Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs, as previously stated, do not have a past tense ending in -ed. In addition, they also don’t take on -d or -ie as their plural form like other past simple tenses or past participles.

Below are examples of some irregular verbs and their base forms:

• Stand = stood
• Pay = paid
• Make = made
• Have = had
• Find = found
• Hold = held
• Sell = sold
• Leave = left
• Feel = felt
• Learn = learnt
• Spend = spent
• Wake = woke
• Drive = driven
• Begin = begun
• Drink = drunk
• Come = came
• Eat = ate
• Bite = bit

Above are some examples of irregular verbs. So, when communicating a past tense, note what type of verb it is and communicate it correctly. You can study more about irregular verbs, but with practice, they will come to you naturally.