Regular and Irregular Verbs

Verbs

Verbs

Verbs are an essential component for any language. Verbs show what is happening, has happened or will happen. Verbs tell you how a person feels, thinks or behaves. Run, jump, sit, write, argue, shop, swing, dream, hope, believe and imagine are all examples of verbs.

A verb is a word that shows action or state of being. In the English language we change the structure of our verbs according to how they are used. This lesson discusses irregular verbs, which do not follow the designed rules for structuring verbs.

• Why do we change the structure of verbs depending on how they are used?

• How does verb structure change?

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Verb Tense

It is the time at which an action takes place. The three major verb tenses are present, past, and future. Here are some examples of the verb jump used in each of those three tenses.

• He jumps over the fence each day.

• He jumped over the fence yesterday.

• He will jump over the fence tomorrow.

Match

Match the following

• begin

• fly

• catch

• buy

• swim

began

flew

caught

bought

swam

• began

• flew

• caught

• bought

• swam

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Match the following

• is

• are

• has

• become

• think

was

were

had

became

thought

• was

• were

• had

• became

• thought

Match

Match the following

• find

• give

• get

• see

• go

found

gave

got

saw

went

• found

• gave

• got

• saw

• went

Match

Match the following

• come

• say

• know

• drink

• throw

came

said

knew

drank

threw

• came

• said

• knew

• drank

• threw

Match

Match the following

• write

• sleep

• drive

• wear

• forget

wrote

slept

drove

wore

forgot

• wrote

• slept

• drove

• wore

• forgot

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are those which do not follow the 'ed rule when in the past tense. These verbs might change the spelling in some other way or might not change at all from present to past tense.

Match

Match the following

• hurt

• read

• quit

hurt

read

quit

• hurt

• read

• quit

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What is the correct past tense of the verb begin?

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What is the past tense of the verb fly?

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What is the past tense of the verb cry?

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What is the past tense of the verb try?

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What is the past tense of the verb go?

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What is the past tense of the verb are?

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What is the past tense of the verb write?

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What is the past tense of the verb sleep?

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Write the past tense of the verb write

Multiple Choice

What is the correct past tense of the verb run?

• run

• ran

• runned

• 1. running

  
  

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs?

• Irregular verbs do not change when in the past tense, but regular verbs do

• Irregular verbs end with 'ed in the past tense, but regular verbs do not

• Regular verbs end with 'ed in the past tense, but irregular verbs do not

• Regular verbs do not change when in the past tense, but irregular verbs do

Multiple Choice

What is the suffix added to create the past tense on most verbs?

• er

• ed

• ion

• ing