IRREGULAR VERBS

What are irregular verbs?

Regular verbs have ed at the end of the simple past and past participle forms:

Base verb + ed

Examples of regular verbs:

Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
play	played	played
visit	visited	visited
work	worked	worked

In contrast to the above examples of regular verbs, irregular verbs are verbs which don't follow the above pattern of conjugation.

Irregular verbs

• Use them in appropriate contexts (in your writing or in your conversation)

• Write down examples in your exercise book.

• Always keep a list of irregular verbs at your disposal

 Irregular verb forms can not be predicted, that's why you should learn them by heart. The best way to deal with them is as follows:

A list of irregular verbs

Base form	Past tense	Past participle
be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say see sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write	was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said saw sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote	been begun broken brought bought built chosen come cost cut done drawn driven eaten felt found got given gone had heard held kept known left led let lain lost made meant met paid put run said seen sold sent set sat spoken spent stood taken taught told thought understood worn won written

Now, check the video below and pay attention to the pronunciation and examples of some verbs

ACTIVITY

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go)  to England on holiday.
2. It (be)  fantastic.
3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk)  in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go)  to pubs.
6. The weather (be)  strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?
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Write the past forms of the irregular verbs

Infinitive		Simple Past
1.	meet	.
2.	drive	.
3.	speak	.
4.	put	.
5.	write	.
6.	sing	.
7.	do	.
8.	sit	.
9.	stand	.
10.	run	.