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Practical English Grammar


irregular verbs part one


Regular verbs form their past and past participle forms by adding -d or -ed to the verb’s
present tense Thus, use becomes used, and call becomes called. Irregular verbs form their
past and past participle forms differently. The present tense break becomes broke in its pasttense
form and broken in its past participle form. The present tense verb buy becomes bought
in its past and past participle forms.

InfinitivePresent
Participle		 Past Past
Participle
(to + verb) (the -ing form) (Yesterday I . . . ) (I had . . . She has . . .
You have . . . )
begin beginning beganbegun
blow blowing blew blown
break breaking broke broken
bring bringing brought brought
burst bursting burst burst
buy buying bought bought
catch catching caught caught
choose choosing chosechosen
come coming came come
cost costing cost cost
do doing did done
draw drawing drew drawn
drink drinking drank drunk
drive driving drove driven
eat eating ate eaten
fall falling fell fallen
feel feeling felt felt
find finding found found
freeze freezing froze frozen
get getting got got (or gotten)
give giving gave given
go going went gone
hold holding heldheld
keep keeping keptkept
know knowing knew known
lay (to place) laying laid laid
lead leading led led
leave leaving left left


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Notes
Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. compound subjects part two
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3. Quotation Marks Part Three
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4. Sound a like words Part Four
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5. the noun
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6. Confusing usage words part six
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7. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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8. complete and simple subjects
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9. the indirect object
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10. the object of the preposition
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11. Second Capitalization List
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12. the adverb
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13. irregular verbs part two
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14. Confusing usage words part three
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15. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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16. More Apostrophe Situations
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17. the adjective phrase
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18. Using Capital Letters
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19. The possessive case
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20. the noun clause
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21. Confusing usage words part two
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22. the prepositional phrase
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23. personal pronouns
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24. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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25. Quotation Marks Part Two
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26. Confusing usage words part three
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27. Confusing usage words part five
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28. The Semicolon
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29. Quotation Marks Part One
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30. regular verb tenses
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31. introducing phrases
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32. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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33. introducing clauses
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34. the adjective clause
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35. Confusing usage words part seven
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36. Confusing usage words part eight
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37. Sound a like words Part Two
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38. The Colon
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39. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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40. types of sentences by purpose
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41. the subordinating conjunction
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42. the interjection
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43. the verb phrase
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44. the pronoun
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45. the adjective
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46. the noun adjective pronoun question
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47. the adverb phrase
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48. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
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49. Confusing usage words part one
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50. Confusing usage words part four
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