He has rung the bell twice but no one has answered. I have swum the butterfly stroke in competition.Ħ. I have gone to the dentist but my tooth still hurts.Ĥ. Download as a PDF (best for printing) This is a free worksheet you can use in your class. He has rang/rung the bell twice but no one has answered.ģ. Common Irregular Verbs - Present Simple Tense.

He ringed/rang the bell before entering.Ħ. I have swam/swum the butterfly stroke in competition.ĥ. I have went/gone to the dentist but my tooth still hurts.Ĥ. I am running around the track every day this week.ģ. I have run around the track every day this week. How do I use this resource Help students learn and practice irregular past tense verbs with our Present and Past Tense Irregular Verb Cards. I will run around the track every day this week. This list does not include be, have, and do, which can be main verbs or auxiliary verbs.

I will be swimming at my aunt’s house this afternoon. The top 10 irregular verbs in English are: see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think. I have swum at my aunt’s house every afternoon this week. I swim at my aunt’s house in the afternoon. I am going to my aunt’s house this afternoon. I have gone to my aunt’s house every afternoon this week. I go to my aunt’s house in the afternoon. And in the past tense in the first person, these four verbs form the following: I was, I had, I did, and I said. Present participle (- ing ending formed with to be verbs such as is, have been, will be, could have been, etc.) In the present tense, we are, we have, we do, we say. Past participle (used with helping verbs such as have, has, will have, etc.) Present tense (used alone or with helping verbs such as will, did, etc.) Use helping verbs only with an irregular verb’s past participle.Įxample: I went to the store. Note: Do not use helping verbs such as has or have with the past tense form of an irregular verb. Verbs in English are irregular if they don’t have a conventional -ed ending in the past tense.Įxample: Go (present tense), went (past tense), gone (past participle) A verb is called a regular verb if its past tense and past participle are formed by adding -ed ( wait ed, insist ed) or sometimes just -d ( breathe d, replace d).

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