Ways of Learning Irregular Verbs Here are some easy ways to learn English irregular verbs.

What are they? The way a verb forms its past tense determines its classification as Regular or Irregular. A Regular verb takes -d or –ed ending. Ex. Play- played , call-called. There are no rules that exist to form for Irregular verbs. For example: go-went-gone, eat-ate-eaten, take-took-taken; Read the following sentences: Present Tense Past Tense I run to school. I ran to school. I run in the morning I ran in the morning. I run five miles every day. I ran five miles yesterday.

Learn the pattern of irregular verbs 1.Verbs where all three forms are identical Bet-bet-bet Burst-burst cast-cast-cast Let-let-let cost- cut-cut hit-hit-hit Hurt-hurt-hurt Put-put-put quit-quit-quit set-set-set Shut-shut-shut Split-split-split Spread-spread-spread 2. Verbs with the same present and past participle Many verbs also have the same present and past participle. Example: come (present), came (past) and come (past participle) become (present), became (past) and become (past participle).

Learn the pattern of irregular verbs 3.Verbs where the long E changes to a short E Here’s a list of words to learn: Keep (present), kept (past), kept (past participle) Sleep (present), slept (past), slept (past participle) Feel (present), felt (past), felt (past participle) Bleed (present), bled (past), bled (past participle) Feed (present), fed (past), fed (past participle)   4.Verbs with definite sound patterns Some irregular verbs have a song-like feel when you practice them in various tenses. This is because the vowels change from I to A to U creating a nice pattern. Examples include: Begin (present), began (past), begun (past participle) Drink (present), drank (past), drunk (past participle) Ring (present), rang (past), rung (past participle) Shrink (present), shrank (past), shrunk (past participle) Sing (present), sang (past), sung (past participle) Swim (present), swam (past), swum (past participle

Practice The following 10 examples are irregular verbs: Be Was/were Been

Practice He is in London today. He was in London yesterday. He has been in London for a week.

Practice Eat Ate Eaten

He ate hot dogs yesterday for lunch. Practice He eats hot dogs every day for lunch. He ate hot dogs yesterday for lunch. He has eaten hot dogs all week for lunch.

Practice Get Got Gotten

Practice Andrew gets a large check every month. Andrew got a large check last month. Andrew has gotten a large check every month this year.

Practice Go Went Gone

Frank went to Japan last summer. Practice Frank goes to Japan every summer. Frank went to Japan last summer. Frank has gone to Japan the 10 last summers.

Practice Know Knew Known

Practice I know the answers on today’s test. I knew the answers on the test yesterday. I have known the answers on the test for a week.

Practice Ring Rang Rung

John’s phone rings a lot. Practice John’s phone rings a lot. John’s phone rang 5 minutes ago. John’s phone has rung for the past 3 hours.

Practice Throw Threw Thrown

Practice Jason throws his opponents. Jason threw his opponent yesterday. Jason has thrown his opponent every match this tournament.

Practice Win Won Won

Practice Iowa wins 90 % of their meet matches. Iowa won 90% of their meet matches last season. Iowa has won 90% of their meet matches for the last 3 years.

Practice Teach Taught Taught

Practice Mr. Smith teaches 6th grade Reading . Mr. Smith taught 6th grade Reading last year. Mr. Smith has taught 6 th grade Reading for 5 years.

Practice Write Wrote Written

Practice Irvine Welsh writes many interesting stories. Irvine Welsh wrote many interesting stories in the late 90’s. Irvine Welsh has written many interesting stories for the past 20 years.

Irregular verbs rhymes Oak I wake woke woken up And I take took taken an oak. I speak spoke spoken to my friend And I break broke broken it in the end. Pet We let let let her feed fed fed our pet. Then she read read read And set set set set her alarm clock. The she leave left left.

Irregular verbs rhymes Old An old man tell told told me That he sell sold sold tea. Boss The boss lose lost lost his honey. It cost cost cost a lot of money.

Irregular verbs rhymes Pilot When I grow grew grown I wanted to fly flew flown. As I know knew known I will wear wore worn a uniform. It First it bite bit bitten. Then it hide hid hidden. In the end we eat ate eaten it.