What is Irregular Verb?

Definition of Irregular Verb

We can define irregular verbs as “Irregular
verbs are those verbs that do not add ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’ at the end like regular
verbs”. The past simple and past participle forms of most of the irregular
verbs become same such as fed, cut, put, had, hurt, bet, bid, shut, sold, let,
etc.

What is Irregular Verb

Irregular verbs are generally known as strong
verbs. Most commonly used irregular verbs in the English language are can, go,
get, be, say, do, draw, see, think, buy, bear, drink, eat, make, take, become,
come, know, etc. Both regular and irregular verbs have five forms that are
infinitive, simple present, simple past, past participle, and present
participle. Both vary in the formation of simple past and past participle.

List of Irregular Verbs

Following is the list of irregular verbs:

Arise, be, give, bring, lay, set, bear, lose,
come, go, know, begin, buy, bite, creep, catch, choose, blow, break, swim,
dive, do, drag, run, seek, see, lead, hide, draw, drive, lie, get, dream,
light, drink, eat, fall, steal, tear, fight, strike, throw, swear, spring, fly,
forget, forgive, freeze, grow, hang, prove, ride, ring, rise, shake, sing,
sink, sit, speak, sting, swing, take, wake, wear, write, etc.

Types
of Irregular Verb

Generally, there are three types of irregular
verbs, such as:

1. Irregular verbs that exist in
   same form in their all three forms, such as: cut, cost, bet, hit, put,
   shut, let, etc.


2. Irregular verbs that have two
   of the three forms same, such as: (sit sat sat), (build built built),
   (burn burnt burnt), etc.


3. Irregular verbs that are
   different in their all three forms, such as: (go went gone), (eat ate
   eaten), (do did done), etc.

Examples of Irregular Verbs/Use of Irregular Verbs in the
Sentence

Following are examples showing the use of
irregular verbs in the sentences:

• I am going to get my brother from
  playground and then we will eat


• I want to build a home in the village
  for my dear mother so that she can easily spend her
  old age.


• I bet my friends to win the game.


• He went to the school but got


• I like to drink lemonade but only in
  the summer season.

Irregular Verb Exercises for you

Irregular verb exercises given below will help
you in analyzing your knowledge about irregular verb. Just go through all the
details given above about the irregular verb and check your skill by doing
following exercises for irregular verb. We have used irregular verbs in the
following sentences; you need to check your skill by identifying irregular
verbs in each sentence:

1. He swam very well and won the
   competition also with first prize.


2. I saw her face when she got
   surprise.


3. I spend my weekend with my
   parents and grandparents at the religious places.


4. He took four umbrellas from
   the seller.


5. He bought only one ice-cream
   and ate alone.


6. He went on a weeklong trip and
   will return next week.


7. He left the school soon today
   without telling the reason to us.


8. I will go to my home town in
   this summer vacation.


9. They always throw a foul ball
   but played well today.


10. I love wandering at tourists
    places but soon get fed up.


11. All the water balloons burst
    when they gets loaded with water.


12. He is very naughty as he stuck
    chewing gum in my hair.

Answers: 1 – swam, won, 2 – saw, got, 3 – spend, 4 – took, 5 –
bought, ate, 6 – went, 7 – left, 8 – go, 9 – throw, 10 – get, 11 – burst, gets,
12 – stuck

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