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Irregular Verbs
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By the end of this lesson, we will be able to:
Identify, form, and use and use irregular verbs.
Correctly use the past-tense forms of the irregular verbs eat, give, grow, take, write, do, go, run, see, give.
Objectives
In English, the "usual" rule is to add "-ed" or "-d" to the base form of the verb to create the past forms.
Regular verbs
Rules
Add "ed" to most verbs:
jump > jumped
paint > painted
If a verb of one syllable ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], double the final consonant and add "ed":
hug > hugged
stop > stopped
If the final consonant is "w," "x," or "y," don't double it:
sew > sewed
play > played
If the verb ends "e," just add "d":
thrive > thrived
stare > stared
If the verb ends [consonant + "y"], change the "y" to an "i" and add "ed":
cry > cried
fry > fried
Rules
Regular and Irregular Verbs
An irregular verb is one that does not form its simple past tense by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form. Irregular verbs contrast with regular verbs. They live by their own set of rules
Irregular Verbs
The conjugation is not based on the rules of tenses; but rather on the specific conjugation which is used for the word.
This means that verbal conjugation is a game of memorization. You need to memorize the specific conjugation for each irregular verb!
Do irregular verbs have a rule?
Examples
Go - went
See - saw
Do - did
Run - ran
Come - came
Give - gave
Grow - grew
Take - took
write - wrote
Eat - ate
Read - Read
Put - put
Hit - hit
Spread - spread
Bet - bet
Cost - cost
Cut - cut
Let - let
Hit - hit
Hurt - hurt
Complete each sentence using the verbs in the brackets. Think carefully about regular and irregular verbs!
My sister ___________ (buy) a beautiful leather jacket yesterday. It was so expensive.
Don't give me that book, I ____________ (read) it last year and hated it!
Every Sunday when I was a child, the whole family ___________(visit) my grandparents in the country.
My wife ___________(watch) a horror movie on TV last night until midnight.
I didn't write that letter, Pete. Your brother ___________(write) it.
The hotel was great and so quiet too. We ___________(sleep) so well.
We hope that you ___________(enjoy) your stay with us. Come
again soon!