{"id":2144,"date":"2016-02-23T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:17:40","slug":"no-shortcuts-with-irregular-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/verbs\/no-shortcuts-with-irregular-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"No Shortcuts with Irregular Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It isn\u2019t just the disadvantaged or disaffected among us who struggle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/irregular-verbs-can-be-a-regular-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">irregular verbs<\/a>. A political insider with his own long-running TV show keeps saying \u201chas ran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fifty years ago a textbook called<em> Warriner\u2019s English Grammar and Composition<\/em> said: \u201cIrregular verbs \u2026 cause the greatest single problem in standard verb usage because there is no single rule that applies to them. A student of our language must know the principal parts of every irregular verb \u2026 and the only way to know them is to memorize them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We use these verbs all the time. We might as well get them right. See how you do on the irregular-verb quiz that follows. The answers are directly below the test.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irregular Verb Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong>. It turned out that being ___ solid actually saved his life.<\/p>\n<p>A) frozen<br \/>\nB) froze<br \/>\nC) freezed<\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>. Barbara ___ for the faces of a family never seen.<\/p>\n<p>A) weeped<br \/>\nB) weapt<br \/>\nC) wept<br \/>\nD) weaped<\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>. I saved him from getting ___.<\/p>\n<p>A) drownded<br \/>\nB) drowned<br \/>\nC) drownd<br \/>\nD) drowneded<\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong>. His actions have ___ to be contrary to his words.<\/p>\n<p>A) proven<br \/>\nB) proved<br \/>\nC) A and B are both correct<\/p>\n<p><strong>5<\/strong>. Leon was ___ down by the tormenting weight of his burdens.<\/p>\n<p>A) drug<br \/>\nB) drugged<br \/>\nC) drag<br \/>\nD) dragged<\/p>\n<p><strong>6<\/strong> . She kept wearing it and wearing it until it was all ___ out.<\/p>\n<p>A) wore<br \/>\nB) worn<br \/>\nC) A and B are both correct<\/p>\n<p><strong>7<\/strong>. It turned out we had always ___ the answer.<\/p>\n<p>A) knewn<br \/>\nB) knew<br \/>\nC) knowed<br \/>\nD) known<\/p>\n<p><strong>8<\/strong>. The book was found ___ open on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>A) lieing<br \/>\nB) laying<br \/>\nC) lying<br \/>\nD) lane<\/p>\n<p><strong>9<\/strong>. Why hasn\u2019t someone ___ this by me sooner?<\/p>\n<p>A) run<br \/>\nB) ran<br \/>\nC) running<br \/>\nD) ranned<\/p>\n<p><strong>10<\/strong>. We all thought Alfred had already ___ dinner.<\/p>\n<p>A) ate<br \/>\nB) eaten<br \/>\nC) A and B are both correct<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong>: A) <em>frozen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>: C) <em>wept<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>: B) <em>drowned<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong>: C) <em>A and B are both correct<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5<\/strong>: D) <em>dragged<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>6<\/strong>: B) <em>worn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>7<\/strong>: D) <em>known<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>8<\/strong>: C) <em>lying<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>9<\/strong>: A) <em>run<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>10<\/strong>: B) <em>eaten<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It isn\u2019t just the disadvantaged or disaffected among us who struggle with irregular verbs. A political insider with his own long-running TV show keeps saying \u201chas ran.\u201d Fifty years ago a textbook called Warriner\u2019s English Grammar and Composition said: \u201cIrregular verbs \u2026 cause the greatest single problem in standard verb usage because there is no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verbs"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}