Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of adding -ed to form their past tense and past participle forms. Instead, they undergo various changes in their base form, past tense, and past participle forms. It's essential to memorize irregular verb forms because they do not follow predictable patterns.
Examples of Irregular Verbs:
Base Form (Present): speak
- Past Tense: spoke
- Past Participle: spoken
Base Form (Present): go
- Past Tense: went
- Past Participle: gone
Base Form (Present): eat
- Past Tense: ate
- Past Participle: eaten
Base Form (Present): see
- Past Tense: saw
- Past Participle: seen
Base Form (Present): take
- Past Tense: took
- Past Participle: taken
Exercise: Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence.
- She (go/went) to the store yesterday.
- They (eat/ate) dinner at 7 PM.
- He (speak/spoke) five languages fluently.
- We (see/saw) a shooting star last night.
- She (take/took) the bus to work this morning.
- They (bring/brought) flowers for their mother's birthday.
- He (give/gave) a speech at the conference last week.
- She (choose/chose) the blue dress for the party.
- They (write/wrote) a letter to their grandparents.
- I (break/broke) my arm when I was a child.
Answers:
- went
- ate
- spoke
- saw
- took
- brought
- gave
- chose
- wrote
- broke
Table listing some common irregular verbs along with their base form, past tense, and past participle:
| Base Form | Past Tense | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been |
| have | had | had |
| do | did | done |
| go | went | gone |
| come | came | come |
| see | saw | seen |
| take | took | taken |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| run | ran | run |
| write | wrote | written |
| break | broke | broken |
| drive | drove | driven |
| swim | swam | swum |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| sing | sang | sung |
| Base Form | Past Tense | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| catch | caught | caught |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| get | got | got/gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| know | knew | known |
| leave | left | left |
| meet | met | met |
| read | read | read |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| see | saw | seen |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| wear | wore | worn |
| write | wrote | written |
| Base Form | Past Tense | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| bear | bore | borne |
| burst | burst | burst |
| cling | clung | clung |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| drive | drove | driven |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| grind | ground | ground |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| lie | lay | lain |
| prove | proved | proven/proved |
| rise | rose | risen |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| slay | slew | slain |
| slide | slid | slid |
| spin | spun | spun |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| weave | wove | woven |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
These are just a few examples of irregular verbs
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