Irregular verbs made by claire

The three most important irregular verbs are BE, HAVE, and DO.

PronounVerb

IWAS

YouWERE

He / she / itWAS

WeWERE

TheyWERE

PronounVerb

IHAD

YouHAD

He / she / itHAD

WeHAD

TheyHAD

PronounVerb

IDID

YouDID

He / she / itDID

WeDID

TheyDID

Irregular verbs

see - saw

eat-ate

fight- foughtdrive-drove

sat sitsing sang

swam swimdrank drink

gavegive begin began

i a

know knew threw throw

grew grow blew blow

flew fly drew

draw

The suffix - ew

speakspoke

breakbroke

stealstole

writewrote

riderode

choosechose

drivedrove

wakebear

wokebore

Long o

thinkthought

buybought

bringbrought

Fight

seek

Fought

sought

The suffix - ought

teachtaught

catchcaught

The suffix - aught

saysaid

paypaid

ay ai

leaveleft

meanmeant

dream

dreamt

sleepslept

keepkept

feelfelt

sweep

swept

The suffix - t

getgot

forgetforgot

shootshot

Short o

buildbuilt

sendsent

spendspent

lendlent

d t

Short 0

Long a

come came

become became

gotget forgotforget

shotshoot

fallfell

holdheld

Short e

teartore

wearwore

ear ore

understand understood

stand stood

a oo

tell told sell sold

ell old

shutshut

letlet

putput

hithit

readread

costcost

cutcut

hurthurt

No change

go went

have had

take took

see saw

hear heard

make made

do did

find found

eat ate

lie lay

lose lost

win won

run ran

Others

INFINITIVEINFINITIVE

HAVEHADHADSAYSAIDSAIDSLEEPSLEPTSLEPT

EATATEEATENGROWGREWGROWNSWIMSWAMSWUM

DRINK DRANKDRUNKGOWENTGONESEND SENTSENT

MAKEMADEMADESEESAWSEEN

TELLTOLDTOLDREADREADREAD

PASTPAST PARTICIPLEPARTICIPLE

PASTPAST SIMPLESIMPLE INFINITIVEINFINITIVE

PASTPAST SIMPLESIMPLE

PASTPAST PARTICIPLEPARTICIPLE INFINITIVEINFINITIVE

PASTPAST SIMPLESIMPLE

PASTPAST PARTICIPLEPARTICIPLE

T E N E R

C O M E R

B E B E R

H A C E R

C O N T A R

D E C I R

C R E C E R

I R

V E R

L E E R

D O R M I R

N A D A R

E N V I A R

INFINITIVEPAST SIMPLEPAST PARTICIPLEHAVEHADHAD

EATATEEATEN

DRINKDRANKDRUNK

MAKEMADEMADE

TELLTOLDTOLD

SAYSAIDSAID

GROWGREWGROWN

GOWENTGONE

SUBJECT + PAST SIMPLEI

YOUHESHE

ITWE

YOU

THEY

HADATE

DRANK

MADE

TOLD

SAID

GREW

WENT


EATATEEATEN

DRINKDRANKDRUNK

MAKEMADEMADE

TELLTOLDTOLD

SAYSAIDSAID

GROWGREWGROWN

GOWENTGONE

SUBJECT + DIDN´T + INFINITIVEI

YOU

HE

SHE

IT

WE

YOU

THEY

DIDN´T

DIDN´T

DIDN´T

DIDN´TDIDN´T

DIDN´T

DIDN´T

DIDN´T

HAVEEAT

DRINK

MAKE

TELLSAY

GROWGO


EATATEEATEN

DRINKDRANKDRUNK

MAKEMADEMADE

TELLTOLDTOLD

SAYSAIDSAID

GROWGREWGROWN

GOWENTGONE

DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE? DIDDID

DID

DID

DIDDID

DID

DID

I

YOU

HE

SHEIT

WE

YOU

THEY

HAVE

EAT

DRINK

MAKE

TELL

SAY

GROW

GO

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?

?

?

?

?

?

