REGULAR AND

IRREGULAR VERBS

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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.

callcalled

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.

bringbrought

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bringbrought(has, have, had) brought

comecame(has, have, had) come

REVIEW

gowent(has, have, had) gone

makemade(has, have, had) made

REVIEW

taketook(has, have, had) taken

thinkthought(has, have, had) thought

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writewrote(has, have, had) written

DEFINITIONS

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.

IRREGULAR VERBS

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

IRREGULAR VERBS

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

IRREGULAR VERBS fly

flew (Has, have, had) flown

know knew (Has, have, had) known

grow grew (Has, have, had) grown

IDENTIFY 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

swam

flew

IDENTIFY 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