What areirregular verbs?

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Irregular verbs

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Irregular verbs

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.

present past past participle

do did done

ring rang

eat ate

hit

wear

teach

take

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Irregular verbs

Do you know the different forms of theseirregular verbs? Hint: to form the past participle,

put have in front of the word.

hitwore

taughttook

rung

eatenhit

worn

taught

taken

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Irregular verbs

•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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Irregular verbs

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