Principal Parts of
Irregular Verbs
By
Cheryl Hamilton
Grade 5
Irregular Verbs
O When irregular verbs are used in different
tenses, they do not following the rules like
other verbs do.
Irregular Verbs
O Instead of having “ed” forms to show past
tense, irregular verbs usually change to
other words.
Example
O Present Tense
O The students set up the experiments.
Example
O Present Participle
O The students are setting up the
experiments.
Example
Past Tense
The students set up the experiments.
Example
O Past Participle
O The students have set up the experiments.
Common Irregular Verbs
O
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
O
bring
build
come
draw
eat
find
grow
run
set
speak
tell
(am, is, are) bringing
(am, is, are) building
(am, is, are) coming
(am, is, are) drawing
(am, is, are) eating
(am, is, are) finding
(am, is, are) growing
(am, is, are) running
(am, is, are) setting
(am, is, are) speaking
(am, is, are) telling
brought
built
came
drew
ate
found
grew
ran
set
spoke
told
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
Past Participle
(has, have, had) brought
(has, have, had) built
(has, have, had) come
(has, have, had) drawn
(has, have, had) eaten
(has, have, had) found
(has, have, had) grown
(has, have, had) run
(has, have, had) set
(has, have, had) spoken
(has, have, had) told
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