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Lesson 5: Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs do not follow the spelling pattern of regular verbs. Reminder; we add "ed" or "d" to regular verbs to show that an action began and ended in the past. Irregular verbs do not end in "ed" or "d" but have a different spelling then the root word. It is best to memorize the spelling of irregular verbs. To help develop your irregular verb vocabulary read a large variety of material.
Spelling Irregular Verbs: Examples of Common Irregular Verbs
	Present		Past
Verb	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
To be	I am	We are	I was	We were
	You are	You are	You were	You were
	He, she, it is	They are	He, she, it	was
To have	I have	We have	I had	We had
	You have	You have	You had	You had
	He, she, it has	They have	He, she, it, had	They had
To do	I do	We do	I did	We did
	You do	You do	You did	You did
	He, she, it does	They do	He, she, it, did	They did
Worksheets		Irregular Verbs Worksheets Irregular Verbs Worksheet: One of Seven Irregular Verbs Worksheet: Two of Seven

Irregular verbs usually change spelling in the past tense.
Root Word	Past Tense
come	came
think	thought
make	made
give	gave
do	did
get	got
leave	left
speak	spoke
read	read
have	had
go	went
keep	kept
hurt	hurt
know	knew
lay	laid
leave	left

Many Irregular Verbs' Spelling Does Not Change
Present Tense ~ Root Verb	Past Tense ~ Root Verb
beat	beat
bet	bet
burst	burst
cast	cast
cost	cost
cut	cut
hit	hit
hurt	hurt
let	let
put	put
quit	quit
read	read
set	set
shed	shed
shut	shut
split	split
spread	spread

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