Regular and Irregular Verbs

Verbs

Types of verbs. Verb tense.

What is a VERB?

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence (it says something about the subject), such as 

hear, become, happen.

A VERB IS A DOING WORD!

Examples of Action Verbs

• She tasted the stew.

• He eats mushrooms.

• They do not (don't) ride the bus to school.

• Mary will write about her holiday in her journal.

Examples of Linking Verbs

• William is excited about his project.

• You looked tired after studying all night.

• That egg smells rotten.

• Dreams will come true when you believe in them.

Examples of Helping Verbs

• Peter was singing for an hour.

• Bonzo had eaten the chicken before we could stop him.

• The wifi will be disconnected after 6 o'clock.

• You must exercise to keep fit.

Multiple Choice

Which word is the VERB?

I eat an apple every day.

• I

• eat

• apple

• day

Multiple Choice

Fill in the correct option.

Let's _______ to the playground.

• eat

• water

• walk

• blanket

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb is the highlighted word below.

You must write the word using the correct spelling.

• Linking

• Action

• Helping

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb is the highlighted word below?

I swam in the sea in the summer.

• Linking

• Action

• Helping

Verb Tenses

Verbs can be used in different tenses

- Past (something that has already happened)

- Present (something that is currently happening)

- Future (something that has yet to occur)

Regular Verbs

Regular verbs are verbs that follow a regular pattern when switching between forms.

The base form of a verb is the simple, plain form of the verb that would appear in the dictionary. 

Multiple Choice

What is the simple present tense of climbed?

• climb/climbs

• will climb

• climbing

Multiple Choice

Change the tense from present to past tense.

She works hard at school.

• working

• worked

• will work

Multiple Choice

Change the tense from past tense to future tense.

Adam played tennis.

• plays

• will play

• playing

Irregular Verbs

An irregular verb is a type of verb that does not follow the general rule of using “-ed” at the end of the word to make the past tense or the past participle form.

It means the spellings of an irregular verb can be tricky, and may follow a different pattern.

Multiple Choice

What is the past tense of run?

• running

• ran

• will run

Multiple Choice

What is the past participle tense of wear?

• wore

• wearing

• worn

Multiple Choice

What is the present tense of read?

• read

• red

• reading

Regular and Irregular Verbs

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Regular Verbs

Past and Past Participle verbs end in -ed.

Example: Jack jumped over the large rock.

Multiple Choice

Which of these words is the past tense?

• jump

• jumped

• jumping

• jumps

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are not formed by adding -ed.

Example: begin, began, begun

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has an irregular verb?

• He lived over two hundred years ago.

• He rode on a horse.

Multiple Choice

Tell if the past tense verb is regular or irregular:

hopped

• regular verb

• irregular verb

Multiple Choice

Tell if the past tense verb is regular or irregular:

ran

• regular verb

• irregular verb

Multiple Choice

Tell if the past tense verb is regular or irregular:

forgot

• regular verb

• irregular verb

Subject-Verb Agreement Review

Past

Present

Future

Past Tense Subject-Verb Agreement

Past tense action verbs do not change no matter the subject.

Past tense state of being verbs change depending on if the subject is singular or plural.

Present Tense Subject-Verb Agreement

These verbs change depending if the subject is singular or plural.

Future Tense Subject-Verb Agreement

The future tense is the same for all subjects. You simply add the helping verb will, to the verb you want to use.

Multiple Choice

The girl carrying the books _____ running

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Children from spain ______ Spanish.

• speak

• speaks

Multiple Choice

This story about planets ____ my favorite.

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

My sister and her friend ______ softball.

• play

• plays

Multiple Choice

Your friendship ____ important to me.

• are

• is

Fill in the Blanks

The boy beside that tall building

nice.

Fill in the Blanks

This market

many types of apples.

Fill in the Blanks

The turtles

swimming in the pond.

Fill in the Blanks

My sister

a bad cold.

Fill in the Blanks

My dogs always

all of their dinner at meal time.

Multiple Select

Choose the subject-verb agreement pairs that are correct.

• I is

• You are

• They am

• We were

• I am

Multiple Select

Choose the subject-verb agreement pairs that are correct.

• Fiona runs

• You jump

• We will walking

• Mr. G fix

• The dogs bark

Multiple Select

Choose the subject-verb agreement pairs that are correct.

• He smile

• She dances

• It opened

• Hank and Finn will play

• Mike and Pat brings

Multiple Choice

We ___ sightseeing in the morning.

• went

• go

• goed

Multiple Choice

We ___ a great time on holiday.

• haved

• had

• have

Multiple Choice

In the school holidays, my brother didn't ___ camping with us.

• went

• go

• goes

Multiple Choice

I ___ a film on TV yesterday evening.

• not watched

• not watch

• didn't watch

Multiple Choice

Did you walk to school this morning?

• Yes, I walked

• Yes, I didn't

• Yes, I did

Multiple Choice

Our teacher ___ us a lot of homework.

• give

• gave

• don't give

Multiple Choice

My dad ___ Chinese food last week.

• didn't buy

• not buy

• don't buy

Multiple Choice

___ another country on holiday?

• You visited

• You did visit

• Did you visit

Multiple Choice

I ___ a lot of chocolates last night.

• eat

• eated

• ate

Multiple Choice

My parents ___ me a new phone for my birthday.

• give

• gave

• gived

Multiple Choice

We ___ at a beautiful hotel last summer.

• stay

• stayed

• don't stay

Multiple Choice

My friends and I ___ lots of water sports in Turkey.

• did

• doed

• do

Multiple Choice

Jane _________(walk) in the forest yesterday.

• walk

• walked

• wolk

• walkd

Multiple Choice

Sam_______(go) to the fair in the city.

• went

• goed

• god

• had

Multiple Choice

We____(have) a picnic in the forest last summer.

• haved

• haveed

• had

• has

Multiple Choice

We ___ (make) a snowman last year.

• make

• maked

• made

• makes

Multiple Choice

We went to Paris by train and _____(stay) at a small hotel.

• stays

• stay

• stoy

• stayed

Multiple Choice

Emily _____(play) basketball on the beach last summer.

• plays

• ploy

• playd

• played

Multiple Choice

I _______(not learn) skiing; I took a boat tour in İstanbul last winter.

• didn't learn

• didn't learned

• doesn't learn

• don't learn

Multiple Choice

We______(not play) snowball; we made a snowman.

• doesn't play

• don't play

• didn't played

• didn't play

Multiple Choice

Yesterday we ..........................History

• studyed

• studied

• study

• studies

Multiple Choice

Sheila .............. too much last Sunday

• eats

• eaten

• eating

• ate

Multiple Choice

Janet .......................very well at her birthday party last week!

• sing

• sung

• sang

• sings

Multiple Choice

John ...................... his leg yesterday :(

• broke

• break

• broken

• breaks

Multiple Choice

You .............so well yesterday when we were playing hide and seek!

• hide

• hidden

• hid

• hiding

Multiple Choice

They ............................. their homework yesterday!

• don't do

• didn't did

• didn't do

• doesn't do

Multiple Choice

I .......................dinner with my mum last weekend :)

• cooks

• cooking

• cook

• cooked

Multiple Choice

The children ....................... to put the rubbish out yesterday

• forget

• forgot

• forgotten

• forgets

Multiple Choice

The day before yesterday we .................P.E. at school

• have

• had

• has

• having

Multiple Choice

We .........................to the park yesterday

• go

• went

• gone

• goes

Multiple Choice

Yesterday she ........................... to music all day long

• listen

• listens

• listened

• listening

Multiple Choice

I (drink) ________________ tea with dinner last night.

• drank

• drinked