COMMON IRREGULAR COMMON IRREGULAR VERBSVERBS

•blow

PresentPastPast Participle

???Can you list these verb forms?

COMMON IRREGULAR COMMON IRREGULAR VERBSVERBS

•blow


blowblewblown

•break

Can you list these verb forms?


???

•break


breakbrokebroken

•catch



???

•catch


catchcaughtcaught

•choose



???

•chose


chosechosechosen

•come



???

•come


comecamecome

•do



???

•do


dodiddone

•draw



???

•draw


drawdrewdrawn

•drink



???

•drink


drinkdrankdrunk

•dream



???

•dream


dreamdreamt/dreamed

dreamt/ dreamed

•drive



???

•drive


drivedrovedriven

•eat



???

•eat


eatateeaten

•fall



???

•fall


fallfellfallen

•forgive



???

•forgive


forgiveforgaveforgiven

•get



???

•get


getgotgotten

•go



???

•go


gowentgone

•grow



???

•grow


growgrewgrown

•know



???

•know


knowknewknown

•lay



???

•lay


laylaidlaid

•lie



???

•lie


lielaylain

•ride



???

•ride


rideroderidden

•run



???

•run


runranrun

•see



???

•see


seesawseen

•sing



???

•sing


singsangsung

•sit



???

•sit


sitsatsat

•speak



???

•speak


speakspokespoken

•swim


swimsswamswum? ? ?Can you list these verb forms?

•swim


swimswamswum

•take


PresentPastPast Participl

e

???

•take


taketooktaken

•throw



???

•throw


throwthrewthrown

•write



???

•write


writewrotewritten

Put the following Put the following sentences into past sentences into past

simplesimple..

Fred and Mary are at home.

John works in an office.

Laura has got a dog.

Julie and Colin have got two cars.

Bart helps mum every day.

Nick and Dave study Maths.

Jenny plays tennis.

Nellie waters the flowers every morning.

Lisa is happy.

Joan has got a blue umbrella.

Fred and Mary were at home.

John worked in an office.

Laura had a dog.

Julie and Colin had two cars.

Bart helped mum yesterday.

Nick and Dave studied Maths.

Jenny played tennis.

Nellie watered the flowers yesterday morning.

Lisa was happy.

Joan had a blue umbrella.

WAS or WERE?

Mary ________ ill last week.

Jill and Fred _________ married for fifty years.

Lucy and Ben _______ at the cinema last Friday.

Lilly and Stephen _______ in when I phoned them .

You ________ out when I arrived .

I ________ very happy to meet Alice again.

Bob _______ in hospital last month. He ______ very ill.

Our puppies _____ really cute. Now we have one dog .

Mike ________ at home yesterday.

My friends _______ at school last week, but I _____ at home.

was

were

were

were

were

was

was was

were

was

Jane ________ English yesterday.)astudyed)bstudied)cstuded

Lucy ________ her bedroom .)acleand)bcleaned)cclean

Joan ________ Tom to her party.)ainvited

)binviteed)cinvitied

Mike ________ at home yesterday.)abeed)bwas)cwere

studied

cleaned

invited

was

Susan ________ dinner last night.)apreparied)bprepared)cprepare

Lucy ________ her bedroom .)acleand)bcleaned)cclean

Lilly and Ned ________ at school last Tuesday.

)awere

)bwas)cis

Steve ________ the car yesterday.)awash)bwashed)cwashied

prepared

cleaned

were

washed

Sammy ________ up late last night.)astay)bstaied)cstayed

June ________ tennis two days ago.)aplaed)bplayed)cplaied

Jerry ________ the party. It was great!

)aenjoyed

)benjoy)cenjoied

Steve ________ his room.)atidy)btidied)ctidyed

stayed

played

enjoyed

tidied

Complete the following Complete the following sentences with the sentences with the

verbs from brackets in verbs from brackets in past simplepast simple..

