Irregular Verbs Patterns

IRREGULAR VERBS AND THEIR PATTERNS

TJ Patty Villacorta- Melendreras

2015

IRREGULAR VERBS

drink

drank

drunk

eat

ate

eaten

IRREGULAR VERBS

come

came

come

have

had

had

• There is no other way to learn IrregularVerbs (IV) but to memorize them…

• To help our memory, there are twoimportant things….

• Pattern /Definition

• Consistent and recurring characteristic ortrait that helps in the identification of aphenomenon or problem, and serves as anindicator or model for predicting its futurebehavior.

• PATTERN 1:

No change

CUT- CUT-CUT

• PATTERN 2.

• Vowel change

sing/ sang/ sung

• PATTERN 3:

Same present/past part

run / ran/ run

• PATTERN 4

Same past/past participle

send-sent-sent

PATTERN 5:

Add n/en/ne to present to form pastparticiple

drive/drove/driven

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PATTERN 6

Add n/en/ne to past to form pastparticiple

freeze-froze-frozen

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• Some irregular verbs do not fit in any pattern.

• They are our “rebels”!

• Example: fly-flew-flown

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Irregular Verbs Patterns