Scribd
Upload
85 views

Irregular Verbs

The document describes the categories of irregular verbs in English based on how their forms change between the present, past, and past participle tenses. There are five categories: 1) all forms are different, 2) all forms are the same, 3) the first and third forms are the same, 4) the second and third forms are the same, and 5) verbs ending in "ought" or "aught". It provides examples such as "speak-spoke-spoken" and instructs the reader to complete a chart assigning example irregular verbs to the appropriate categories.

Uploaded by

Daniela Hernández
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
85 views

Irregular Verbs

The document describes the categories of irregular verbs in English based on how their forms change between the present, past, and past participle tenses. There are five categories: 1) all forms are different, 2) all forms are the same, 3) the first and third forms are the same, 4) the second and third forms are the same, and 5) verbs ending in "ought" or "aught". It provides examples such as "speak-spoke-spoken" and instructs the reader to complete a chart assigning example irregular verbs to the appropriate categories.

Uploaded by

Daniela Hernández
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

IRREGULAR VERBS

1. ALL FORMS ARE DIFFERENT (V1≠V2≠V3)


E.G. WRITE – WROTE - WRITTEN
2. ALL FORMS ARE THE SAME (V1=V2=V3)
E.G. CUT – CUT - CUT
3. THE FIRST AND THE THIRD ONE ARE THE SAME (V1=V3 ≠ V2)
BECOME – BECAME - BECOME
4. THE SECOND AND THIRD ARE THE SAME (V1≠V2=V3)
SLEEP – SLEPT - SLEPT
5. OUGHT/AUGHT ENDING
E.G. BUY – BOUGHT
Activity
A) Complete the chart

Present Past Past Participle


e.g. Speak Spoke Spoken
Catch Caught Caught
Eat Ate Eaten
Come Came Come
Drink Drank Drunk
Hit Hit Hit
Sell sold Sold
Break Broke Broken
Run Ran Run
Sit Sat Sat
send Sent sent
Cost Cost Cost
Teach Taught Taught
Get Got Gotten
Pay Paid Paid
Choose Chose Chosen
B) Place the verbs (present, past & past participle) in the correct category (As shown in the example)

(V1≠V2≠V3) (V1=V2=V3) (V1=V3 ≠ V2) (V1≠V2=V3) OUGHT/AUGHT


ENDING

e.g. speak – spoke - Hit - hit - hit Come - came - come Catch - caught - Catch - caught
spoken caught
Cost - cost - cost Run - ran - run Teach - taught
Eat - ate - eaten Sell - sold - sold

Drink - drank - Sit - sat - sat


drunk
Send - sent - sent
Break - broke -
broken Teach - taught -
taught
Get - got - gotten
Pay - paid - paid
Choose - chose -
chosen

You might also like