Here's the bad news: Many common verbs that people like to use in their writing do not follow a pattern. They are "irregular". You just have to learn them! | ![]() |
By far the most important irregular verb to learn is the verb 'to be'.
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she is it is |
she was it was |
she will be it will be |
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Here is a list of other common irregular
verbs:
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become | became |
begin | began |
bring | brought |
build | built |
buy | bought |
catch | caught |
choose | chose |
come | came |
dig | dug |
do | did |
draw | drew |
eat | ate |
fall | fell |
fight | fought |
fly | flew |
forget | forgot |
get | got |
give | gave |
go | went |
hurt | hurt |
know | knew |
make | made |
run | ran |
saw | sawed |
say | said |
see | saw |
sing | sang |
speak | spoke |
swim | swam |
take | took |
teach | taught |
think | thought |
throw | threw |
wear | wore |
write | wrote |
Are 'helping verbs' used with irregular verbs, too?
Yes, 'helping verbs' work with the
main verb to give the reader a better idea of when the action takes place.
In this example, the action will take place in the future:
write | will write |
throw | will throw |
say | will say |
know | will know |
fly | will fly |
What
is a helping verb?
What
is a linking verb?
What
is a regular verb?