IRREGULAR VERBS

Irregular verbs in English are those that do not add the ending "-ed" to form the past simple and the past participle. For example: "go – went – gone" and "break – broke – broken".

Here are some examples of irregular verbs in English:

Draw: Drew, Drawn

Dream: Dreamt / Dreamed, Dreamt / Dreamed

Drink: Drank, Drunk

Drive: Drove, Driven

Eat: Ate, Eaten

Freeze: Frozen, Frozen

Write: Write, Written

For irregular verbs that end in a consonant and "-y", the "-y" is removed and "-ied" is added. For example, "Study" becomes "Studied." If the word ends in a vowel and "-y", "-ed" is added.

The importance

The importance of mastering irregular verbs is that there are an infinite number of them, from those that are used daily, such as the verb to be, to those that have specialized uses for different professions and tasks.

It should be noted that irregular verbs fulfill the same functions as regular verbs, that is, expressing states or actions, and they are located within the sentence in the same position as regular verbs.

List of irregular verbs in English

  Some examples of irregular verbs in English are:

To be: "was-were" / "been"

To become: "became" / "become"

To bite: "bit" / "bitten"

To break: "broke" / "broken"

To buy: "bought" / "bought"

To choose: "chose" / "chosen"

To come: "came" / "come"

Freeze: "Froze" / "Frozen" (freeze)

Write: "Wrote" / "Written"

Eat: "Ate" / "Eaten" (eat)

 Other examples of irregular verbs in English are:

Beat: "beat" / "beaten"

Begin: "began" / "begun"

Bend: "bent" / "bent"

Blow: "blew" / "blown"

Arise: "arose" / "arisen"

Awake: "awoke" / "awoken"