Transcript What are irregular verbs?

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What are
irregular verbs?
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Most verbs form the past tense and
past participle in a regular way.
kick kicked kicked
cry cried cried
Irregular verbs change their spelling to
form the past tense and past participle —
or may not change at all.
shrink shrank shrunk
begin began begun
A dictionary will show an irregular verb’s
different forms.
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Do you know the different forms of these
irregular verbs? Hint: to form the past participle,
put have in front of the word.
present
past
past participle
do
did
done
ring
rang
rung
eat
ate
eaten
hit
hit
hit
wear
wore
worn
teach
taught
taught
take
took
taken
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• Most verbs form the past tense and
past participle in a regular way.
• Irregular verbs change their spelling to
form the past tense and past participle
— or may not change at all.
• Look up a dictionary to find an irregular
verb’s different forms.
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