Rent past tense. Irregular verbs of the English language (Irregular Verbs). How to remember the forms of irregular verbs
Irregular verbs in modern English are derived from verbs that followed a regular structure in earlier stages of language development. In particular, many such verbs are derived from Germanic strong verbs, which create many inflectional forms with ablaut. This phenomenon can still be observed in English today using the example of the verb sing / sang / sung.
Most English irregular verbs are native words derived from existing Old English verbs. Almost all verbs that were borrowed in later periods were subject to regular conjugation. There are a few exceptions, such as the verb "catch", derived from Old French cachier, the forms of which were formed by analogy with the native verb teach.
Most irregular verbs exist as remnants of the past, as a prototype of the historically established conjugation system. When some grammatical rules began to change or be completely withdrawn from use, individual verbs retained their old forms. For example, before the great vowel shift, the verb keep(previously pronounced as kehp) belonged to a group of verbs whose vowels were shortened in the past tense. This pattern persists today with the same verb kept(same as with verbs) crept, wept, leapt, left). Verbs such as peep, which have a similar form but arose later than the great vowel shift, take the ending -ed.
New verbs, including loanwords from other languages, as well as nouns that have come to be used as verbs, such as "to facebook", - are subject to correct change until they become an integral part of an already existing irregular verb, for example "to housesit"(from sit) → housesat .
Today there is a tendency to reduce the number of irregular verbs, because most of them take the form of regular verbs, undergoing standard conjugation (for example, the verb chide once having the past tense form chid, later acquired the correct form childed). Many verbs have dual forms, both of which exist in parallel: spelled / spelled, dreamed / dreamed.
In some dialects of English, irregular forms of verbs (obsolete forms) may be used, which in common English are conjugated according to the general rule.
Below is list of irregular verbs, this list does not include easily recognizable derived verbs (formed using prefixes from basic irregular verbs), for example: go → forego, outgo, with the exception of those having features in shaping and / or differences in use.
Verb- this is an independent part of speech that answers the questions what to do ?, what to do? (be, learn, dream, go…)
According to the method of formation of past tense forms (V2) and past participles (V3), all English verbs are divided into 2 groups: regular (Regular Verbs) and irregular verbs (Irregular verbs).
The English verb has three forms. The verb forms are denoted by Roman numerals I, II, III.
I form(or an infinitive without to), for example: to make (to do) - make - the first, or main form that answers the question what to do ?, what to do? With the help of the first form of the verb, the Present Simple Tense is formed. When forming Present Simple Tense, the ending is added to the I form of the verb in the 3rd person singular (he, she, it - he, she, it) -s or -es(he jumpes, she jumpes, it jumpes, he cries, she cries, it cries, he does, she does, it does) . With the rest of the pronouns (I, we, you, you, they - I, we, you, you, they), the I form of the verb is used unchanged.
II form serves to form the simple past tense (Past Simple Tense). When forming the simple past tense, both regular and irregular verbs are used. Regular verbs form II and III forms by adding the suffix form I to the stem –ed(jump - jumped - jump - jumped) . If the verb is not regular, then its past tense form corresponds to the second column in the table of irregular verbs (be - was / were, do - did, make - made).
III form- Participle II (Participle II) - a special form of the verb that denotes a sign of an object by action and answers the questions of an adjective (lost, baked, done). For regular verbs III, the form coincides with II: jump (I) - jumped (II) - jumped (III) (jump - jumped - jumped). II and III forms of irregular verbs can be formed in various ways, indicated below.
Regular verbs
Regular verbs form II and III forms by adding the suffix form I to the stem – ed (- d), which is pronounced like:
- [ d] after vowels and voiced consonants: to clean (clean) - cleaned (cleaned); to play (play) - played (played);
- [ t] after the deaf: to work (work) - worked (worked), to look (watch) - looked (looked);
- after [d] and [t]: to want (want) - wanted (wanted), to mend (repair) - mended (repaired).
