Writing Tip – Verbs

The PRESENT PARTICIPLE – always ONE word and always ends in -ING going, eating

The PAST PARTICIPLE – always ONE word; can easily be found by pretending that ‘I have’ comes before it (I have) gone; (I have) eaten

The INFINITIVE – can be found by pretending that ‘to’ comes before it: (to) go; (to) eat.

The following examples indicate the different combinations of verbs:

He is breaking stones. (auxiliary + present participle)

He has broken stones. (auxiliary + past participle)

He will break stones. (auxiliary + infinitive)

He will be breaking stones. (auxiliaries + present participle)

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