regular-and-irregular-verbs.pdf

Regular and Irregular Verbs Regular Endings common irregular verbs Notice that often the past tense is irregular while the present tense and future tense are regular. Simple Past Simple Present Simple Future regular ending: –ed regular ending: –s, none helping verb: will, no ending worked (I, you, t...

Regular and Irregular Verbs Regular Endings common irregular verbs Notice that often the past tense is irregular while the present tense and future tense are regular. Simple Past Simple Present Simple Future regular ending: –ed regular ending: –s, none helping verb: will, no ending worked (I, you, they, we) work, (he, she, it) works will work went go, goes will go was (I) am, (you, they, we) are, (he, she, it) is will be said say, says will say had have, has will have made make, makes will make took take, takes will take came come, comes will come saw see, sees will see knew know, knows will know got get, gets will get gave give, gives will give found find, finds will find thought think, thinks will think told tell, tells will tell became become, becomes will become chose choose, chooses will choose left leave, leaves will leave felt feel, feels will feel put put, puts will put brought bring, brings will bring began begin, begins will begin kept keep, keeps will keep held hold, holds will hold let let, lets will let common irregular verbs Simple Past Simple Present Simple Future wrote write, writes will write stood stand, stands will stand heard hear, hears will hear meant mean, means will mean set set, sets will set met meet, meets will meet ran run, runs will run paid pay, pays will pay sat sit, sits will sit spoke speak, speaks will speak lay lie, lies will lie led lead, leads will lead read read, reads will read grew grow, grows will grow lost lose, loses will lose fell fall, falls will fall sent send, sends will send built build, builds will build understood understand, understands will understand drew draw, draws will draw broke break, breaks will break spent spend, spends will spend cut cut, cuts will cut rose rise, rises will rise drove drive, drives will drive bought buy, buys will buy wore wear, wears will wear showed show, shows will show caught catch, catches will catch did do, does will do Perfect Tenses (with had, has, have, or will have) Continuous Tenses (with was, were, am, is, are, or will be) Perfect Continuous (with had been, has been, have been, or will have been) Regular Form –ed ending: worked –ing ending: working –ing ending: working common irregular verbs gone going going been being being said saying saying had having having made making making taken taking taking come coming coming seen seeing seeing known knowing knowing gotten getting getting given giving giving found finding finding thought thinking thinking told telling telling become becoming becoming chosen choosing choosing left leaving leaving felt feeling feeling put putting putting brought bringing bringing begun beginning beginning kept keeping keeping held holding holding let letting letting written writing writing stood standing standing Many perfect tense irregular verbs end in an “n.” In the continuous tense, most irregular verbs take the regular –ing ending. common irregular verbs Perfect Tenses (with had, has, have, or will have) Continuous Tenses (with was, were, am, is, are, or will be) Perfect Continuous (with had been, has been, have been, or will have been) heard hearing hearing meant meaning meaning set setting setting met meeting meeting run running running paid paying paying sat sitting sitting spoken speaking speaking lain lying lying led leading leading read reading reading grown growing growing lost losing losing fallen falling falling sent sending sending built building building understood understanding understanding drawn drawing drawing broken breaking breaking spent spending spending cut cutting cutting risen rising rising driven driving driving bought buying buying worn wearing wearing shown showing showing caught catching catching done doing doing