I swim at my aunt’s house in the afternoon. I am going to my aunt’s house this afternoon. I have gone to my aunt’s house every afternoon this week. I go to my aunt’s house in the afternoon. Present participle (- ing ending formed with to be verbs such as is, have been, will be, could have been, etc.) Past participle (used with helping verbs such as have, has, will have, etc.) Present tense (used alone or with helping verbs such as will, did, etc.) Use helping verbs only with an irregular verb’s past participle.Įxample: I went to the store. Note: Do not use helping verbs such as has or have with the past tense form of an irregular verb. Verbs in English are irregular if they don’t have a conventional -ed ending in the past tense.Įxample: Go (present tense), went (past tense), gone (past participle) A verb is called a regular verb if its past tense and past participle are formed by adding -ed ( wait ed, insist ed) or sometimes just -d ( breathe d, replace d).
