Irregular and

Regular Verbs

Agreement Unit
Key Learning:

Using appropriate grammar in writing and speaking is essential for

effective communication.

Unit Essential Question:

How does proper grammar help us to communicate

effectively?
Concept:

Verbs
Lesson Essential Questions:

1. Why do we have subject and verbs agree in both tense

and number in a sentence? 7.3.5 (701.1.2)
2. What are the principal parts of a verb? 7.3.5 (701.1.2)
3. What makes a verb irregular? 7.3.5 (701.1.2),
4. How do we determine the proper use of commonly
confused words? 7.3.2 (701.1.9)
5. How do we decide if infinitives and/or infinitive phrases
are being used correctly within a sentence? 7.3.10
ACTIVATOR
• Circle the verbs that you think are
irregular. What are your standards for
selection?

hope go run wish tell

1. Principal Parts of a
Verb
a. The principal parts of a verb are the
base form, the present participle,
the past, and the past participle.

Base Present P Past Past Part

talk [is] talking talked [have] talked
draw [is] drawing drew [have] drawn
1. Principal Parts of a Verb

b. “talk” is a regular verb because its

past and past participle forms are
created by adding an –ed at the end.
c. “draw” is an irregular verb because
its past and past participle forms are
created differently.
Assessment Prompt
• 1s, tell 2s: Name a verb in base form.
With your partner, take turns changing the
verb to present participle, past, and past
participle?
• 2s, select a new verb and do the same.
2. Principal Parts of a
Verb and Time
a. The principal parts of a verb are used
to express time.

Present Time
-He draws excellent pictures
-Susan is drawing one now.
2. Principal Parts of a Verb and Time

a. The principle parts of a verb are used to express time.

Past Time
-Last week they drew two maps.
-She has often drawn cartoons.
Future Time
-Perhaps she will draw one for you.
-By Thursday, we will have drawn
two more.
3. Regular Verbs
a. A regular verb forms its past and past
participle by adding –d or –ed to the
base form.
Base Present P Past Past Part
clean [is] cleaning cleaned [have] cleaned
hope [is] hoping hoped [have] hoped
slip [is] slipping slipped [have] slipped
4. Irregular Verbs
a. An irregular verb forms its past and
past participle in some way other than
adding –d or –ed to the base form.

1. by changing vowels

Base Present P Past Past Part

sing [is] singing sang [have] sung
4. Irregular Verbs

2. by changing consonants
Base Present P Past Past Part
make [is] making made [have] made

3. by changing vowels and

consonants
Base Present P Past Past Part
do [is] doing did [have] done
4. Irregular Verbs

4. by making no changes
Base Present P Past Past Part
hurt [is] hurting hurt [have] hurt
Assessment Prompt
• What makes a verb irregular?
• Give one example per group member –
also, taking the base through each of the
principal parts.
5. Common Irregular
Verbs
• We will be placing two sheets in your
binder/spiral
– Make sure that you fill in the blanks as we go
through the notes.
5. Common Irregular Verbs

Base Present Past Tense Past Participle

Form Participle
1 begin [is] beginning began [have] begun
2 [is] biting bit [have] bitten
bite
bitor

3 blow [is] blowing blew [have] blown

4 break [is] breaking broke [have] broken
5 bring [is] bringing brought [have] brought
6 build [is] building built [have] built
7 burst [is] bursting burst [have] burst
8 buy [is] buying bought [have] bought
9 catch [is] catching caught [have] caught
5. Common Irregular Verbs
10 choose [is] choosing chose [have] chosen
11 come [is] coming came [have] come
12 cost [is] costing cost [have] cost
13 cut [is] cutting cut [have] cut
14 do [is] doing did [have] done
15 draw [is] drawing drew [have] drawn
16 drink [is] drinking drank [have] drunk
17 drive [is] driving drove [have] driven
18 eat [is] eating ate [have] eaten
19 fall [is] falling fell [have] fallen
20 feel [is] feeling felt [have] felt
21 fight [is] fighting fought [have] fought
22 find [is] finding found [have] found
23 fly [is] flying flew [have] flown
5. Common Irregular Verbs

24 forgive [is] forgiving forgave [have]forgiven

25 freeze [is] freezing froze [have] frozen
26 [is] getting [have] got or
get got
gotten
27 give [is] giving gave [have] given
28 go [is] going went [have] gone
29 grow [is] growing grew [have] grown
30 have [is] having had [have] had
31 hear [is] hearing heard [have] heard
32 [is] hiding [have] hid or
hide hid
hidden
33 hit [is] hitting hit [have] hit
34 hold [is] holding held [have] held
35 know [is] knowing knew [have] know
5. Common Irregular Verbs

36 lead [is] leading led [have] led

37 leave [is] leaving left [have] left
38 lend [is] lending lent [have] lent
39 let [is] letting let [have] let
40
light
[is] lighting lighted or [have] lighted or
lit lit
41 lose [is] losing lost [have] lost
42 make [is] making made [have] made
43 meet [is] meeting met [have] met
44 pay [is] paying paid [have] paid
45 put [is] putting put [have] put
46 read [is] reading read [have] read
47 ride [is] riding rode [have] ridden
5. Common Irregular Verbs

48 ring [is] ringing rang [have] rung

49 run [is] running ran [have] run
50 say [is] saying said [have] said
51 see [is] seeing saw [have] seen
52 seek [is] seeking sought [have] sought
53 sell [is] selling sold [have] sold
54 send [is] sending sent [have] sent
55
shrink
[is] shrinking shrank or [have] shrunk
shrunk
56 sing [is] singing sang [have] sung
57 [is] sinking sank or
sink [have] sunk
sunk
58 speak [is] speaking spoke [have] spoken
59 spend [is] spending spent [have] spent
5. Common Irregular Verbs

60 stand [is] standing stood [have] stood

61 steal [is] stealing stole [have] stolen
62 swim [is] swimming swam [have] swum
63 swing [is] swinging swung [have] swung
64 take [is] taking took [have] taken
65 teach [is] teaching taught [have] taught
66 tear [is] tearing tore [have] torn
67 tell [is] telling told [have] told
68 think [is] thinking thought [have] thought
69 throw [is] throwing threw [have] thrown
5. Common Irregular Verbs

70 wear [is] wearing wore [have] worn

71 win [is] winning
won [have] won
72 [is] writing
write wrote [have] written
SUMMARIZER

What makes a verb irregular?

Give 5 examples of irregular
verbs.
Trackers Out, Please
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