PRINCIPLE PARTS OF VERBS

Most verbs form their PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE by adding d or ed, for example like liked,
talk talked and their PRESENT PARTICIPLE by adding ing.

The following list of verbs form their past and past participle differently.

NO. PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

1 am/is was been being

2 are were been being

3 arise arose arisen arising

4 awake awoke awaken awakening

5 bear bore borne bearing

6 beat beat beaten beating

7 begin began begun beginning

8 bend bent bent bending

9 bite bit bitten biting

10 bleed bled bled bleeding

11 blow blew blown blowing

12 break broke broken breaking

13 bring brought brought bringing

14 build built built building

15 catch caught caught catching

16 choose chose chosen choosing

17 come came come coming

18 creep crept crept creeping

19 cut cut cut cutting

20 dig dug dug digging

21 do/does did done doing

NO. PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

22 draw drew drawn drawing

23 drink drank drunk drinking

24 drive drove driven driving

25 eat ate eaten eating

26 fall fell fallen falling

27 feel felt felt feeling

28 fight fought fought fighting

29 fly flew flown flying

30 flee fled fled fleeing

31 forget forgot forgotten forgetting

32 freeze froze frozen freezing

33 get got gotten getting

34 give gave given giving

35 go went gone going

36 grow grew grown growing

37 has/have had had having

38 hang hung hung hanging

39 hang (man) hanged hanged hanging

40 hide hid hidden hiding

41 hurt hurt hurt hurting

42 keep kept kept keeping

43 kneel knelt knelt kneeling

44 know knew known knowing

45 lay laid laid laying

46 lie (down) lied lied lying

NO. PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

47 lie lied lied lying

48 lead led led leading

49 leave left left leaving

50 lend lent lent lending

51 light lighted lighted lighting

52 light lit lit lighting

53 lose lost lost losing

54 pay paid paid paying

55 ride rode rode riding

56 ring rang rung ringing

57 rise rose risen rising

58 run ran run running

59 say said said saying

60 see saw seen seeing

61 sell sold sold selling

62 send sent sent sending

63 shake shook shaken shaking

64 shine shone shone shining

65 shoot shot shot shooting

66 shrink shrank shrunk shrinking

67 sing sang sung singing

68 sit sat sat sitting

69 speak spoke spoken speaking

70 spring sprang sprung springing

71 steal stole stolen stealing

NO. PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

72 strive strove striven striving

73 swear swore sworn swearing

74 swim swam swum swimming

75 swing swung swung swinging

76 take took taken taking

77 teach taught taught teaching

78 tear tore torn tearing

79 throw threw thrown throwing

80 wear wore worn wearing

81 write wrote written writing

A. PRESENT TENSE

PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT

SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT
TENSE TENSE TENSE

I go. I am going I have gone.

He pays. He is paying. He has paid.
They draw. They are drawing. They have drawn.
She speaks. She is speaking. She has spoken.
We swim. We are swimming. We have swum.
Patricia eats. Patricia is eating. Patricia has eaten.
The bell rings. The bell is ringing. The bell has rung.
Kumari sings. Kumari is singing. Kumari has sung.

EXERCISE 1 Rewrite the following sentences in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

ending each sentence with the word now, e.g.

I sleep. I am sleeping now.

1. I read.
..

2. They play.
..

3. Hassan runs.
..

4. She keeps her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong writes a letter.

..

6. Gopal catches a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda takes some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane returns from Tokyo.

..
EXERCISE 2 Rewrite the following sentences in Exercise 1 in the PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE ending each sentence with the word already, e.g.

I sleep. I have slept already.

1. I read.
..

2. They play.
..

3. Hassan runs.
..

4. She keeps her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong writes a letter.

..

6. Gopal catches a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda takes some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane returns from Tokyo.

..
EXERCISE 3 The sentences in Exercise 1 are all in the SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE. Rewrite them ending each with the word every day, e.g.

I sleep. I sleep every day.

1. I read.
..

2. They play.
..

3. Hassan runs.
..

4. She keeps her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong writes a letter.

..

6. Gopal catches a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda takes some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane returns from Tokyo.

..
B. PAST TENSE

PAST PAST PAST

SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT
TENSE TENSE TENSE

I went. I was going. I had gone.

He paid. He was paying. He had paid.
They drew. They were drawing. They had drawn.
She spoke. She was speaking. She had spoken.
We swam. We were swimming. We had swum.
Patricia ate. Patricia was eating. Patricia had eaten.
The bell rang. The bell was ringing. The bell had rung.
Kumari sang. Kumari was singing. Kumari had sung.

EXERCISE 1 Rewrite the following sentences in the PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE.

I slept. I was sleeping.

1. I read.
..

2. They played.
..

3. Hassan ran.
..

4. She kept her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong wrote a letter.

..

6. Gopal caught a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda took some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane returned from Tokyo.

..
EXERCISE 2 Rewrite the following sentences in Exercise 1 in the PAST PERFECT TENSE
ending each sentence with the word already, e.g.

I slept. I had slept already.

1. I read.
..

2. They played.
..

3. Hassan ran.
..

4. She kept her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong wrote a letter.

..

6. Gopal caught a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda took some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane returned from Tokyo.

..
EXERCISE 3 The sentences in Exercise 1 are all in the SIMPLE PAST TENSE. Rewrite them
ending each with the word yesterday, e.g.

I slept. I slept yesterday.

1. I read.
..

2. They played.
..

3. Hassan ran.
..

4. She kept her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong wrote a letter.

..

6. Gopal caught a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda took some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane returned from Tokyo.

..
C. FUTURE TENSE

FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE

SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT
TENSE TENSE TENSE

I shall go. I shall be going. I shall have gone.

He will pay. He will be paying. He will have paid.
They will draw. They will be drawing. They will have drawn.
She will speak. She will be speaking. She will have spoken.
We shall swim. We shall be swimming. We shall have swum.
Pat will eat Pat will be eating. Pat will have eaten.
The bell rings. The bell will be ringing. The bell will have rung.
Kumari sang. Kumari was singing. Kumari had sung.

EXERCISE 1 Rewrite the following sentences in the FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE.

I shall sleep. I shall be sleeping.

1. I shall read.
..

2. They will play.

..

3. Hassan will run.

..

4. She will keep her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong will write a letter.

..

6. Gopal will catch a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda will take some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane will return from Tokyo.

..
EXERCISE 2 Rewrite the sentences in EXERCISE 1 the FUTURE PERFECT TENSE, e.g.

I shall sleep. I shall have slept.

1. I shall read.
..

2. They will play.

..

3. Hassan will run.

..

4. She will keep her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong will write a letter.

..

6. Gopal will catch a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda will take some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane will return from Tokyo.

..
EXERCISE 3 The sentences in Exercise 1 are all in the SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE. Rewrite
them ending each with the word later, e.g.

I shall sleep. I shall sleep later.

1. I shall read.
..

2. They will play.

..

3. Hassan will run.

..

4. She will keep her money.

..

5. Mrs. Wong will write a letter.

..

6. Gopal will catch a butterfly.

..

7. Melinda will take some pictures.

..

8. The aeroplane will return from Tokyo.

..