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GRAMMAR TOPIC
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR
VERBS
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Regular verbs :To make past tense or past participle form of most verbs we simply add
“ed” at the end .
Pour conjuguer au Participe passé la plupart des verbes nous ajoutons
simplement «ed» à la fin.
Present
Past
Past Participle
( Now) I climb the
tree.
( Yesterday)I
climbed the tree.
I have climbed the
tree.
( Now) We watch
the T.V.
( Yesterday)We
watched the T.V.
We have watched
the T.V.
Irregular verbs :Irregular Verbs form their past tense and past participle tense in an
unpredictable manner.
Les Verbes irréguliers se conjuguent au passé... d'une manière imprévisible!
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Past Tense
Past Participle
1. We saw the gifts.
We have seen the gifts.
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Word List
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Present
French
Translation
Past
Past
Participle
Arise
surgir
arose
arisen
Do
faire
did
done
Begin
commencer
began
begun
Break
briser
broke
broken
Buy
acheter
bought
bought
Choose
choisir
chose
chosen
Give
donner
gave
given
Come
est venu
Came
Come
Leave
vivre
left
left
Think
penser
Thought
thought
Drive
conduire
drove
driven
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Exercise – Complete each sentence by filling in the correct form of verb given in the
manner.
1.I _____ all my homework. ( finish )
2.The queen ______ of a better way to do it.( think )
3.He _____ me his book .(give)
4.She ____ the cake from the bakery.(bring)
5.Sam’s new car ____ down (break)
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Change the word in the bracket to the past participle form .
5. I have never _______ such a wonderful car.( drive)
6.I have _______ the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant.(choose)
7.I have _______ my cleaning.(do)
8.He has ________ all the glasses.(broke)
9.David has _______ the house late. (leave)
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Which of these verbs are irregular?
play
fall
copy
Sing
burn
eat
fill
count
buy
dance
become
joke
answer
choose
breathe
phone
check
bring
Conjugate!
buy
fall
Sing
burn
dance
become
eat
choose
bring
Spot the irregular verb!
 Her dad taught her the electric guitar.
 She made herself a coat and a hat.
 He told me about his trip to New Zealand.
 He built a puppet theatre for his children.
Put these verbs into the preterit:
looks very happy with his new toy.
She tells me he leaves at 5
He sings very well.
He knows the answer
They play rugby together
Translate into English
Je l’ai vue hier
Elle est partie de bonne heure
Je croyais qu’elle était en vacances