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"We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things = I write, I act = and I never know what I'm going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun." Stephen Fry

Some Irregular Verbs

Verb Past Tense Past Participle awake awoke awoken be was/were been beat beat beaten become became become begin began begun bend bent bent bring brought brought build built built buy bought bought choose chose chosen come came come do did done draw drew drawn drive drove driven drink drank drunk eat ate eaten fall fell fallen fight fought fought find found found forgive forgave forgiven freeze froze frozen get got gotten give gave given go went gone grow grew grown hang hung hung have had had hear heard heard hide hid hidden hit hit hit hold held held hurt hurt hurt keep kept kept know knew known lead led led

Verb Past Tense Past Participle learn learn/learnt learn/learnt leave left left let let let lie lay lain lose lost lost make made made mean meant meant meet met met pay paid paid put put put read read read ring rang rung ride rode ridden rise rose risen run ran run say said said see saw seen sell sold sold sing sang sung sit sat sat sleep slept slept speak spoke spoken spend spent spent stand stood stood swim swam swum teach taught taught tear tore torn tell told told think thought thought throw threw thrown understand understood understood wake woke woken wear wore worn win won won write wrote written

A verb is a word that describes an action or a state of being, like wiggle, walk, run, jump, be, do, have, or think.

Regular and Irregular Verbs
There are two types of verbs - regular and irregular.

Regular verbs are those whose past tense (for example, "I looked") and past participle (for example, "I had looked") are formed by following the standard rule: adding a "d" or an "ed" to the end of the verb (sometimes a final consonant is doubled, and if there is a y at the end of the word after a consonant, it changes to an "ied"). Walk is an example of a regular verb: I walk. You walked. They had walked. Another example is plan: I plan. She planned. They have planned. Another example is carry: I carry it. He carried it. They have carried it.

Irregular verbs are those whose past tense (for example, "I rode") and past participle (for example, "I had ridden") have forms that do not follow the standard rules. There are many irregular verbs (over 250) in English, inluding be, break, bring, come, cut, eat, go, meet, run, swim, and many more. The chart to the right lists some irregular verbs.

Related Reference Pages, Activities and Worksheets:

Verbs: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary A page of action words from the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary in English.	What Am I? Verbs For each picture, choose the verb that best describes it. Or go to the answers.	List of Words: Verbs This is a word bank of common verbs, regular and irregular.	List of Irregular Verbs This is a word bank of irregular verbs in English.
List of Regular Verbs This is a word bank of regular verbs in English.	Find Verbs Find eight verbs. Sample answers: run, think, see, ride, walk, study, read, feel.	Write Eight Movement Verbs Think of and write eight movement verbs. Then, for each word, write a sentence containing the word. Sample answers: go, trot, jog, scurry, crawl, jump, hop, leap, fly, slither, burrow.	Find a Verb for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down an action word (verb) that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.
Circle Nouns, Underline Verbs #1 Circle the nouns and underline the verbs in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers.	Circle Nouns, Underline Verbs #2 Circle the nouns and underline the verbs in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers.	Circle Adverbs, Underline Verbs Circle the adverb and underline the verb it describes in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers.	To Be: Fill in the Blank Fill in the correct form of the present tense of the verb to be: is, are, am. Or go to the answers.
To Be: Fill in the Blank #2 Fill in the correct form of the present tense of the verb to be: is, are, am. Or go to the answers.	To Be (Present Tense) Circle the correct form of the present tense of the verb "to be." Or go to the answers.	To Be (Past Tense) Circle the correct form of the past tense verb "to be." Or go to the answers.	Verbs Word Pieces Puzzle In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make verbs spelling words. Words: answer, build, create, dance, describe, drive, escape, exercise, exhale, lalugh, sleep, speak. Or go to the answers.
I'll (I will) Contractions A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (usually verbs). Some contractions are: I'm (I am), can't (cannot), how's (how is), and Ma'am (Madam).	Find a Substitute for the Word "Said" for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a substitute for "said" for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.	Find a Substitute for the Word "Went" for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a substitute for "went" for each letter of the alphabet. These words can be useful for less repetitive writing. Or go to a sample answer page.	Write Verbs by Category #1 Write 5 verbs for each category. The categories include: Sports-Related Verbs, School-Related Verbs, Transportation-Related Verbs, Vacation-Related Verbs, Weather-Related Verbs, Computer-Related Verbs, Art-Related Verbs, Math-Related Verbs. Or go to sample answers.
Write Verbs by Category #2 Write 5 verbs for each category. The categories include: Cooking-Related Verbs, Woodworking Verbs, Clothes-Related Verbs, Farm-Related Verbs, Flower-Related Verbs, Science-Related Verbs, Military-Related Verbs, Beach-Related Verbs. Or go to sample answers.	Write Verbs by Category #3 Write 5 verbs for each category. The categories include: Cleaning-Related Verbs, Driving Verbs, Shopping-Related Verbs, Email-Related Verbs, Library-Related Verbs, Eating-Related Verbs, Hospital-Related Verbs, Birthday-Related Verbs. Or go to sample answers.	Write Animal-Related Verbs by Category Write 5 animal-related verbs for each category. The categories include: Bee-Related Verbs, Bird-Related Verbs, Whale-Related Verbs, Snake-Related Verbs, Cat-Related Verbs, Fish-Related Verbs, Dog-Related Verbs, Horse-Related Verbs. Or go to sample answers.	Write Job-Related Verbs by Category Write 5 occupation words for each category. The categories include: Driver-Related Verbs, Teacher-Related Verbs, Doctor-Related Verbs, Athlete-Related Verbs, Farmer-Related Verbs, Soldier-Related Verbs, Performer-Related Verbs, Chef-Related Verbs. Or go to sample answers.
Write Sports Verbs by Category Write 5 athlete-related verbs for each category. The categories include: Runner-Related Verbs, Gymnast-Related Verbs, Baseball Verbs, Football Verbs, Basketball Verbs, Soccer Verbs, Tennis Verbs, Miscellaneous Athletic Verbs. Or go to sample answers.	Find an Adverb-Verb Alliteration for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down an adverb-verb alliteration (for example, accurately adding) for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.	List of Words: Words That Are Both Nouns and Verbs This is a bank of words that are both nouns and verbs.

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