Irregular verbs

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Irregular Verbs (/).

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Verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of adding -d or -ed to the
present to form the past and past participle are called irregular verbs.
. Here are the principal parts of four common irregular verbs:
Present

Past

Past Participle

begin
break
bring
choose

began
broke
brought
chose

(have)
(have)
(have)
(have)

begun
broken
brought
chosen

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Example Have you (bring, brought) your skates?
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4. Have you (bring,

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5. Sorneone Ibrok ,broken) that valuable Chinese vase.
6. Our mayor lias not (broke;

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7. Soccer fans ( egan begun) to fill the stands an hour before the game ..
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10. My grandparents have (bring, ~fft)
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studying for finals yet?
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-Here are the principal parts of four more irregular verbs:
Present

Past

Past Participle

come
do
drink
eat

came
did
drank
ate

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(have)
(have)
(have)

come
done

drunk
eaten

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Example I have (did, done) my homework.
, come) to see the injured player.

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2. Everyone ( rank drunk) milk with the sandwiches.
3. We ~

done) an experiment showing .the effects of global warming.

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te eaten) most of the lettuce in our garden.

6. The cattle have (eat,

7. Patty has (did,

ten the corn and oats.

one twice as much research as Ron.

8. NO I have never (drank,

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10. The boys di ,done) a neat job of sewing their shirts.
11 ~ Relatives from ten states came come) to the reunion last week.
12. Has everyone (did, d~)7the

assignment?

13. Sarah hasn't (drank,her spiced cider yet.
14. The students in first-period gym ( i :,-done) twenty push-ups and thirty
sit-ups.
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15. Have the cats (ate

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16. Who has (cam

to class late for the second day in a row?

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18. Rosa and I (did done) the French horn duet.
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19. The koala bears have (ate~~!:-n
20. 'Ms. Gordon tame

the last of the eucalyptus leaves.

come) to pick up Susan's assignment.

21. Who has (ate, _ten) the raspberry yogurt?
22. The runnersc(&;;;'K: drunk) fluids to prevent dehydration.
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Irr~gular Verbs (III)

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Here are the principal parts of four more irregular verbs:

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Present

Past

Past Participle

give
go
grow
know

gave
went
grew
knew

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(have)
(have)
(have)

given
gone
grown
known

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Using Irregular Verbs Underline the correct form of the verb from
those given in parentheses.
Example

Weeds have ~grew, grown) all over the lawn.

1. I. haven't (gave,~given) my poetry reading yet .
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Before Columbus, scientists (kn~w, known) that the earth was round.
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3. My summer vacation certainly (went, gone) quickly .
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4. Another spacecr~ft has (went'j!2!le)

into orbit around the moon.

5. Grapes. have (grew, ..,.;---.
grown) in this valley for years.
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me a new pair of ice skates .
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.7. No one (knew, known) why the reservoir was dryin,g up.

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known) about the secret room.

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Juan and the twins have (gave, given) their old baseball bats away.

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gr9wnl herbs and sold them.

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Irregular Verbs (IV)

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Here are the principal parts of six more irregular verbs:
Present

Past

Past Participle

rise
run
see
sing
speak
steal

rose
ran
saw
sang
spoke
stole

(have)
(have)
(have)
(have)
(have)
(have)

risen
run
seen
sung
spoken
stolen

Using Irregular Verbs Underline the correct form of the verb from
those given in parentheses.
Example Maureen has already (sang, sung) her solo.

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1. The last of the marathon entrants has (ran, run) past the finish line.
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2. The barbershop quartet (sang, sung) in close harmony .
.3. I (saw, seen) a hilarious siti6in .....
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4. ,Have you (saw, seen) the documentary on dolphins?

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5.· The divers had (rose, risen) to the surface.

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6. My teacher must have (spoke, spoken) to the coach.
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7. The soprano (stole, stolen) an extra breath for her high notes.
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8. The sun had already (rose, risen) when I woke up.
~. The senior chorus (sang, sung) a medley of show tunes.
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10. Have you (spoke, spoken) to anyone about your vacation plans?
11. Who's (,saw, ~

my solar calculator?

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12. 'our lawn mower has (ran, run) out of gas.
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spoken) both. English and Spanish.
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14. Frank O'Leary (sang, sung) Irish folk tunes for us.

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15. The curtain has (rose, risen) on the last act ofthe class play.

16. A creek (ra~, run) behind the peach orchard.
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17. Have you ever (saw, seen) an opossum on a city street?
18. The final wordin

the speech was (sPoke'l~okenUn

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a whisper.

19. Who could have (stole, stolen) such a heavy statue?
20. The temperature

hasn't (rose, ~)

21. The batteries in this flashlight

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Irregular Verbs (V)

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Using Verbs

Here are the principal parts of four more irregular verbs:
Present
swim·
. take
throw
write

Past

Past Participle

swam
took
threw
wrote

(have)
(have)
(have)
(have)

swum
taken
thrown
written

Using Irregular Verbs Underline the correct form of the verb from
those given in parentheses.
No one has ever (swam, swum) across the lake.

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1. The seal~wam,

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swum} to the rocky island.

2. Two players were (threw, thrown) out of the game.

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3. The Olympic athlete (,threw!-thrown) the discus

record distance.

4. The Concorde has (took, taken) off for London.
5. I have (wrote, ~ritten)

several haiku for the school paper.

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6. Mark (swam, swum) for one mile during practice yesterday.

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Jane (wrot~ written) several programs on the computer last week.

8. Look! A TV camera has (took, taken) your picture!

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9. The team (swam, swum) warm-up laps before the meet.
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10. After you have (swam, swum) in the ocean, be sure to shower.

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12 •. Who has (took, taken) the schedule off the bulletin board?
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13. Hieroglyphics were (wrote, ~ritten) on walls and stone tablets.

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17. The pitcher (threw, thrown) that ball over my head.

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18. Mozart had (wrote, written) symphonies as a teenager.

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19. The spy (wrote, written) the message on the match cover in invisible
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20. George has (wrote, written) a letter of complaint to the company.
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Present

Past

fall
freeze
ride
ring

fell
froze
rode
rang

Past Participle

. (have)
(have)
(have)
(have)

fallen
frozen
ridden
rung

Using Irregular Verbs Underline the correct form of the verb from

those given in parentheses.
Example

The skater has (fell, fallen) on one knee.

1. The milk must have (froze,~)

on the porch.

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2. A baby robin has (fell, fallen) out of its nest .
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3. I've never (rode, ridden) a horse, but I've milked a cow.
4. Heavy rains (fell, fallen) and flooded the park.
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7. Dad (rode, ridden) .over the newspaper when he backed the car out.

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8. Has the alarm clock already (rang,rung)?
9. After the first bell (rang,
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10. Oh no! The cheese souffle has (fell, fallen)!

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11. The bell for dismissal hasn't (rang, rung) yet.

12. The old iron bells (@D.9...rung)through the town summoning the
volunteer firefighters.
13. My mother (froze, frozen) enough tomatoes to last the winter.

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14. Large pieces of plaster (~fallen)

from the ceiling.

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15. The ambassador (rode, ridden) to the meeting in a black limousine.
16. The crystal curios had (fell, fallen) from the shelf during the
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17. Darkness had (fell, fallen) before the farmer finished plowing .
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18. The skaters Hell, fallen) twice during their final routine .

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19. If the car doors' locks have (froze, frozen), use a heated key to open
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