When forming II and III forms of verbs, pay attention to the following spelling rules:
- If the I form is a short root syllable and ends with one consonant, then when adding the ending –ed the last vowel of the root is doubled: to stop (stop) - sto pped(has stopped).
- -y, preceded by a consonant, the letter y changes to i: to carry (carry) - carried (carried), to study (learn) - studied (studied). But if the stem of the verb ends in -y, which is preceded by a vowel, then the stem of the verb is simply added - ed: to play (play) - played (played), to stay (stay) - stayed (stayed).
- If the stem of the verb ends in -e, which is not pronounced, then the II and III forms of the verb are formed by adding the ending - d: to arrive (arrive) - arrived (arrived).
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs- these are verbs that have special, fixed forms of the past tense and participles, their forms do not have a clear education algorithm and are learned by memorizing: to make (to do) - made (done) - made (done). Most English irregular verbs are native English, derived from verbs that existed in Old English. Most irregular verbs exist as remnants of historical systems of conjugation (changing the verb by person - I'm coming, you're coming, he's coming...).
Irregular verbs are used to form the past simple (Past Simple), present perfect (Present Simple), past perfect tense (Past Perfect), in the passive voice (Passive voice), when converting direct speech into indirect (Reported speech), in conditional sentences ( conditional sentences).
table of irregular verbs
Infinitive | past tense | Past Participle | Translation | |||
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arise | [ə"raiz] | arose | [ə"rəuz] | arisen | [ə"riz(ə)n] | arise, appear |
wake up | [ə"weik] | awoke | [ə"wəuk] | awoken | [ə"wəukən] | wake up, wake up |
be | was, were | , | been | to be | ||
bear | bore | born | give birth, bring | |||
beat | beat | beaten | ["bi:tn] | beat | ||
become | became | become | become | |||
begin | started | begun | start off) | |||
bend | bent | bent | bend, bend | |||
bind | bound | bound | bind | |||
bite | bit | bitten | ["bɪtn] | bite) | ||
bleed | bled | bled | bleed | |||
blow | blew | blown | blow | |||
break | broke | broken | ["broukən] | break) | ||
breed | bred | bred | bring up | |||
bring | brought | brought | bring | |||
build | built | built | build | |||
burn | burnt | burnt | burn, burn | |||
burst | burst | burst | explode, explode | |||
buy | bought | bought | buy | |||
cast | cast | cast | throw, pour (metal) | |||
catch | caught | caught | catch, seize | |||
choose | chose | chosen | ["tʃouzən] | choose, pick | ||
come | came | come | come | |||
cost | cost | cost | cost | |||
cut | cut | cut | cut | |||
dig | arc | arc | dig, dig | |||
do | did | done | do | |||
draw | drew | drawn | draw, draw | |||
dream | dream | dream | dream, dream | |||
drink | drank | drunk | drink | |||
drive | drove | driven | ["drɪvən] | drive | ||
eat | ate | eaten | ["i:tn] | there is | ||
fall | fell | fallen | ["fɔ:lən] | fall | ||
feed | fed | fed | feed | |||
feel | felt | felt | feel | |||
fight | fought | fought | fight | |||
find | found | found | find | |||
fit | fit | fit | fit in size | |||
fly | flew | flown | fly | |||
forget | forgot | forgotten | forget | |||
forgive | forgave | forgiven | forgive | |||
freeze | frozen | frozen | ["frouzən] | freeze | ||
get | got | got | receive | |||
give | gave | given | ["gɪvən] | give | ||
go | went | gone | go, walk | |||
grow | grew | grown | grow | |||
