present)
The ship has sunk to the bottom of the sea.
They __________ sick. (to feel / past)
They were feeling sick.
He __________ for thirty minutes. (to read / present)
He has been reading for thirty minutes.
hide
to hide, hiding, hid, hidden
We __________ on the swings. (to swing / past)
We swung on the swings.
__________ you __________ in the ocean? (to swim / present)
Have you swum in the ocean?
He __________ the aircraft. (to fly / present)
He is flying the aircraft.
By July, you __________ cars for ten years.
By July, you will have been selling cars for ten years.