Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs By Cheryl Hamilton Grade 5

Irregular Verbs O When irregular verbs are used in different tenses, they do not following the rules like other verbs do.

Irregular Verbs O Instead of having “ed” forms to show past tense, irregular verbs usually change to other words.

Example O Present Tense O The students set up the experiments.

Example O Present Participle O The students are setting up the experiments.

Example Past Tense The students set up the experiments.

Example O Past Participle O The students have set up the experiments.

Common Irregular Verbs O Present Tense Present Participle Past Tense Past Participle O bring (am, is, are) bringing brought (has, have, had) brought O build (am, is, are) building built (has, have, had) built O come (am, is, are) coming came (has, have, had) come O draw (am, is, are) drawing drew (has, have, had) drawn O eat (am, is, are) eating ate (has, have, had) eaten O find (am, is, are) finding found (has, have, had) found O grow (am, is, are) growing grew(has, have, had) grown O run (am, is, are) running ran (has, have, had) run O set (am, is, are) setting set (has, have, had) set O speak (am, is, are) speaking spoke (has, have, had) spoken O tell (am, is, are) telling told (has, have, had) told

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