44. 1 Participial adjectives

A verb has five major parts. The charts below tell us how a verb changes in different tenses.

Regular verbs:

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2

3

4

5

Verb

Simple

present

Simple

past

Present

participle

Past

participle

Infinitive

amuse

amuse(s)

amused

amusing

amused

to amuse

annoy

annoy(s)

annoyed

annoying

annoyed

to annoy

bore

bore(s)

bored

boring

bored

to bore

dash

dash(es)

dashed

dashing

dashed

to dash

excite

excite(s)

excited

exciting

excited

to excite

flatter

flatter(s)

flattered

flattering

flattered

to flatter

shock

shock(s)

shocked

shocking

shocked

to shock

tire

tire(s)

tired

tiring

tired

to tire

Irregular verbs:

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2

3

4

5

Verb

Simple

present

Simple

past

Present

participle

Past

participle

Infinitive

eat

eat(s)

ate

eating

eaten

to eat

bite

bite(s)

bit

biting

bitten

to bite

buy

buy(s)

bought

buying

bought

to buy

catch

catch(es)

caught

catching

caught

to catch

do

do(es)

did

doing

done

to do

deal

deal(s)

dealt

deal

dealt

to deal

sing

sing(s)

sang

singing

sung

to sing

swim

swim(s)

swam

swimming

swum

to swim

All present participles,regular or irregular, end in -ing.

The past participles of all regular verbs end in -ed.