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Understanding and Using English Garmmar 5th-Betty Azar

This document provides information about regular and irregular verbs in English. It notes that regular verbs form their simple past and past participle by adding "-ed", while irregular verbs do not follow this pattern. It then lists examples of regular verbs and their forms. The document goes on to discuss three groups of irregular verbs: group 1 where all forms are the same, group 2 where the past participle ends in "-en", and group 3 where the vowel changes from "a" to "u" between the simple past and past participle. It provides many examples of irregular verbs and their forms to illustrate these patterns.

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Understanding and Using English Garmmar 5th-Betty Azar

This document provides information about regular and irregular verbs in English. It notes that regular verbs form their simple past and past participle by adding "-ed", while irregular verbs do not follow this pattern. It then lists examples of regular verbs and their forms. The document goes on to discuss three groups of irregular verbs: group 1 where all forms are the same, group 2 where the past participle ends in "-en", and group 3 where the vowel changes from "a" to "u" between the simple past and past participle. It provides many examples of irregular verbs and their forms to illustrate these patterns.

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2-1 Regular and Irregular Verbs


Regular Verbs: The simple past and past participle end in -ed. English verbs have four
principal parts:
) simple form
SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

I (1
I (3) past participle
hope hoped hoped hoping (2) simple past

! (4) present
stop stopped stopped stopping
listen listened listened listening

I
study studied studied studying participle
start started started starting
--- -----
Irregular Verbs: The simple past and past participle do not end in -ed. Some verbs have

-�
irregular past forms.
SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE
-·--·--- ---- Most of the irregular
hit hit hit hitting verbs in English are given

I
find found found finding in the alphabetical list in
swim swam swum swimming Appendix Chart E-9.
broke broken breaking I
break
wear wore worn wearing

2-2 Irregular Verb List


Group 1 : All three forms are the same.
SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE II SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

bet
burst
bet
burst
bet
burst
I� I put
let
put
let
put
cost cost cost quit* quit quit
cut cut cut shut shut shut
fit fit/fitted fit/fitted spread spread spread
hit hit hit split split split
hurt hurt hurt upset upset upset

*Also possible in BrE: quit-quitted-quitted.

Group 2: Past participle ends in -en.


---
bite bit bitten hide hid hidden
break broke broken mistake mistook mistaken
choose chose chosen ride rode ridden
drive drove driven rise rose risen
eat ate eaten shake shook shaken
fall fell fallen speak spoke spoken
forget forgot forgotten steal stole stolen
forgive forgave forgiven swell swelled swollen I swelled
freeze froze frozen take took taken
get got gotten/got* wake woke woken
give gave given write wrote written
*In BrE: get-got-got. In AmE: get-got-gonenlgot.
----- -
Group 3: Vowel changes from a in the simple past to u in the past participle.
begin began begun sing sang sung
drink drank drunk sink sank sunk
ring rang rung stink stank/stunk stunk
run ran run swim swam swum
shrink shrank shrunk

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