Regular Verbs and Irregular Verbs
Regular Verbs
Definition: Regular verbs are verbs that form their past tense by adding “-ed” to the base form of the verb.
Examples:
- Walk – Walked
- Jump – Jumped
- Play – Played
How to remember: If you can make the past tense by adding “-ed,” it’s a regular verb.
Irregular Verbs
Definition: Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of adding “-ed” to form their past tense. Instead, they change in different ways.
Examples:
- Go – Went
- Eat – Ate
- Write – Wrote
How to remember: Irregular verbs have unique changes to their past tense forms. They don’t just add “-ed.”
Simple Tips:
- Regular Verbs: Think of words like “jump” and “talk.” When you want to say you did these things in the past, just add “-ed” (jumped, talked).
- Irregular Verbs: Think of words like “run” and “see.” These words change completely in the past (ran, saw).
Practice:
Regular Verbs Practice:
- Talk → Talked
- Laugh → Laughed
Irregular Verbs Practice:
- Sing → Sang
- Buy → Bought
By practicing and remembering these examples, you will get better at recognizing and using regular and irregular verbs!
Regular Verbs (Base Form → Past Tense):
- Ask → Asked
- Bake → Baked
- Call → Called
- Clean → Cleaned
- Close → Closed
- Dance → Danced
- Finish → Finished
- Help → Helped
- Laugh → Laughed
- Like → Liked
- Look → Looked
- Need → Needed
- Open → Opened
- Paint → Painted
- Play → Played
- Talk → Talked
- Travel → Traveled
- Visit → Visited
- Wait → Waited
- Work → Worked
Irregular Verbs (Base Form → Past Tense):
- Be → Was/Were
- Begin → Began
- Break → Broke
- Bring → Brought
- Build → Built
- Buy → Bought
- Catch → Caught
- Come → Came
- Do → Did
- Drink → Drank
- Eat → Ate
- Find → Found
- Go → Went
- Know → Knew
- Make → Made
- Run → Ran
- See → Saw
- Sing → Sang
- Speak → Spoke
- Write → Wrote
Class Activity Discussion
- What is a regular verb?
- A regular verb forms its past tense by adding “-ed.”
- Can you give an example of a regular verb?
- Sure, “talk” becomes “talked” in the past tense.
- What is an irregular verb?
- An irregular verb doesn’t follow the regular pattern of adding “-ed” for its past tense.
- Can you give an example of an irregular verb?
- Yes, “go” becomes “went” in the past tense.
- How do regular verbs form their past tense?
- They add “-ed” to the base form.
- How do irregular verbs form their past tense?
- Irregular verbs change in different ways; there’s no single rule.
- Is “play” a regular verb?
- Yes, “play” is a regular verb. It becomes “played” in the past tense.
- Is “eat” an irregular verb?
- Yes, “eat” is an irregular verb. It becomes “ate” in the past tense.
- What is the past tense of “clean”?
- The past tense of “clean” is “cleaned.”
- What is the past tense of “write”?
- The past tense of “write” is “wrote.”
- Do all verbs add “-ed” to make the past tense?
- No, only regular verbs add “-ed.” Irregular verbs don’t.
- What is the past tense of “find”?
- The past tense of “find” is “found.”
- Can you give another example of a regular verb?
- Sure, “call” becomes “called” in the past tense.
- What is the past tense of “laugh”?
- The past tense of “laugh” is “laughed.”
- What is the past tense of “bring”?
- The past tense of “bring” is “brought.”
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions with Options
- Regular verbs form their past tense by adding ____. a) -ing b) -ed c) -s d) -es
- The past tense of “jump” is ____. a) jumps b) jumping c) jumped d) jump
- Irregular verbs ____ follow a specific pattern to form their past tense. a) always b) sometimes c) never d) often
- The past tense of “go” is ____. a) goed b) went c) gone d) going
- Regular verbs often end in ____. a) -ed b) -ing c) -ly d) -s
- The past tense of “play” is ____. a) playing b) played c) plays d) play
- The past tense of “eat” is ____. a) eated b) eating c) ate d) eats
- The past tense of “clean” is ____. a) cleaning b) cleans c) cleaned d) clean
- Irregular verbs ____ their form in the past tense. a) change b) don’t change c) add -ed d) add -ing
- The past tense of “write” is ____. a) writing b) writes c) written d) wrote
- The past tense of “like” is ____. a) liking b) liked c) likes d) like
- The past tense of “find” is ____. a) finds b) founded c) found d) finding
- The past tense of “laugh” is ____. a) laughs b) laughing c) laughed d) laugh
- The past tense of “bring” is ____. a) bringed b) brought c) bringing d) brings
- The past tense of “call” is ____. a) calls b) calling c) called d) call
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