1. English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Essentials John Langan Beth Johnson Irregular Verbs Chapter Two

2. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Regular Verbs Present Present Past Past Past Participle Past Participle Present Participle Present Participle

3. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Regular Verbs Present Present Past Past Past Participle Past Participle Present Participle Present Participle These parts are used to build verb

4. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Regular Verbs... and

5. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Most verbs......in English are regular. Like:

6. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Irregular Verbs...... throw the rules out the window. present participle Except, thank goodness, for the present participle, which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.

7. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Irregular verbs......can otherwise be tricky. “bite.” For example, take the verb “bite.” present That’s the present tense.

8. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Irregular Verbs The past tense of “bite” is “bit,” and the past participle is “bitten.” “Bited” just won’t do. Remember, the present participle is still “biting.”

9. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Let’s review again! PresentPastPastPresentParticiple BiteBitBittenBiting

10. Irregular Verbs English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Irregular Verbs...... give just about everyone trouble from time to time. When in doubt, consult the list in your text or your dictionary.