Irregular Verb Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.3.1.D

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Verbs that don't follow a regular spelling pattern are termed irregular. These guys are bit of an odd ball when you change tenses. In many cases, you can't add your simple -d or -ed to the ending of words to change their tense, that's what makes them irregular. Since these guys are odd balls conjugating these verbs is a bit of a pain. You have to listen to words when changing tense. You are just going to need to learn the tenses of these verbs to be able to use them properly in your writing. You have come to the write place. We will continue helping you understand best way to form these words as you need them to help you improve your writing skills. The worksheets that are found below will help you get acquainted with the various conjugates of all these verbs.

Irregular Verb Worksheets To Print:

Simple Past Tense - Help the farmer rewrite some sentences. You will be changing when they occurred.

The Present - Make it as if these sentences happened long ago. These are very simple statements that are easy to work with.

Nothing Like the Present - Everything here is filled with irregular verbs in the past participle. You get another crack at working on your rewriting skills. Have a go!

Table Fills - Given one form of the verb, fill the other two (Present, Simple Past, Past Participle). This clearly displays how many different ways we use the same word.

Past Participle Form - Draw up the mix between the other two. It may help to say the words out loud for yourself.

Previously - You are given a statement or sentences in the sense of now, you will edit them to refer to it occurring back in the day.

Past Participle - Work right off of the prompts. All of these sentences surround the story of a busy beaver near a dam.

Here and Now - These all already happened. How do we rearrange things to make them more here and now?

Irregular Verbs - Write the simple past tense form of each verb on the line, then find each word in the puzzle.

Weird Word Puzzle - Write the past participle form of each verb on the line. Then find the past tense word in the puzzle.

Regular or Not So Much? - Write the simple past tense form of each word, then circle whether the verb is a regular or irregular verb.

More of the Same - These sentences have irregular verbs in present tense. Re-write all the sentences in simple past tense and past participle.

Those Crazy Participle - You will write two different forms of the verb based on each sentence that you are given to work with. They all revolve around a powerful wizard.

It's Irregular - Fill in the blanks with the simple past form of the verbs. We give you hints all along the way to help you.

Strange Form A Bit - This can serve as an awesome review sheet for you. It is packed with everything we have done here.

The Rules for Irregular Verb Usage


All verbs have multiple forms (usually five). These forms are referred to as principal parts. The principal parts include:


Infinitive- the basic form of a verb with a lack of inflection. It is not bound to a tense or subject.

Past Participle - This verb form usually ends in -ed.

Present Participle- This verb form ends in -ing. This result in a continuous tense form.

Simple Past- This talks obviously about the past tense.

Simple Present- Talks about actions that are currently talking place.


The really discrepancy between regular and irregular verbs is when verbs transition between the simple past and the past participle. Regular verbs are like clockwork when making this transition, both the simple past and the past participle end in -ed. For example the infinitive "to laugh" when in simple past or past participle form are both "laughed". Irregular verbs such as the infinitive "to drive", just don't apply to this paradigm. When in simple past form the word is "drove", in past participle form the word is "driven".


The most common error that writers are guilty of, when it comes to irregular verbs is that they just slap the ending -ed on the end of words without reading the sentence to themselves. This is where a great deal of proofreaders will find a mass of errors. Make sure to read your work over at least twice to insure a quality experience for your readers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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