Transcript 1.2 Regular and Irregular verbs

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* There are thousands of regular verbs in English.
* A regular verb is any verb whose conjugation
follows a typical pattern, or one of the typical
patterns, of the language to which it belongs.
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accept
add
admire
admit
advise
afford
agree
alert
cough
count
cover
crack
crash
crawl
cross
crush
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*Exercise:
* Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple
Past in the statements.
* 1) Jane _______ a film. (to watch)
* 2) He __________ a box. (to carry)
* 3) They________ their father. (to help)
* 4) John and Amy_______ things. (to swap)
* 5) I________ to Andrew. (to talk)
* 6) Susan_______ with Peter. (to dance)
* 7) The boys________ basketball. (to try)
* 8) We________ a trip. (to plan)
* 9) She________ her hair. (to wash)
* 10) The car_______ at the traffic lights. (to stop)
Answers:
* 1) Jane watched a film.
* 2) He carried a box.
* 3) They helped their father.
* 4) John and Amy swapped things.
* 5) I talked to Andrew.
* 6) Susan danced with Peter.
* 7) The boys tried basketball.
* 8) We planned a trip.
* 9) She washed her hair.
* 10) The car stopped at the traffic lights.
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* An irregular verb is one that does not take the
-ed ending for the Past Simple and Past
Participle forms. Some irregular verbs do not
change; put put put, while others change
completely; buy bought bought, etc.
* Examples:
* Awake, awoke, awoken.
Arise, arose, eating, eaten, fall, fell, falling,
fallen.
Exercise: Fill in the correct forms
of the irregular verbs.
Infinitive
Simple Past
slept
Past Participle
go
kept
shaken
lose
say
ate
woken, waked
bought
swam
* Answers:
Infinitive
Simple Past
Past Participle
sleep
slept
slept
go
went
gone
keep
kept
kept
shake
shook
shaken
lose
lost
lost
say
said
said
eat
ate
eaten
wake
woke, waked
woken, waked
buy
bought
bought
swim
swam
swum