1. Irregular Verbs

2. An Irregular Verb is a verb that doesn’t follow general rules for verb forms. Except for the verb be, all main verbs have 5 forms.

3. Verb Forms Base Form: Usually I walk. Past Tense: Yesterday I walked. Past Participle:I have walked many times. Present Participle: I am walking right now. - S From:He walks.

4. Irregular Verbs For regular verbs, the past-tense and past- participle forms end in –ed or –d. For irregular verbs, the past tense and past participle are formed differently: rode, ridden; began, begun.

5. Past-Tense Here are some clues for you… – The past tense always occurs alone, without a helping verb. – It always expresses action that occurred entirely in the past: I rode to work yesterday. I walked to work last Tuesday.

6. Past Participle The past participle is used with a helping verb. It forms the perfect tenses with has, have, or had. – perfect tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed It forms the passive voice with be, am, is, was, were, being, or been.