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Verbs: Base Form Past Form Past Participle

Verbs are words that express action or state of being and are necessary to make a statement. There are different types of verbs including action verbs, which can be transitive or intransitive, linking verbs, and verb phrases. Verbs also have different parts including the base, past, present participle, and past participle forms. Some verbs are irregular and do not follow the regular pattern of adding "-ed" to form the past and past participle.

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Verbs: Base Form Past Form Past Participle

Verbs are words that express action or state of being and are necessary to make a statement. There are different types of verbs including action verbs, which can be transitive or intransitive, linking verbs, and verb phrases. Verbs also have different parts including the base, past, present participle, and past participle forms. Some verbs are irregular and do not follow the regular pattern of adding "-ed" to form the past and past participle.

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Verbs

1. A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement. A verb will fit one or more of these sentences: He _________. We _________. She ________ it. He knows. We walk. She sees it. 2. An action verb tells what someone or something does. The two types of action verbs are transitive and intransitive. A transitive verb is followed by a word or wordscalled the direct objectthat answer the question what? or whom? An intransitive verb is not followed by a word that answers what? or whom? Transitive: The tourists saw the ruins. The janitor washed the window. Intransitive: Owls hooted during the night. The children played noisily. 3. An indirect object receives what the direct object names. Marcy sent her brother a present. 4. A linking verb links, or joins, the subject of a sentence with an adjective or nominative. The trucks were red. (adjective) She became an excellent swimmer. (nominative) 5. A verb phrase consists of a main verb and all its auxiliary, or helping, verbs. We had been told of his arrival. They are listening to a symphony. 6. Verbs have four principle parts or forms: base, past, present participle, and past participle. Base: I talk. Present Participle: I am talking. Past: I talked. Past Participle: I have talked. 7. Irregular verbs form their past form and past participle without adding -ed to the base form.
PRINCIPAL PARTS OF IRREGULAR VERBS Base Form Past Form Past Participle

be was, were been beat beat beaten become became become begin began begun bite bit bitten or bit blow blew blown break broke broken bring brought brought catch caught caught choose chose chosen come came come do did done draw drew drawn drink drank drunk drive drove driven eat ate eaten fall fell fallen feel felt felt find found found fly flew flown freeze froze frozen

get got got or gotten give gave given go went gone grow grew grown hang hung or hung or hanged hanged have had had know knew known lay laid laid Base Form Past Form Past Participle lead led led lend lent lent lie lay lain lose lost lost put put put ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run say said said see saw seen set set set shrink shrank or shrunk or shrunk shrunken sing sang sung sit sat sat speak spoke spoken spring sprang or sprung sprung steal stole stolen swim swam swum take took taken tear tore torn tell told told think thought thought throw threw thrown wear wore worn win won won write wrote written

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