Susan ____________ pasta for dinner. (COOK)

Joe ______________ his homework at ten pm. (FINISH)

Gary _____________ to music yesterday. (LISTEN)

I ____________ school at 7.30 this morning. (START)

Jill ____________ with Peter the other day. (DANCE)

You ___________ door ten minutes ago. (CLOSE)

I _____________ the door. (LOCK)

Sam ______________ a letter from Sally. (RECEIVE)

Judy ______________ TV last night. (WATCH)

I______________ the light off. (SWITCH)

COOKED

FINISHED

LISTENED

STARTED

DANCED

CLOSED

LOCKED

RECEIVED

WATCHED

SWITCHED

Linda ____________ the surprise. (RUIN)

Jim ______________ his car. (REPAIR)

Gail __________ biscuits last Saturday morning. (BAKE)

I ____________ school at 1 p.m. yesterday. (FINISH)

Judy ____________ a lot yesterday. (LEARN)

I _______ computer games yesterday afternoon. (PLAY)

We _____________ to the Bahamas last year. (TRAVEL)

There we ______________ in a hotel. (STAY)

Mr. Rogers ____________ that meeting. (CANCEL)

Jack ______________ the radio on. (TURN)

RUINED

REPAIRED

BAKED

FINISHED

LEARNED

PLAYED

TRAVELLED

STAYED

CANCELLED

TURNED

Make the following Make the following sentences negativesentences negative..

Jane travelled to Africa.

Sid booked a ticket to Rio.

They stayed in a hotel.

They were happy.

He was there.

She had a car.

Harry lived in Bristol.

Rob planned a meeting.

Jim had a flu.

Mike liked the present.

Jane didn’t travel to Africa.

He didn’t book a ticket.

They didn’t stay in a hotel.

They weren’t happy.

He wasn’t there.

She didn’t have a car.

He didn’t live in Bristol.

Rob didn’t plan a meeting.

He didn’t have a flu.

Mike didn’t like the present.

Change the following Change the following sentences into sentences into

questionsquestions..

Jane had a red toy car.

Harry was at school.

Roy needed an operation.

Mike washed up.

Vicky polished her nails.

Mandy learned French.

Jake helped Greg.

Spot jumped high.

Jenna ironed the clothes.

Luke walked home.

Did she have a red toy car?

Was Harry at school?

Did Roy need an operation?

Did Mike wash up?

Did Vicky polish her nails?

Did Mandy learn French?

Did Jack help Greg?

Did Spot jump high?

Did Jenna iron the clothes?

Did Luke walk home?

Solve the following Solve the following exercises )which you exercises )which you have already done) have already done) - into your notebooks - into your notebooks

this timethis time..

WAS or WERE?

Mary ________ ill last week.

Jill and Fred _________ married for fifty years.

Lucy and Ben _______ at the cinema last Friday.

Lilly and Stephen _______ in when I phoned them .

You ________ out when I arrived .

I ________ very happy to meet Alice again.

Bob _______ in hospital last month. He ______ very ill.

Our puppies _____ really cute. Now we have one dog .

Mike ________ at home yesterday.

My friends _______ at school last week, but I _____ at home.

Susan ____________ pasta for dinner. (COOK)

Joe ______________ his homework at ten pm. (FINISH)

Gary _____________ to music yesterday. (LISTEN)

I ____________ school at 7.30 this morning. (START)

Jill ____________ with Peter the other day. (DANCE)

You ___________ door ten minutes ago. (CLOSE)

I _____________ the door. (LOCK)

Sam ______________ a letter from Sally. (RECEIVE)

Judy ______________ TV last night. (WATCH)

I______________ the light off. (SWITCH)

Linda ____________ the surprise. (RUIN)

Jim ______________ his car. (REPAIR)

Gail __________ biscuits last Saturday morning. (BAKE)

I ____________ school at 1 p.m. yesterday. (FINISH)

Judy ____________ a lot yesterday. (LEARN)

I _______ computer games yesterday afternoon. (PLAY)

We _____________ to the Bahamas last year. (TRAVEL)

There we ______________ in a hotel. (STAY)

Mr. Rogers ____________ that meeting. (CANCEL)

Jack ______________ the radio on. (TURN)

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Irregular verbs made by claire