Principal parts of verbsIrregular Verbs

Subject and Verb agreement

Principal Parts of VerbsVerb Present Participle Past Past Participle

Walk Is walking Walked Has walked

Live Is living Lived Has lived

Try Is trying Tried Has tried

Slip Is slipping Slipped Has slipped

Leroy is visiting England. He has visited London.

I am enjoying this book. I have enjoyed other books by this author too.

Irregular Verbs

• Irregular Verbs do not form the past and past participle by adding d or ed. They just have to be memorized.

Charts on pgs. 156 and 158and on worksheets 36-37

Subject-Verb Agreement• Singular subjects use singular verbsEx. Jack robs liquor stores (s on the verb)• Plural subjects use plural verbsEx. Bonnie and Clyde rob banks (no s on the verb)

-- I uses am and was.Ex. I am happy today. (present) I was happy yesterday. (past)

-- He, she, it, and singular nouns use is and was.Ex. She is the captain. (present)

The game was close. (past)

-- We, you, they, and plural nouns use are and were.Ex. We are teammates. The boys were helpful.