TUTORIAL 3 - IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

This third tutorial will teach you about irregular verbs.
 Do you know what are irregular verbs?
Why they are called 'irregular'?
Let's learn together!! ^^   

      Irregular verbs are verbs that do not form their simple past tense with –ED.

      They change their spellings and sounds for different tenses in unpredictable patterns.

    Example:

SIMPLE  PRESENT	SIMPLE PAST	PAST PARTICIPLE
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fly	Flew	Flown
Drink	Drank	Drunk

      The three most important irregular verbs are ‘BE’, ‘HAVE’ and ‘DO’.

The simple past forms for ‘BE’ are different depending on the subject.

PRONOUNS	BE	HAVE	DO
I	Was	Had	Did
You	Were	Had	Did
He/ She/ It	Was	Had	Did
We	Were	Had	Did
They	Were	Had	Did

      Other irregular verbs fall into three main categories.

CATEGORY	EXAMPLES
1.     Verbs which do not change	Cut- cut Hit-hit
2.    Verbs which change their vowel.	Get – got Sit- sat
3.    Verbs which change completely	Catch –caught Teach - taught

Now, have you understand what are irregular verbs?

Let's do the exercise together.

EXERCISE 3

Instructions:

Based on the verbs given, complete the sentences below with the correct irregular verbs.

Example :

I caught him reading my private letter secretly. (catch)

1.    Sally ______________ three novels at the famous bookstore. (buy)

2.    My father ___________ me borrow his car last weekend. (let)

3.    I __________________ terrible about the news. (feel)

4.    Maggie ___________ that picture two weeks ago. (draw)

5.  My sister ____________ me back a lovely little wooden statue from Kenya. (bring )

6.    Yesterday, Teena _____________ a letter to her brother in Australia. (write)

7.    I cannot remember where I _________ my keys last night. (put)

8. All the students were out of their seats as soon as the bell___________. (ring)

9.    My grandfather _____________ in the World War II. (fight)

10. Nina ______________ the feather off her sleeve. (blow)

* You can look for the answers in DISCUSSION 3