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Four Principal Parts of a Verb
                  Regular Verbs                    Irregular Verbs
                                    1 Base Form
             Subject Pronoun  Main Verb       Subject Pronoun  Main Verb
               1  I                            1  I
                               walk                             write
               2  you                          2  you
               3  he, she, it  walks           3  he, she, it   writes
                 (or Singular Noun)              (or Singular Noun)
               1  we                           1  we
               2  you          walk            2  you           write
               3  they                         3  they
                (or Plural Noun)                 (or Plural Noun)
             Note: The verb form used with third-person singular subjects shows a spelling
             change to the base form when it expresses an action in the present tense.
                                    2 Past Form
             Subject Pronoun  Main Verb       Subject Pronoun  Main Verb
              1  I                             1  I
              2  you                           2  you
              3  he, she, it                   3  he, she, it
                          un)
                (or Singular Noun)               (or Singular Noun)
                                                           un)
                             walked                           wrote
              1  we                            1  we
              2  you                           2  you
              3  they                          3  they
                (or Plural Noun)                 (or Plural Noun)
                                 3 Present Participle
             Subject      Helping  Main       Subject      Helping  Main
             Pronoun       Verb  Verb        Pronoun        Verb  Verb
             1  I          am                1  I           am
             2  you        are               2  you         are
             3  he, she, it  is              3  he, she, it  is
              (or Singular Noun)  walking      (or Singular Noun)  writing
             1  we         are               1  we          are
             2  you        are               2  you         are
             3  they       are               3  they        are
              (or Plural Noun)                 (or Plural Noun)
                                  4  Past Participle
              Subject     Helping  Main        Subject     Helping  Main
              Pronoun      Verb  Verb         Pronoun       Verb  Verb
             1  I          have              1  I          have
             2  you        have              2  you        have
             3  he, she, it  has             3  he, she, it  has
              (or Singular Noun)  walked       (or Singular Noun)  written
             1  we         have              1  we         have
             2  you        have              2  you        have
             3  they       have              3  they       have
              (or Plural Noun)                 (or Plural Noun)
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