Writing - Subjects & Verbs (Part 3)

Yesterday's blog post dealt with verbs, but more specifically, regular verbs. Recall that regular verbs fall into a "regular" pattern, especially when you think about the present, past, and past participle forms. Below is an example with the verb "dance."

Present tense: I dance all day long.
Past tense: He danced at the wedding last year.
Past participle: They have danced before.

However, irregular verbs don't follow that nice pattern, so they're harder to learn & use correctly. An example of an irregular verb is "sing." Look at the forms below for present, past, and past participle.

Present tense: I sing at choir practice.
Past tense: She sang at the audition.
Past participle: We have sung that song before.

Notice that with an irregular verb, like "sing," the format is changing each time! Plus, if you picked another irregular verb, like "buy," the form would change, but only some of the time! Other irregular verbs, like "cut," have no change at all! Gosh, isn't it tough?

Take a look at this list of irregular verbs by clicking here: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm.

Pick 1 set of irregular verbs & write three sentences where you're illustrating correct use of the present, past, and past participle forms of the verb. Remember that the past participle form will always have a "helper" verb.

Here's an example.

Irregular verb: write
Present tense: I write letters to my family.
Past tense: Last year, I wrote over fifty memos.
Past participle: I have written many poems.

Now you try!