– ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE – PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE DISTINCT FORMS T HREE begin ring sing spring swim do go am is see drink shrink sink stink swear tear wear blow draw fly grow know throw drive began rang sang sprang swam did went was was saw drank shrank sank stank swore tore wore blew drew flew grew knew threw drove begun rung sung sprung swum done gone been been seen drunk shrunk sunk stunk sworn torn worn blown drawn flown grown known thrown driven 63 – ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE – PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE DISTINCT FORMS T HREE strive choose rise break speak fall shake take forget get give forgive. | ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE PRESENT PAST Three distinct PAST PARTICIPLE FORMS begin began begun ring rang rung sing sang sung spring sprang sprung swim swam swum do did done go went gone am was been is was been see saw seen drink drank drunk shrink shrank shrunk sink sank sunk stink stank stunk swear swore sworn tear tore torn wear wore worn blow blew blown draw drew drawn fly flew flown grow grew grown know knew known throw threw thrown drive drove driven 63 ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE PRESENT PAST Three distinct PAST PARTICIPLE FORMS strive strove striven choose chose chosen rise rose risen break broke broken speak spoke spoken fall fell fallen shake shook shaken take took taken forget forgot forgotten get got gotten give gave given forgive forgave forgiven forsake forsook forsaken hide hid hidden ride rode ridden write wrote written freeze froze frozen steal stole stolen Same present and past participle forms come came come overcome overcame overcome run ran run 64 ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE In English SUBJECT as in many other languages the essential verb to be is highly irregular PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE I am was have been you are were have been he she it is was has been we are were have been they are were have been Helping Verbs Helping verbs also called auxiliary verbs are essential to clear communication. They help indicate exactly when an action took place or will take place. They also suggest very specific meanings such as the subject s ability or intention to do something. The following table lists the helping verbs their forms and their meanings. PRESENT AND FUTURE PAST MEANING EXAMPLES will would intention He will send the letter in the morning. can could ability I can make it by 3 00. Rose could not believe her luck. may might might permission May I borrow your car Might we go to the party together should should have past participle recommendation We should leave a good tip. They should have offered us a ride home. must have to had to necessity I must .
