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    Tips For Learning Irregular Verbs: Verbs With All 3 Forms Identical

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    Here are the answers to the simple past tense nominal exercise: 1. My grandparents were 2. Students were 3. The mice were not in the garage but they were in the kitchen. 4. My turtle was a cute animal. It was small last year. 5. Were your cousins in the library with Susan? 6. Was there a kitten inside the box? 7. Were there hens in your garage? 8. There were not many dolls on my bed. 9. She was not in her bedroom 30 minutes ago. 10. The room was dark five hours ago. 11. There were dentists in the clinic yesterday morning. 12. Suze and

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    Here are the answers to the simple past tense nominal exercise: 1. My grandparents were 2. Students were 3. The mice were not in the garage but they were in the kitchen. 4. My turtle was a cute animal. It was small last year. 5. Were your cousins in the library with Susan? 6. Was there a kitten inside the box? 7. Were there hens in your garage? 8. There were not many dolls on my bed. 9. She was not in her bedroom 30 minutes ago. 10. The room was dark five hours ago. 11. There were dentists in the clinic yesterday morning. 12. Suze and

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    Here are the answers to the simple past tense nominal exercise: 1. My grandparents were 2. Students were 3. The mice were not in the garage but they were in the kitchen. 4. My turtle was a cute animal. It was small last year. 5. Were your cousins in the library with Susan? 6. Was there a kitten inside the box? 7. Were there hens in your garage? 8. There were not many dolls on my bed. 9. She was not in her bedroom 30 minutes ago. 10. The room was dark five hours ago. 11. There were dentists in the clinic yesterday morning. 12. Suze and

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    Tips for Learning Irregular Verbs

    Did you know that about 70% of the time when we use a verb in English, it is
    an irregular one? That means that learning and using irregular verbs is
    essential for learning English!
    The English language has so many irregular verbs that it can make you go
    crazy… but even irregular verbs follow some patterns. In this lesson,
    you’ll learn “groups” of irregular verbs that can make it easier to memorize
    them.
    Don’t just study this list – try to create your own sentences and use all the
    verbs you know! This will help you remember them much better.

    Verbs with all 3 forms identical


    Let’s begin with the easiest group of irregular verbs. These verbs are the
    same in the present, the past, and the past participle. They include:
    bet, burst, cast, cost, cut, fit,* hit, hurt, let, put, quit, set, shut, split,
    spread
    * When talking about clothes being the correct size

    These verbs are the same in the


    present and the past participle.
    Only the simple past form is
    different:

    Present Past Past Participle


    come came come
    become became become
    run ran run

    Verbs with –N in the Past Participle


    These verbs are a little more complicated, as they have –n in the past
    participle form. There are a few different groups of verbs:

    With “o” in the past and past participle

    Present Past Past Participle


    break broke broken
    choose chose chosen
    forget forgot forgotten
    freeze froze frozen
    get got gotten
    speak spoke spoken
    steal stole stolen
    tear tore torn
    wake woke woken
    wear wore worn
    With “o” in the past only

    Present Past Past Participle


    drive drove driven
    ride rode ridden
    rise rose risen
    write wrote written

    Past with -ew, past participle with –own

    Present Past Past Participle


    blow blew blown
    fly flew flown
    grow grew grown
    know knew known
    throw threw thrown

    Other irregular verbs with past participle ending in –n

    Present Past Past Participle


    bite bit bitten
    hide hid hidden
    eat ate eaten
    fall fell fallen
    forbid forbade forbidden
    forgive forgave forgiven
    give gave given
    see saw seen
    shake shook shaken
    take took taken

    Verbs with vowel changes


    Long “e” changes to short “e”

    Present Past Past Participle


    keep kept kept
    sleep slept slept
    feel felt felt
    bleed bled bled
    feed fed fed
    meet met met
    lead led led

    “ea” is pronounced differently

    Present Past Past Participle


    deal dealt dealt
    dream dreamt dreamt
    mean meant meant
    read read read
    hear heard heard

    Long “i” changes to “ou”

    Present Past Past Participle


    bind bound bound
    find found found
    grind ground ground
    wind wound wound

    Short “i” changes to “u”

    Present Past Past Participle


    dig dug dug
    stick stuck stuck
    spin spun spun
    sting stung stung
    swing swung swung

    -ell changes to –old

    Present Past Past Participle


    sell sold sold
    tell told told

    -ought and –aught endings

    Present Past Past Participle


    bring brought brought
    buy bought bought
    catch caught caught
    fight fought fought
    seek sought sought
    teach taught taught
    think thought thought

    Verbs with 3 different vowels!


    Vowel changes from “i” to “a” to “u”

    Present Past Past Participle


    begin began begun
    drink drank drunk
    ring rang rung
    shrink shrank shrunk
    sing sang sung
    sink sank sunk
    spring sprang sprung
    swim swam swum
    The REALLY Irregular Verbs
    Present Past Past Participle
    be was / were been
    do did done
    go went gone
    have had had
    make made made

    EXERCISE : SIMPLE PAST TENSE NOMINAL


    Complete the sentences below with “was” or “were” !

    1. My grandparents............................in Paris two weeks ago.


    2. Students..........................on a long holiday last Summer.
    3. The mice...................not in the garage but they...............in the kitchen.
    4. My turtle.................a cute animal. It......................small last year.
    5. ....................cousins in the library with Susan?
    6. ..................there a kitten inside the box?
    7. ..................there hens in your garage?
    8. There....................not many dolls on my bed.
    9. She...................not in her bedroom 30 minutes ago.
    10. The room............dark five hours ago.
    11. There................dentists in the clinic yesterday morning.
    12. Suze and Tom......................in Japan last winter.
    13. Bimbi................not in Susan’s house last Sunday but she....................in my house.
    14. .....................Tamara an actress?
    15. ...................you afraid of dark last night?
    16. Bobby’s house.......................huge.
    17. They......................not lawyers but they..................... lectures.
    18. The babies..........................on the pillow.

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