THIS VERB FORM DESCRIBES ANHAPPENING NOW

5. Past participle:This verb form describes anhappening now.action that happened in the past. It is used with ahelping verb, such as has, have,or had.I amsorry you arenot coming with us.It has not snowed all winter.Jessica doesyoga every morning.I have waited as long as I can.The present tense of regular verbs is formed asfollows:Regular VerbsMost English verbs are “regular”—they follow a standard

SINGULAR

PLURAL

set of rules for forming the present participle, past tense,

first person

base form

base form

and past participle.

(I/we)

(believe)

(believe)

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The present participle is formed by adding –ing.

second person

base form

base form

■

The past tense and past participle are formed by

(you)

(believe)

(believe)

adding –ed.

third person

base form +

base form

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If the verb ends with the letter e, just add d.

(he/she/it/they)

–s/–es

(believes)

(believe)

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If the verb ends with the letter y, for the pasttense, change the yto an iand add –ed.