1. Lesson #4: Irregular Verbs A verb is a word that describes an action or a state of being. It is usually the word right after the noun. Irregular verbs like the ones in this lesson don’t form the past tense by adding –d or –ed.

2. Awake/awoke/awoken Verb: to get up from sleep Alexis awoke at dawn to finish her homework.

3. Become/became/become Verb: To start to be Studying every night, Ian became a star student.

4. Bite/bite/bitten 1.Verb: To close your teeth around something 2.Verb: To cut with your teeth Keith broke off a piece of chicken to bite into.

5. Bring/brought/brought 1.Verb: To take someone or something with you 2.Verb: To carry Keri brought in cupcakes for her birthday.

6. Creep/crept/crept Verb: To move slowly and quietly Hoping to scare Mrs. Harris, Trezure crept up behind her.

7. Find/found/found Verb: To discover or come across something Kaylah and Ahnesti found a missing puppy.

8. Grind/ground/ground Verb: to crush something into a powder Starbucks is popular because they grind their own coffee beans.

9. Leave/left/left Verb: To go away from or out of Keshawn left school early and forgot his homework.

10. Rise/rose/risen 1.Verb: To go up 2.Verb: To get up Nashaley enjoyed looking at the full moon that had risen in the sky.

11. shed/shed/shed 1.Verb: To let something fall or drop off 2.Verb: To give off Shakir’s dog shed hair in the summer.

12. Spread/spread/spread 1.Verb: To cover a surface with something 2.Verb: To unfold or sketch out Luigiana likes to spread strawberry jelly on her toast.

13. Spring/sprang/sprung Verb: To jump suddenly; leap Imani is fast; she sprang by all the girls in a class race.

14. Swing/swung/swung Verb: To move back and forth, especially on a hinge Isaiah swung high on the playset.

15. Tear/tore/torn Verb: To rip or pull apart: to make an opening Hussein tore open the bag of Takis and spilled them on the floor.

16. Understand/understood/understood Verb: To know what something means or how it works Yoseph understood the math problem and used his strategies to solve it correctly.

17. Good luck with your vocabulary test!

18. Grind/ground/ground Verb: to crush something into a powder Starbucks is popular because they grind their own coffee beans.