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Irregular Verbs

The document discusses irregular verbs in English. It provides examples of common irregular verbs and how their past tense and past participle forms are formed differently than regular verbs by not adding "-ed" or "-d." It notes that irregular verbs are difficult to learn because there is no single rule for forming their past tense, and the verbs don't follow the typical pattern of regular verbs. Memorization of each irregular verb is required.

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Irregular Verbs

The document discusses irregular verbs in English. It provides examples of common irregular verbs and how their past tense and past participle forms are formed differently than regular verbs by not adding "-ed" or "-d." It notes that irregular verbs are difficult to learn because there is no single rule for forming their past tense, and the verbs don't follow the typical pattern of regular verbs. Memorization of each irregular verb is required.

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  • Irregular Verbs

IRREGULAR VERBS

An irregular verb is one that does not form its simple past tense or its past participle by adding "-ed" or
"-d" to the base form. Irregular verbs contrast with regular verbs, which form the simple past tense and
past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d."

Base Form Of Verb Past tense Base Form Of Verb Past tense

be (is, am,are) was, were eat ate

beat beat fall fell

become became feel felt

begin began fight fought

bend bent find found

bet bet fly flew

bid bid forget forgot

bite bit forgive forgave

blow blew freeze froze

break broke get got

bring brought give gave

build built go went

burn burned/burnt grow grew

buy bought hang hung

catch caught have had

choose chose hear heard

come came hide hid

cost cost hit hit

cut cut hold held

dig dug hurt hurt

dive dove keep kept

do did know knew

draw drew lay laid

dream dreamed/dreamt lead led

drive drove leave left

drink drank lend lent


Base Form Of Verb Past tense Base Form Of Verb Past tense

let let teach taught

lie lay tear tore

lose lost tell told

make made think thought

mean meant throw threw

meet met understand understood

pay paid wake woke

put put wear wore

read read win won

ride rode write wrote

ring rang swim swam

rise rose take took

run ran Irregular verbs are difficult because there isn’t one rule
you can learn for them. They don’t follow the pattern.
say said You just have to memorize them.

Regular verbs always follow the same pattern. They


see saw
look the same in the past and are easy to form. Usually all
you have to do is add the letters -ed at the end of the
sell sold word!

send sent Here are some examples:


I work, I worked.
show showed He laughs, he laughed.

shut shut Irregular verbs, though, don’t follow that pattern. You


can recognize them because they look so different in the
past tense.
sing sang
Some examples:
I write, I wrote.
sit sat He builds, he built.

sleep slept An English verb is irregular when it doesn’t end in -


ed in the simple past tense and past participle form.
speak spoke Not sure what those are? Here’s a simple way of looking
at it:
spend spent
The simple past tense describes any action that takes
place before right now.

stand stood o Regular verb: I worked for 40 hours last week.

o Irregular verb: I spoke to my best friend yesterday.

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