Irregular Verbs Quiz

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Modal auxiliaries
Most common verbs
Existing irregular verbs
New verbs including loans from other languages and nouns employed as verbs (correct)

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Past tense and past participle forms differ from the regular -ed ending.

The verb 'be' changes forms (am, is, are) depending on the subject.

Verbs recently introduced or adapted into English typically follow standard conjugation rules.

'Have,' 'do,' and 'say' do not simply add -s or -es in the third-person singular present.

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Modal auxiliaries (can, will, should, etc.) do not inflect for person or number.

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The most common irregularity in English irregular verbs is a change in the root vowel.

Verbs like "be", "have", and "do" have irregular forms throughout the present tense.

Verbs that usually follow the regular inflection are those that end in -[o], -[sh], -[ch], -[ss], -[x], or -[z].
These verbs form the third person singular present indicative by adding -[e]s.

Verbs that end in a consonant + [y] are exceptions in forming the third person singular present indicative in -[e]s.
Instead, they change the [y] to [i] and add -[e]s.

Modal verbs like "can", "may", "shall", "will", "must", and "ought to" lack most inflection.
They do not have a third person singular present indicative form in -[e]s.