hang | hung | hung | hang, hang | |||
have | had | had | have | |||
hear | heard | heard | hear | |||
hide | hidden | hidden | ["hɪdn] | hide | ||
hit | hit | hit | hit the mark | |||
hold | held | held | Keep | |||
hurt | hurt | hurt | hurt, bruise | |||
keep | kept | kept | keep, save | |||
kneel | knelt | knelt | kneel | |||
knit | knit | knit | knit (knitting needles) | |||
know | knew | known | know | |||
lay | laid | laid | put | |||
lead | led | led | lead, lead | |||
lean | lean | lean | tilt | |||
learn | learned | learned | learn | |||
leave | left | left | leave, leave | |||
lend | lent | lent | borrow, borrow | |||
let | let | let | let | |||
lie | lay | lain | lie | |||
light | lit | lit | illuminate, ignite | |||
lose | lost | lost | lose | |||
make | made | made | do | |||
mean | meant | meant | to mean | |||
meet | met | met | meet | |||
mistake | mistook | mistaken | make mistakes | |||
pay | paid | paid | to pay | |||
put | put | put | put, put | |||
read | read | read | read | |||
ride | rode | ridden | ["rɪdn] | ride | ||
ring | rank | rung | call, call | |||
rise | rose | rising | ["rɪzən] | get up | ||
run | ran | run | run away | |||
say | said | said | talk | |||
see | saw | seen | see | |||
seek | sought | sought | search | |||
sell | sold | sold | sell | |||
send | sent | sent | send | |||
set | set | set | put, put | |||
shake | [ʃeɪk] | shook | [ʃʊk] | shaken | ["ʃeɪkən] | shake |
shine | [ʃaɪn] | shone | [ʃoun, ʃɒn] | shone | [ʃoun, ʃɒn] | to shine, shine, shine |
shoot | [ʃu:t] | shot | [ʃɒt] | shot | [ʃɒt] | fire |
show | [ʃou] | showed | [ʃoud] | shown | [ʃoun] | show |
shrink | [ʃriŋk] | shrank | [ʃræŋk] | shrunk | [ʃrʌŋk] | sit down (about the material), decrease (sya), reduce (sya) |
shut | [ʃʌt] | shut | [ʃʌt] | shut | [ʃʌt] | close |
sing | sang | sung | sing | |||
sink | sank | sunk | drown | |||
sit | sat | sat | sit | |||
sleep | slept | slept | sleep | |||
smell | smelt | smelt | smell, smell | |||
slide | slide | slide | slide | |||
sow | sowed | sown | sow, sow | |||
smell | smelled | smelled | smell, smell | |||
speak | spoke | spoken | ["spoukən] | talk | ||
spell | spelt | spelt | to spell | |||
spend | spent | spent | spend | |||
spill | spilt | spilt | shed | |||
sleep | spat | spat | spit | |||
split | split | split | split | |||
spoil | spoilt | spoilt | spoil | |||
spread | spread | spread | spread | |||
stand | stood | stood | stand | |||
steal | stole | stolen | ["stoulən] | steal | ||
stick | stuck | stuck | to stick, to stick, to stick | |||
sting | stung | stung | sting | |||
strike | struck | struck | hit, strike | |||
striving | strove | striving | ["strɪvn] | try, strive | ||
wear | swore | sworn | take an oath | |||
sweep | swept | swept | revenge, sweep | |||
swim | swam | swum | to swim | |||
take | took | taken | ["teɪkən] | take, take | ||
teach | taught | taught | learn | |||
tear | tore | torn | tear | |||
tell | told | told | tell | |||
think | [θɪŋk] | thought | [θɔ:t] | thought | [θɔ:t] | think |
throw | [θrou] | threw | [θru:] | thrown | [θroun] | throw |
understand | [ʌndər "stænd] | understood | [ʌndər"stʊd] | understood | [ʌndər"stʊd] | understand |
upset | [ʌp"set] | upset | [ʌp"set] | upset | [ʌp"set] | upset, upset (plans), upset |
wake | woke | woken | ["woukən] | wake up | ||
wear | wore | worn | wear | |||
weep | wept | wept | cry | |||
wet | wet | wet | wet, moisturize | |||
win | won | won | win, win | |||
wind | wound | wound | writhing, winding, winding (clock) | |||
write | wrote | written | ["rɪtn] | write |