Verb Notes - Lessons 3 & 4

Lesson 3 - Tenses

You are already familiar with the past (rehearsed) , present (rehearse) and future tenses (will rehearse). These three tenses are known as simple tenses.

Principal Parts

Principal Parts include:
base form of the verb - chop
present participle of the verb - is chopping
past tense of the verb - chopped
past participle of the verb - has chopped

Perfect Tenses

Present Perfect - has, have rehearsed

Past Perfect - had rehearsed

Future Perfect - will have rehearsed

Lesson 4 - Forms of be, have, and do

You can use be, have and do as main verbs and as helping verbs

Be, have and do have different forms for different subject and for different tenses.

Ssingular Subjects

Be Have Do

I am, was have, had do, did

you are, were have, had do, did

he, she, it is, was has, had does, did

(or singular nouns)

Plural Subjects

we are, were have, had do, did

you are, were have, had do, did

they are, were have, had do, did

(or plural noun)