Irregular Verbs
What are these
Irregular Verbs ?
Before going into the details, first
lets discuss What are the Regular Verbs ?
Well, we can call the verbs which
contain the ed at the end of the Simple Past and Past
Participle forms as the Regular Verbs. So the format of
the regular verbs is Base Verb + ed
Now lets have a look at some
Examples of the regular verbs :
Infinitive
|
Simple past
|
Past participle
|
play
|
played
|
played
|
visit
|
visited
|
visited
|
work
|
worked
|
worked
|
Ok, you can take
plenty of examples like this for Regular verbs. Now lets have a look at the
Irregular Verbs. In contrast to
the Regular verbs, irregular verbs are those verbs for which the
above pattern of conjugation don't apply.
So, you cant predict the forms of the Iregular verbs, so you
should learn them by heart. Here are some techniques to make them
remember.
- Use
them in appropriate contexts (in your writing or in your conversation)
- Just
write down examples in your exercise book.
- Always
keep a list of irregular verbs at your disposal. (Keep in mind, that most
language books include a section at the end for irregular verbs.)
Why to put this much stress on Irregular words? because these are very important in the sentence correction part of the competitive exams (especially Bank Exams ofcourse).
Now Lets have a look at some Irregular Verbs :
Infinitive
|
Simple Past Tense
|
Past Participle
|
awake
|
awoke
|
awoken
|
be
|
was, were
|
been
|
bear
|
bore
|
born
|
beat
|
beat
|
beat
|
become
|
became
|
become
|
begin
|
began
|
begun
|
bend
|
bent
|
bent
|
beset
|
beset
|
beset
|
bet
|
bet
|
bet
|
bid
|
bid/bade
|
bid/bidden
|
bind
|
bound
|
bound
|
bite
|
bit
|
bitten
|
bleed
|
bled
|
bled
|
blow
|
blew
|
blown
|
break
|
broke
|
broken
|
breed
|
bred
|
bred
|
bring
|
brought
|
brought
|
broadcast
|
broadcast
|
broadcast
|
build
|
built
|
built
|
burn
|
burned/burnt
|
burned/burnt
|
burst
|
burst
|
burst
|
buy
|
bought
|
bought
|
cast
|
cast
|
cast
|
catch
|
caught
|
caught
|
choose
|
chose
|
chosen
|
cling
|
clung
|
clung
|
come
|
came
|
come
|
cost
|
cost
|
cost
|
creep
|
crept
|
crept
|
cut
|
cut
|
cut
|
deal
|
dealt
|
dealt
|
dig
|
dug
|
dug
|
dive
|
dived/dove
|
dived
|
do
|
did
|
done
|
draw
|
drew
|
drawn
|
dream
|
dreamed/dreamt
|
dreamed/dreamt
|
drive
|
drove
|
driven
|
drink
|
drank
|
drunk
|
eat
|
ate
|
eaten
|
fall
|
fell
|
fallen
|
feed
|
fed
|
fed
|
feel
|
felt
|
felt
|
fight
|
fought
|
fought
|
find
|
found
|
found
|
fit
|
fit
|
fit
|
flee
|
fled
|
fled
|
fling
|
flung
|
flung
|
fly
|
flew
|
flown
|
forbid
|
forbade
|
forbidden
|
forget
|
forgot
|
forgotten
|
forego (forgo)
|
forewent
|
foregone
|
forgive
|
forgave
|
forgiven
|
forsake
|
forsook
|
forsaken
|
freeze
|
froze
|
frozen
|
get
|
got
|
gotten
|
give
|
gave
|
given
|
go
|
went
|
gone
|
grind
|
ground
|
ground
|
grow
|
grew
|
grown
|
hang
|
hung
|
hung
|
hear
|
heard
|
heard
|
hide
|
hid
|
hidden
|
hit
|
hit
|
hit
|
hold
|
held
|
held
|
hurt
|
hurt
|
hurt
|
keep
|
kept
|
kept
|
kneel
|
knelt
|
knelt
|
knit
|
knit
|
knit
|
know
|
knew
|
know
|
lay
|
laid
|
laid
|
lead
|
led
|
led
|
leap
|
leaped/leapt
|
leaped/leapt
|
learn
|
learned/learnt
|
learned/learnt
|
leave
|
left
|
left
|
lend
|
lent
|
lent
|
let
|
let
|
let
|
lie
|
lay
|
lain
|
light
|
lighted/lit
|
lighted
|
lose
|
lost
|
lost
|
make
|
made
|
made
|
mean
|
meant
|
meant
|
meet
|
met
|
met
|
misspell
|
misspelled/misspelt
|
misspelled/misspelt
|
mistake
|
mistook
|
mistaken
|
mow
|
mowed
|
mowed/mown
|
overcome
|
overcame
|
overcome
|
overdo
|
overdid
|
overdone
|
overtake
|
overtook
|
overtaken
|
overthrow
|
overthrew
|
overthrown
|
| pay | paid | paid |
