regular and irregular verbs
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•You have learned that, for most verbs, you form the past tense by adding –ed to the verb.
•Verbs that follow this rule are called regular verbs.
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•Examples of regular verbs–plant—planted–dare—dared–cry—cried
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•For some verbs, you do not form the past tense by adding –ed.
•Irregular verbs have special forms to show the past.
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Irregular VerbsVerb Past
TensePast with Helping
Verbbring
come
go
make
run
say
take
think
write
brought
came
went
made
ran
said
took
thought
wrote
(has, have, had) brought
(has, have, had) come
(has, have, had) gone
(has, have, had) made
(has, have, had) run
(has, have, had) said
(has, have, had) taken
(has, have, had) thought
(has, have, had) written
•Sadly, there are no rules to help you form the past of irregular verbs.
•However, certain patterns will help you remember the past forms of some irregular verbs.
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Irregular VerbsVerb Past
TensePast with Helping
VerbRing
Sing
Swim
Begin
rang
sang
swam
began
(has, have, had) rung
(has, have, had) sung
(has, have, had) swum
(has, have, had) begun
Tear
Wear
tore
wore
(has, have, had) torn
(has, have, had) worn
Break
Speak
Steal
Choose
Freeze
broke
spoke
stole
chose
froze
(has, have, had) broken
(has, have, had) spoken
(has, have, had) stolen
(has, have, had) chosen
(has, have, had) frozen
Blow
Grow
Know
fly
blew
grew
knew
flew
(has, have, had) blown
(has, have, had) grown
(has, have, had) known
(has, have, had) flown