Regular and Irregular verbs
irregular fact 7
A verb that does not follow the usual rules for verb forms. Also known as a strong verb
regular example
All of the children wanted new bicycles.
Regular example
Base- clean Past- cleaned Past participle: have cleaned Present participle- cleaning
Regular example
Hope- hoping Hug- hugging, hugged
Regular fact 2
Most regular verbs have an e drop the e before adding -ing Some verbs double the final constant before adding -ing or -ed
regular example
No one has ever drowned in that lake.
Regular fact 1
a regular verb generally forms its past and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the base form. the present participle is used by adding -ing.
regular fact 5
always be sure to add -d or -ed
irregular fact 13
another type has simple past and past particle forms that are identical yet differ from the present tense
regular fact 9
another type has simple past and past particle forms that are identical yet differ from the present tense
Irregular example
base form- drink past- drank past participle- have drunk
irregular example
base: bring past- brought past participle: has brought
irregular example
base: make past- made past participle- have made
regular example
base: practice past- practiced past participle- have practiced
irregular example
base: put past- put past participle- have put
irregular example
base: ride past- rode past participle- have ridden
regular fact 8
ded or -d is added to denote past tense.
irregular fact 5
few irregular verbs make no change at all in their past and past participle
irregular fact 8
it does not take -ed for the past participle form
irregular fact 12
patterns for irregular verbs vary and the simple past and past participle can end differently
irregular example
run - ran think - thought eat - ate
irregular fact 4
some change by changing both vowels and consonants
irregular fact 9
some do not change at all, while some change completely
Irregular fact 1
some verbs do not fit the regular pattern an irregular verb forms its past and past participle without using -ing or -ed
Irregular fact 3
sometimes, they form the past and past participle by changing the consonant
irregular fact 6
spelling patterns help you form the past and past participle for some irregular verbs
regular fact 7
the past tense simply adds an -ed to the end of the word with both simple past and past particle taking the same form.
regular fact 3
the regular past participle uses a form of have
irregular fact 10
there are a lot of them and they take different forms
regular fact 10
there are those that do not fall into any of the catagories
regular fact 6
they are formed by adding -ed or -ing to the base form
irregular fact 11
they are the verbs that do not conform to the rules. With these verbs adding the -ed is incorrect
Irregular fact 2
they form the past and past participle by changing vowels
irregular fact 14
those that do not fall into any of the previous three categories
irregular fact 15
undergoes change to denote past tense.
regular fact 4
when adding -ing or -ed make sure to add no letters after that
