Monday, November 12, 2007

Verb Lessons 5 & 6

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs do not follow the same form as regular verbs

For instance:

a regular verb such as:

shop

4 principal parts

verb - shop

present participle - is shopping (is - ing)

past - shopped (-ed)

past participle - has shopped (has -ed)

Irregular Verb - be

4 principal parts

verb - be

present participle - is being (still continue using is and -ing after the verb)

past - was, were (the past tense for irregular verbs will NEVER use -ed)

past participle - has been (continue to use has before the past tense of the verb)

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