Rules for Using Irregular Verbs
[Pages:11]USING IRREGULAR VERBS
Understand the problem.
All verbs, whether regular or irregular, have five forms (often called principal parts). These forms are the infinitive, simple present, simple past, past participle, and present participle.
The difference between regular and irregular verbs is the formation of the simple past and past participle.
Regular verbs are dependably consistent--the simple past ends in ed as does the past participle.
Review this chart:
INFINITIVE
to laugh to start to wash to wink
SIMPLE PRESENT laugh(s) start(s) wash(es) wink(s)
SIMPLE PAST laughed started washed winked
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
laughed
laughing
started
starting
washed
washing
winked
winking
In contrast, the simple past and past participle of irregular verbs can end in a variety of ways, with no consistent pattern.
Here are examples:
INFINITIVE to drive to feel
SIMPLE PRESENT
drive(s)
feel(s)
SIMPLE PAST
drove
felt
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
driven
driving
felt
feeling
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to put to swim
put(s) swim(s)
put swam
put swum
putting swimming
With irregular verbs, writers make two frequent errors. They either 1) add an incorrect ed to the end of the past tense or past participle or 2) confuse one form with the other.
Read this sentence:
Olivia feeled like exercising yesterday, so she putted on her bathing suit and drived to the city pool, where she swum so far that only an extra-large pepperoni pizza would satisfy her hunger.
What are the problems with this sentence? First, feeled should be felt. Next, putted needs no ed. The correct past tense of drive is drove. And we must change swum to swam.
Know the solution.
To avoid making mistakes with irregular verbs, learn the very long chart below. (Or bookmark this page in your web browser for future reference!)
INFINITIVE to arise to awake to be to bear to beat to become
SIMPLE PRESENT arise(s)
awake(s)
am, is, are
SIMPLE PAST
arose
awoke or awaked
was, were
bear(s)
bore
beat(s) become(s)
beat became
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
arisen
arising
awaked or awoken
awaking
been
being
borne or born
bearing
beaten
beating
become
becoming
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INFINITIVE
to begin to bend to bet to bid (to offer) to bid (to command) to bind to bite to blow to break to bring to build
SIMPLE PRESENT begin(s) bend(s) bet(s)
bid(s)
bid(s)
bind(s) bite(s) blow(s) break(s) bring(s) build(s)
to burst
burst(s)
to buy to cast to catch to choose to cling to come to cost
buy(s) cast(s) catch(es) choose(s) cling(s) come(s) cost(s)
SIMPLE PAST began bent bet
bid
bade
bound bit blew broke brought built burst or bursted bought cast caught chose clung came cost
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
begun
beginning
bent
bending
bet
betting
bid
bidding
bidden
bidding
bound
binding
bitten or bit biting
blown
blowing
broken
breaking
brought
bringing
built
building
burst or bursted
bursting
bought
buying
cast
casting
caught
catching
chosen
choosing
clung
clinging
come
coming
cost
costing
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INFINITIVE
to creep to cut to deal to dig
SIMPLE PRESENT creep(s) cut(s) deal(s) dig(s)
to dive
dive(s)
to do to draw
do(es) draw(s)
to dream
dream(s)
to drink
to drive to eat to fall to feed to feel to fight to find to flee to fling to fly
drink(s)
drive(s) eat(s) fall(s) feed(s) feel(s) fight(s) find(s) flee(s) fling(s) flies, fly
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
crept
crept
creeping
cut
cut
cutting
dealt
dealt
dealing
dug
dug
digging
dived or dove
dived
diving
did
done
doing
drew
drawn
drawing
dreamed or dreamt
dreamed or dreamt
dreaming
drank
drunk or drank
drinking
drove
driven
driving
ate
eaten
eating
fell
fallen
falling
fed
fed
feeding
felt
felt
feeling
fought
fought
fighting
found
found
finding
fled
fled
fleeing
flung
flung
flinging
flew
flown
flying
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INFINITIVE
SIMPLE PRESENT
to forbid
forbid(s)
to forget
forget(s)
to forgive to forsake to freeze
forgive(s) forsake(s) freeze(s)
to get
get(s)
to give to go to grow to hang (to suspend) to have to hear
give(s) go(es) grow(s) hang(s) has, have hear(s)
to hide
hide(s)
to hit to hurt to keep to know to lay
hit(s) hurt(s) keep(s) know(s) lay(s)
SIMPLE PAST forbade or forbad
forgot
forgave forsook froze
got
gave went grew
hung
had heard
hid
hit hurt kept knew laid
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
forbidden forbidding
forgotten or forgot
forgetting
forgiven
forgiving
forsaken
forsaking
frozen
freezing
gotten or got
getting
given
giving
gone
going
grown
growing
hung
hanging
had heard hidden or hid hit hurt kept known laid
having hearing
hiding
hitting hurting keeping knowing laying
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INFINITIVE to lead
SIMPLE PRESENT
lead(s)
to leap
leap(s)
to leave
leave(s)
to lend
lend(s)
to let
let(s)
to lie (to rest or recline)
lie(s)
to light
light(s)
to lose
lose(s)
to make
make(s)
to mean
mean(s)
to pay
pay(s)
to prove
prove(s)
to quit to read to rid to ride to ring to rise to run
quit(s) read(s) rid(s) ride(s) ring(s) rise(s) run(s)
SIMPLE PAST
led
leaped or leapt
left
lent
let
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
led
leading
leaped or leapt
leaping
left
leaving
lent
lending
let
letting
lay
lain
lying
lighted or lit lighted or lit lighting
lost
lost
losing
made
made
making
meant
meant
meaning
paid
paid
paying
proved
proved or proven
proving
quit
quit
quitting
read
read
reading
rid
rid
ridding
rode
ridden
riding
rang
rung
ringing
rose
risen
rising
ran
run
running
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INFINITIVE
SIMPLE PRESENT
to say
say(s)
to see
see(s)
to seek
seek(s)
to send
send(s)
to set
set(s)
to shake
shake(s)
to shine (to glow)
shine(s)
to shoot
shoot(s)
to show
show(s)
to shrink to sing to sink to sit to slay to sleep to sling to sneak
shrink(s) sing(s) sink(s) sit(s) slay(s) sleep(s) sling(s) sneak(s)
SIMPLE PAST said saw sought sent set shook
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
said
saying
seen
seeing
sought
seeking
sent
sending
set
setting
shaken
shaking
shone
shone
shining
shot
shot
showed
shown or showed
shrank or shrunk
shrunk or shrunken
sang or sung sung
sank or sunk
sunk
sat
sat
slew or slayed
slain
slept
slept
slung
slung
sneaked or snuck
sneaked or snuck
shooting showing
shrinking singing sinking sitting slaying sleeping slinging sneaking
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INFINITIVE
to speak to spend to spin
SIMPLE PRESENT speak(s) spend(s) spin(s)
to spring
spring(s)
to stand to steal to stick to sting
stand(s) steal(s) stick(s) sting(s)
to stink
stink(s)
to stride to strike to strive to swear to sweep to swim to swing to take to teach to tear to tell
stride(s) strike(s) strive(s) swear(s) sweep(s) swim(s) swing(s) take(s) teach(es) tear(s) tell(s)
SIMPLE PAST spoke spent spun sprang or sprung stood stole stuck stung stank or stunk strode struck strove swore swept swam swung took taught tore told
PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
spoken
speaking
spent
spending
spun
spinning
sprung
springing
stood stolen stuck stung
standing stealing sticking stinging
stunk
stinking
stridden struck striven sworn swept swum swung taken taught torn told
striding striking striving swearing sweeping swimming swinging taking teaching tearing telling
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