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Date:
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Subject:
Irregular Past-Tense Verbs
What is an irregular
verb?
An irregular verb __________________________________________
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Regular: ___________________________________________
Irregular: ___________________________________________
How do you form the _______________________________________________________
past-tense of irregular ________________________________________________________
verbs?
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What are some
common irregulars?
Person/Number
You might already know the most common irregulars. Fill in as many
blanks as you can, but we’re focusing on the past-tense forms today.
Subject
Pronouns
Infinitive
Present Tense
Future Tense
Past Tense
to be
will be
to have
will have
to come
come, comes
will come
to do
will do
to go
will go
to bring
bring, brings
will bring
to buy
buy, buys
to catch
catch, catches
will catch
to choose
will choose
to end
end, ends
will end
to begin
begin, begins
will begin
to dream
will dream
to drink
drink, drinks
will drink
I, we,
become(s)
you, you to become
Every person /
all, he,
to eat
eat, eats
will eat
number
she, it,
to give
give, gives
will give
they
to grow
will grow
to get
get, gets
will get
to know
know, knows
will know
to lay
lay, lays
will lay
to lead
lead, leads
to light
light, lights
will light
to lose
lose, loses
will lose
to ring
will ring
to find
find, finds
will find
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to sit
sit, sits
will sit
Section
to speak
speak, speaks
1 2 3 4 5
to throw
throw, throw
will throw
6 7 8 9 10
take
take, takes
willanswers
take on your chart.
GUIDED PRACTICE: Read and followtoall
directions carefully
and check your
Classwork: Irregular Past-Tense Verbs
A. To find the core sentence, parenthesize prepositional phrases, circle the verb, box any helpers, and
underline the subject.
B. To find the tense, highlight and label (pr., pa., f.) another verb that proves the tense.
C. To confirm the person/number, write the subject pronoun that can replace the subject.
D. Finally, write the correct verb form on the line.
1. I was thoroughly excited that you actually ___________(to have) a ticket for once.
2. The dog came home and ______________(to go) straight to the food dish.
3. Because he did a good job, his boss _______________(to bring) him a cookie.
4. Sara bought bread, ____________(to catch) a fish, and _____________(to choose) a fine wine.
5. If you _____________(to begin) at six and ended at 7, you were working efficiently.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Follow the above directions and check your answers with your notes.
6. A loose gorilla greedily ate my dinner and _______________(to drink) my soda.
7. As the little girl grew up, she ______________(to become) crankier and grumpier.
8. In fact, I __________________(to know) that I had lost as soon as we started the race.
9. He lit the way with a lantern when he _____________(to lead) me down the tunnel.
10. The students at Pritzker took a seat and _______________(to speak) to each other.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE 2: Write one creative past-tense sentence for each verb below and another
related past-tense sentence using a regular verb to prove the past. Circle and label the two past-tense
verbs.(There should be two sentences for each number.)
11. to throw: My boyfriend in high school threw a baseball faster than anyone else._
Naturally, he pitched for our school’s baseball team.____________________________
12. to have: ______________________________________________________________________
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13. to do: _______________________________________________________________________
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14. to go: ________________________________________________________________________
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15. to be: ______________________________________________________________________
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16. to ring: ________________________________________________________________________
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