Irregular Verbs

Let's discuss irregular verbs!

Recall that regular verbs are formed by just taking the present tense verb and adding "-ed" to the end. An example of that would be the verb "yell." The past tense, because it's a regular verb, would be "yelled."

An irregular verb, however, does not follow that "nice" rule about adding "-ed" to the end for the past tense. Irregular verbs have a completely different word used.

Let's look at some examples.

1.)
Present tense: run
Past tense: ran

2.)
Present tense: shake
Past tense: shook

3.)
Present tense: shine
Past tense: shone

For a list of some irregular verbs, visit
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslirrverb.html

and

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbs.htm.


Check out those sites, pick 1 irregular verb, come back here, and post the following things: the present tense form, the irregular past tense form, and then use that past tense form in a correctly written sentence.

I'll start!

Present tense: awake
Past tense: awoke
Sentence: Last week, I awoke to the sound of a honking horn.

Now you try!