A. Regular verbs form their past tense and the past participle by adding ed or d to the form of the present tense.
The word play is a regular verb since you just add 'ed' to have verb to form its past tense and its past participle.
B.
Irregular verbs- the verbs eat and is are irregular verbs they do not form the past tense and past
participle in the regular way.
Regular Verbs:
|
Verb |
Past tense |
Past Participle |
|
Alter |
altered |
altered |
|
Announce |
announced |
announced |
|
|
|
|
|
Approach |
approached |
approached |
|
Barter |
bartered |
bartered |
|
Besiege |
besieged |
besieged |
|
Boil |
boiled |
boiled |
|
Calculate |
calculated |
calculated |
|
Chew |
chewed |
chewed |
|
Claim |
claimed |
claimed |
|
Dare |
dared |
dared |
|
Define |
defined |
defined |
|
Denounce |
denounced |
denounced |
|
Dissolve |
dissolved |
dissolved |
|
Edify |
edified |
edified |
|
Entertain |
entertained |
entertained |
|
Estimate |
estimated |
estimated |
|
Equip |
equipped |
equipped |
|
Fabricate |
fabricated |
fabricated |
|
Facilitate |
facilitated |
facilitated |
|
Fortify |
fortified |
fortified |
|
Hear |
heard |
heard |
|
Hire |
hired |
hired |
|
Hope |
hoped |
hoped |
|
Hypothesize |
hypothesized |
hypothesized |
|
Imagine |
imagined |
imagined |
|
Infer |
inferred |
inferred |
|
Interrogate |
interrogated |
interrogated |
|
Jettison |
jettisoned |
jettisoned |
|
Jingle |
jingled |
jingled |
|
Judge |
judged |
judged |
|
|
|
|
|
Kick |
kicked |
kicked |
|
Kidnap |
kidnapped |
kidnapped |
|
Kiss |
kissed |
kissed |
|
Labor |
labored |
labored |
|
Lessen |
lessened |
lessened |
|
Love |
loved |
loved |
Mistakes are
commonly made when using the wrong form for the past tense:
come for came
seen for saw
swum for swam
dove for dived
run for ran
drunk for drank
Mistake is also
made when using the wrong form for the past participle:
went for gone
did for done
swam for swum
tore for torn
began for begun
came for come
|
Simple Form |
past Form |
Past Participle |
|
Am/be |
was |
been |
|
Awake |
awoke |
awaken |
|
Begin |
began |
begun |
|
|
|
|
|
Beat |
beat |
beaten |
|
Buy |
bought |
bought |
|
Bring |
brought |
brought |
|
Bite |
bit |
bitten |
|
Choose |
chose |
chosen |
|
Catch |
caught |
caught |
|
Drive |
drove |
driven |
|
Draw |
drew |
drawn |
|
Eat |
ate |
eaten |
|
Forsake |
forsook |
forsaken |
|
Freeze |
froze |
frozen |
|
Get |
got |
gotten |
|
Hide |
hid |
hidden |
|
Meet |
met |
met |
|
Rise |
rose |
risen |
|
Ride |
rode |
ridden |
|
Ring |
rang |
rung |
|
Run |
ran |
Run |
|
Shake |
shook |
shaken |
|
Stride |
strode |
stridden |
|
Swear |
swore |
sworn |
|
Sink |
sank |
sunk |
|
Shrink |
shrank |
shrunk |
|
Spring |
sprang |
sprung |
|
Tell |
told |
told |
|
Tear |
tore |
torn |
|
Wear |
wore |
worn |
|
Weave |
wove |
woven |
|
|
|
|
Special Irregular Verbs
|
Bet |
bet |
bet |
|
Broadcast |
broadcast |
broadcast |
|
Cut |
cut |
cut |
|
Hit |
hit |
hit |
|
Hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
|
Let |
let |
let |
|
Put |
put |
put |
|
Set |
set |
set |
|
Quit |
quit |
quit |
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