{"id":93,"date":"2008-07-18T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:26:09","slug":"irregular-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/verbs\/irregular-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A verb is called a <strong>regular verb<\/strong> if its past tense and past participle are formed by adding <em>-ed<\/em> (<em>wait<strong>ed<\/strong>, insist<strong>ed<\/strong><\/em>) or sometimes just <em>-d<\/em> (<em>breathe<strong>d<\/strong>, replace<strong>d<\/strong><\/em>). Verbs in English are <strong>irregular<\/strong> if they don&#8217;t have a conventional <em>-ed<\/em> ending in the past tense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> <em>Go<\/em> (present tense), <em>went<\/em> (past tense), <em>gone<\/em> (past participle)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Do not use helping verbs such as <em>has<\/em> or <em>have<\/em> with the past tense form of an irregular verb. Use helping verbs only with an irregular verb&#8217;s <strong>past participle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> <em>I<\/em> went <em>to the store<\/em>. <em>I<\/em> have gone <em>to the store<\/em>. <strong>NOT<\/strong> <em>I<\/em> have went <em>to the store.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Present tense<\/strong> (used alone or with helping verbs such as <em>will<\/em>, <em>did<\/em>, etc.)<br \/>\ngo<br \/>\nswim<br \/>\nrun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past tense<\/strong><br \/>\nwent<br \/>\nswam<br \/>\nran<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past participle <\/strong>(used with helping verbs such as <em>have,<\/em> <em>has<\/em>, <em>will have<\/em>, etc.)<br \/>\ngone<br \/>\nswum<br \/>\nrun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Present participle <\/strong>(-<em>ing<\/em> ending formed with <em>to be<\/em> verbs such as <em>is, have been, will be, could have been, <\/em>etc.)<br \/>\ngoing<br \/>\nswimming<br \/>\nrunning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples with go:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I go to my aunt\u2019s house in the afternoon.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I will go to my aunt\u2019s house.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I went to my aunt\u2019s house yesterday.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I have gone to my aunt\u2019s house every afternoon this week.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I am going to my aunt\u2019s house this afternoon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples with swim:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I swim at my aunt\u2019s house in the afternoon.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I will swim at my aunt\u2019s house.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I swam at my aunt\u2019s house yesterday.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I have swum at my aunt\u2019s house every afternoon this week.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I will be swimming at my aunt\u2019s house this afternoon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples with run:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I run around the track daily.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I will run around the track every day this week.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I ran around the track yesterday.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I have run around the track every day this week.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I am running around the track every day this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. I will run\/ran for office next year.<br \/>\n2. I have run\/ran for office twice.<br \/>\n3. I have went\/gone to the dentist but my tooth still hurts.<br \/>\n4. I have swam\/swum the butterfly stroke in competition.<br \/>\n5. He ringed\/rang the bell before entering.<br \/>\n6. He has rang\/rung the bell twice but no one has answered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz Answers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. I will <strong>run<\/strong> for office next year.<br \/>\n2. I have <strong>run<\/strong> for office twice.<br \/>\n3. I have <strong>gone<\/strong> to the dentist but my tooth still hurts.<br \/>\n4. I have <strong>swum<\/strong> the butterfly stroke in competition.<br \/>\n5. He <strong>rang<\/strong> the bell before entering.<br \/>\n6. He has <strong>rung<\/strong> the bell twice but no one has answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A verb is called a regular verb if its past tense and past participle are formed by adding -ed (waited, insisted) or sometimes just -d (breathed, replaced). Verbs in English are irregular if they don&#8217;t have a conventional -ed ending in the past tense. 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