 |  English Skills with Readings, 5/e John Langan,
Atlantic Community College
Subject-Verb Agreement
Key Terms
| irregular verb | a verb that has an irregular form in the past tense and past participle. Ex.: choose, chose, chosen
| | | | | nonstandard forms | forms of verbs used in the dialect of a particular community; these are generally not acceptable in written English or in formal contexts. Ex.: Yesterday I fix the car.
| | | | | past participle | one of the principal parts of every verb: formed by adding -d or -ed to the present; used with the helping verbs have, has, or had, or with a form of be (with passive verbs).
| | | | | present participle | one of the principal parts of every verb: formed by adding -ing to the present
| | | | | principal parts of verbs | the four parts of every verb: present, past, past participle, and present participle
| | | | | verb tense | the times shown by verbs (present, past, future, etc.)
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