What is Irregular Verb?
Definition of Irregular Verb
What is Irregular Verb
List of Irregular Verbs
Examples of Irregular Verbs/Use of Irregular Verbs in the
Sentence
Irregular Verb Exercises for you
We can define irregular verbs as “Irregular
verbs are those verbs that do not add ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’ at the end like regular
verbs”. The past simple and past participle forms of most of the irregular
verbs become same such as fed, cut, put, had, hurt, bet, bid, shut, sold, let,
etc.
What is Irregular Verb
Irregular verbs are generally known as strong
verbs. Most commonly used irregular verbs in the English language are can, go,
get, be, say, do, draw, see, think, buy, bear, drink, eat, make, take, become,
come, know, etc. Both regular and irregular verbs have five forms that are
infinitive, simple present, simple past, past participle, and present
participle. Both vary in the formation of simple past and past participle.
List of Irregular Verbs
Following is the list of irregular verbs:
Arise, be, give, bring, lay, set, bear, lose,
come, go, know, begin, buy, bite, creep, catch, choose, blow, break, swim,
dive, do, drag, run, seek, see, lead, hide, draw, drive, lie, get, dream,
light, drink, eat, fall, steal, tear, fight, strike, throw, swear, spring, fly,
forget, forgive, freeze, grow, hang, prove, ride, ring, rise, shake, sing,
sink, sit, speak, sting, swing, take, wake, wear, write, etc.
Types
of Irregular Verb
Generally, there are three types of irregular
verbs, such as:
- Irregular verbs that exist in
same form in their all three forms, such as: cut, cost, bet, hit, put,
shut, let, etc.
- Irregular verbs that have two
of the three forms same, such as: (sit sat sat), (build built built),
(burn burnt burnt), etc.
- Irregular verbs that are
different in their all three forms, such as: (go went gone), (eat ate
eaten), (do did done), etc.
Examples of Irregular Verbs/Use of Irregular Verbs in the
Sentence
Following are examples showing the use of
irregular verbs in the sentences:
- I am going to get my brother from
playground and then we will eat
- I want to build a home in the village
for my dear mother so that she can easily spend her
old age.
- I bet my friends to win the game.
- He went to the school but got
- I like to drink lemonade but only in
the summer season.
Irregular Verb Exercises for you
Irregular verb exercises given below will help
you in analyzing your knowledge about irregular verb. Just go through all the
details given above about the irregular verb and check your skill by doing
following exercises for irregular verb. We have used irregular verbs in the
following sentences; you need to check your skill by identifying irregular
verbs in each sentence:
- He swam very well and won the
competition also with first prize.
- I saw her face when she got
surprise.
- I spend my weekend with my
parents and grandparents at the religious places.
- He took four umbrellas from
the seller.
- He bought only one ice-cream
and ate alone.
- He went on a weeklong trip and
will return next week.
- He left the school soon today
without telling the reason to us.
- I will go to my home town in
this summer vacation.
- They always throw a foul ball
but played well today.
- I love wandering at tourists
places but soon get fed up.
- All the water balloons burst
when they gets loaded with water.
- He is very naughty as he stuck
chewing gum in my hair.
Answers: 1 – swam, won, 2 – saw, got, 3 – spend, 4 – took, 5 –
bought, ate, 6 – went, 7 – left, 8 – go, 9 – throw, 10 – get, 11 – burst, gets,
12 – stuck
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