Irregular Verbs

Regular verbs form their past and past participle forms

by adding -d or -ed to the verb's present tense.

For example: use becomes used, and call becomes called.

Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms differently.

For example: The present tense break becomes broke in its past-

tense form and broken in its past participle form.

The present tense verb buy becomes bought in its past and past

participle forms.

What is past participle?

How is it different from past tense?

Past tense means something happened in the past:

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NOW

Yesterday, I made[X] my bed.

I went[X] to Canada for vacation.

Past Participle (the one with "had/had/have”) means that something happened in the past before something else in the past.

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NOW

My mom had driven[Y] me to school, so I was[X] early.

She said[X] her father had spoken[Y] with the principal.

Circle the correct form of the irregular verbs

1. Mrs. Martin (write, wrote, written) a beautiful piece about her fifth-grade students.

2. Could Rachel have (sing, sang, sung) any more beautifully than she did at that recital?

3. The pen pals (send, sent) notes back and forth.

4. The coach (sit, sat) on the bench during halftime.

5. Michael Phelps (swim, swam, swum) twenty laps in the pool this morning.

6. The teacher had already (speak, spoke, spoken) to us about the group project she assigned.

7. My homework has been (tear, tore, torn) up by my dog, Rover.

8. With that amazing basket, LeBron James had (win, won) the game for the Cavilers.

9. Mitt Romney (ran, run) for president two years ago.

10. Could Kayla have (write, wrote, written) that essay as quickly as she did?