1. Irregular Verbs
Susan Mosley
run
Ran

2. swum Swam Swim Irregular Verbs
An irregular verb forms its past and past participle in some way other than by adding –d or –ed to the base form.
swum
Swam
Read the title and definitions
Swim

3. Verb Forms
Explain that there are two types of verb forms one is regular and the other irregular.
We will be focusing on irregular verbs during this presentation

4. Regular Verbs
Regular verbs form their past tense and past participle by adding –ed or –d to their present tense form.
More than 95% of all English verbs are regular.
Regular verbs cause few problems in speaking and writing.
Read

5. Regular verbs and their Principal Parts
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
call
call, calls
(is) calling
called
(have) called
dust
dust, dusts
(is) dusting
dusted
(have) dusted
Read chart and point out how each word changes for each tense.

6. Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs can form their past tense and past participle forms in various way.
These forms cause even native speakers innumerable problems.
The most irregular verb of all is the verb to be.
Another irregular verb that is important for its use with other verbs is the verb to have.
Read

7. Four Principal/Main Parts of helping verbs be and have
Principal Parts:
Verb:
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
To Be
be, am, are, is
being
was, were
(have) been
To Have
have, has
having
had
(have) had
Read chart detailing each tense for each verb; explain that the past participle of these two verbs is used with the past participle of irregular verbs

8. Comparing Regular and Irregular Verb Forms
Principal Parts:
Verb:
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
Call
(Regular)
call, calls
(is) calling
called
(have) called
Write (irregular)
write, writes
(is) writing
wrote
(have) written
Read and show differences between the two forms

9. Past Tense
Past tense expresses action completed at a definite time in the past.
Examples:
Regular Verb:
He delivered the letter yesterday. (deliver, delivered)
She lived to be 90 years old. (live, lived)
Irregular Verb:
I ate at the new restaurant last night. (ate, eat)
She laid her head down on the table. (lay, laid)
Read & tell that the underlined words are the verbs; tell that at the end of each sentence is a listing of how that verb looks present and past tense

10. Past Participle
All verbs in this tense must have a helping verb in front of it
Forms of be
Forms of have
Examples
Regular Verbs
These Spanish folk dancers must have practiced for a long time
Eli may have looked under the table for the cat.
Irregular Verbs
Those tickets shouldn’t have cost so much.
Well, nephew, you surely have grown.
Read & explain that the underlined are the verbs and the orange words are the helping verbs

11. Common Irregular Verbs and their Principal Parts
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
see
see, sees
(is) seeing
saw
(have) seen do
do, does
(is) doing
did
(have) done
fly
fly, flies
(is) flying
flew
(have) flown
run
run, runs
(is) running
ran
(have) run
Read the chart & explain that the verbs in the orange column can change or stay the same as the present tense for irregular verbs; Explain that the pink column can change or stay the same as the orange column for irregular verbs

12. Common Irregular Verbs and their Principal Parts
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
leave
leave, leaves
(is)
leaving
left
(have) left
lend
lend, lends
lending
lent
(have) lent
let
let, lets
letting
(have) let
light
light, lights
lighting
lighted or lit
(have) lighted or lit
Continue reading showing difference as discussed on the previous slide; also note that sometimes a verb may have more than one spelling in the past tense and the past participle for irregular verbs like the word light

13. Common Irregular Verbs and their Principal Parts
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
make
make, makes
(is)
making
made
(have) made
pay
pay, pays
paying
paid
(have) paid
shrink
shrink, shrinks
shrinking
Shrank or shrunk
(have) shrunk
take
take, takes
taking
took
(have) taken

14. Can you finish the chart?
Base form
Present participle
Past
Past Participle
throw
fell
(is) winning
(have) forgiven
(is) fighting
spent
(have) ridden
freeze
Ask students to finish the chart (call on a student for each; have them write on individual white boards; have write on paper) go to next page when finished for answers

15. Answers Base form Present participle Past Past Participle throw
(is) throwing
threw
(have) thrown
fall
(is) falling
fell
(have) fallen
win
(is) winning
won
(have) won
forgive
(is) forgiving
forgave
(have) forgiven
fight
(is) fighting
fought
(have) fought
spend
(is) spending
spent
(have) spent
ride
(is) riding
rode
(have) ridden
freeze
(is) freezing
Froze
(have) frozen
Discuss answers that the students had wrong

16. Let’s Practice!!!
I have already (spoken, spoke, spoked) to the optician about my new pair of contact lenses.
spoke
I have always (do, doed, done) my homework right after supper.
done
The apples we dried in the sun have (shrink, shrinked, shrunk).
shrunk
Read the sentence and give students time to answer before clicking for answers

17. Michael (ran, run, runned) the 100-meter dash in excellent time. ran
King Arthur’s sword Excalibur had (sink, sinked, sunk) slowly to the bottom of the lake.
sunk
Michael (ran, run, runned) the 100-meter dash in excellent time.
ran
Before the softball game, my friend Gabriela (lend, lent, lended) me her glove.
lent
Read the sentence and give students time to answer before clicking for answers

18. We have never (go, goed, gone) to see the Parthenon in Nashville. gone
Have you ever (flew, fly, flown) coast to coast using Eastern Airlines’ excursion rates?
flown
The weather forecast this morning (say, sayed, said) to expect snow flurries.
said
Read the sentence and give students time to answer before clicking for answers