Irregular and Regular Verbs

ACTIVATOR Circle the verbs that you think are irregular. What are your standards for selection? Hope Go Run Wish Tell

1. Principal Parts of a Verb The principal parts of a verb are the base form, the present participle, the past, and the past participle. Base Present P Past Past Part talk [is] talking talked [have] talked draw [is] drawing drew [have] drawn

1. Principal Parts of a Verb “talk” is a regular verb because its past and past participle forms are created by adding an –ed at the end. “draw” is an irregular verb because its past and past participle forms are created differently.

2. Principal Parts of a Verb and Time The principal parts of a verb are used to express time. Present Time- “draw” -He draws excellent pictures -Susan is drawing one now.

2. Principal Parts of a Verb and Time Past Time- “draw” -Last week they drew two maps. -She has often drawn cartoons. Future Time- “draw” -Perhaps she will draw one for you. -By Thursday, we will have drawn two more.

3.Regular Verbs A regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding –d or –ed to the base form. Base Present P Past Past Part clean [is] cleaning cleaned [have] cleaned hope [is] hoping hoped [have] hoped slip [is] slipping slipped [have] slipped

4. Irregular Verbs An irregular verb forms its past and past participle in some way other than adding –d or – ed to the base form. 1. By changing the vowel Base Present P Past Past Part sing [is] singing sang [have] sung

4. Irregular Verbs By changing consonants Base Present P Past Past Part make [is] making made [have] made 3. By changing vowels and consonants Base Present P Past Past Part do [is] doing did [have] done

4. Irregular Verbs By making no changes Base Present P Past Past Part hurt [is] hurting [have] hurt

Assessment What makes a verb irregular? Give one example per group member – also, taking the base through each of the principal parts.

Common Irregular Verbs Base Form Present Participle Past Tense Past Participle 1 begin [is] beginning [have] 2 bite [is] biting 3 blow [is] blowing 4 break [is] breaking 5 bring [is] bringing 6 build [is] building 7 burst [is] bursting 8 buy [is] buying 9 catch [is] catching began begun bitten or bit bit blew blown broke broken brought brought built built burst burst bought bought caught caught

chose chosen came come cost cost cut cut did done drew drawn drank 10 choose [is] choosing [have] 11 come [is] coming 12 cost [is] costing 13 cut [is] cutting 14 do [is] doing 15 draw [is] drawing 16 drink [is] drinking 17 drive [is] driving 18 eat [is] eating 19 fall [is] falling 20 feel [is] feeling 21 fight [is] fighting 22 find [is] finding 23 fly [is] flying came come cost cost cut cut did done drew drawn drank drunk drove driven ate eaten fell fallen felt felt fought fought found found flew flown

forgave forgiven froze frozen got or gotten got gave given went gone 24 forgive [is] forgiving [have] 25 freeze [is] freezing 26 get [is] getting 27 give [is] giving 28 go [is] going 29 grow [is] growing 30 have [is] having 31 hear [is] hearing 32 hide [is] hiding 33 hit [is] hitting 34 hold [is] holding 35 know [is] knowing froze frozen got or gotten got gave given went gone grew grown had had heard heard hid or hidden hid hit hit held held knew know

led led left left lent lent let let lost lost made made met met paid 36 lead [is] leading [have] 37 leave [is] leaving left left lent lent 38 lend [is] lending [have] 39 let [is] letting 40 light [is] lighting 41 lose [is] losing 42 make [is] making 43 meet [is] meeting 44 pay [is] paying 45 put [is] putting 46 read [is] reading 47 ride [is] riding let let lighted or lit lighted or lit lost lost made made met met paid paid put put read read rode ridden

rang rung ran run said said saw seen sought sought sold sold sent sent 48 ring [is] ringing [have] 49 run [is] running 50 say [is] saying 51 see [is] seeing 52 seek [is] seeking 53 sell [is] selling 54 send [is] sending 55 shrink [is] shrinking 56 sing [is] singing 57 sink [is] sinking 58 speak [is] speaking 59 spend [is] spending ran run said said saw seen sought sought sold sold sent sent shrank or shrunk shrunk sang sung sank or sunk sunk spoke spoken spent spent

stood stood stole stolen swam swum swung swung took taken taught 60 stand [is] standing [have] 61 steal [is] stealing 62 swim [is] swimming 63 swing [is] swinging 64 take [is] taking 65 teach [is] teaching 66 tear [is] tearing 67 tell [is] telling 68 think [is] thinking 69 throw [is] throwing stole stolen swam swum swung swung took taken taught taught tore torn told told thought thought threw thrown

wore worn won won written wrote 70 wear [is] wearing [have] 71 win [is] winning 72 write [is] writing wore worn won won written wrote