Transcript Verb Forms - go do see write begin etc. #98

From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lesson
Series
Mini-Lesson #98
 The principle parts of a verb are its base/infinitive (eat,
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talk) used for the present tense with auxiliaries like can,
should, will, and does.
Its past form (ate, talked) and its past participle form
(eaten, talked), used with has, had, or have for perfect
tenses with forms of be (is, am, are, was, were, etc.) in
passive constructions.
Regular verbs like talk to form their past and past
participle forms the “regular” way by simply adding –d or
–ed to their base.
Irregular verbs like eat and the ones on the next slide form
their past and past participle forms in “irregular” and
unpredictable ways.
The past participle form of both “regular” and “irregular”
verbs must always be used with an auxiliary/helping verb.
Present/ Infinitive
Go
Do
See
Write
begin
Past Tense
Went
Did
Saw
Wrote
began
Past Participle
(have) gone
(have) done
(have) seen
(have) written
(have) begun