R EGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS Houghton Mifflin English PowerPoints

OBJECTIVES Students will: Identify and write the past tense forms of irregular verbs with and without helping verbs. Proofread for past tense forms of irregular verbs.

REVIEW What is a regular verb? You form the past tense form of the verb by adding “ed” to the word. call called What is an irregular verb? You form the past tense form of the verb by changing the spelling of the word.

REVIEW What is an irregular verb? You form the past tense form of the verb by changing the spelling of the word. bring brought

REVIEW bring brought (has, have, had) brought come came (has, have, had) come

REVIEW go went (has, have, had) gone make made (has, have, had) made

REVIEW take took (has, have, had) taken think thought (has, have, had) thought

REVIEW write wrote (has, have, had) written

D EFINITIONS There no rules to help form the past tense of irregular verbs. However, certain patterns will help remember the past form of some irregular verbs.

I RREGULAR V ERBS ring rang (Has, have, had) rung sing sang (Has, have, had) sung swim swam (Has, have, had) swum wear Wore (Has, have, had) worn begin Began (has, have, had) begun tear Tore (Has, have, had) torn

I RREGULAR V ERBS break broke (Has, have, had) broken speak spoke (Has, have, had) spoken steal stole (Has, have, had) stolen  choose  chose  (Has, have, had) chosen  freeze  Froze  (Has, have, had) frozen  blow  Blew  (Has, have, had) blown

I RREGULAR V ERBS fly flew (Has, have, had) flown know knew (Has, have, had) known grow grew (Has, have, had) grown

I DENTIFY THE INCORRECT PAST TENSE FORMS OF VERBS. Fire alarms rung early this morning, and everyone knew very quickly that this forest fire was serious. Strong winds have tore into the forest and have blowed the flames and the fire has growed fast. Some creatures of the forest swum or flied to safety. rang torn blown grown swamflew

I DENTIFY THE INCORRECT PAST TENSE FORMS OF VERBS. Others began too late. Helicopters have flew above the area to check the damage. Additional firefighters have began to arrive, and many weared their full gear, ready to go to work. Some campers broke down and cried, “This fire has broke my heart,” said one. flown begun wore broken