Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the standard rules of conjugation in the past tense and past participle forms.

An example of an irregular verb in the past tense is 'go,' which becomes 'went.'

The past participle form of 'take' is 'taken.'

The past tense of 'rise' is 'rose.'

The past participle form of 'be' is 'been.'

The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding '-ed' to the base form of the verb.

The past tense of 'know' is 'knew.'

The past participle form of 'blow' is 'blown.'

The past tense indicates an action that has already happened, while the past participle is used in perfect tenses and passive voice.

If I had known you were coming, I would have prepared better.