Regular and Irregular Verbs To form the past and perfect tense and to form passive voice, add

--ed to a regular verb: Present

like carry drop remember ste alk fro n liked carried dropped remembered ste ed alked fro ned

Past
(if verb ends in e, only add d) (if verb ends in y and is preceded by a consonant, drop the y and insert ied) (c-v-c rule: double final consonant before adding ed)

!any verbs are irregular" the past and perfect tenses are not controlled by strict patterns:

Irregular Verbs

Base Form # ake $e $ear $eat $ecome $egin $end $eset $et $id $ind $ite $leed $lo $reak $reed $ring $roadcast $uild $urn $urst $uy &ast &atch &hoose &ling &ome &ost &reep &ut 'eal 'ig 'ive 'o 'ra 'ream 'rive 'rink (at )all )eed

Simple Past Tense a oke as, ere bore beat became began bent beset bet bid%bade bound bit bled ble broke bred brought broadcast built burned burst bought cast caught chose clung came cost crept cut dealt dug dived%dove did dre dreamed%dreamt drove drank ate fell fed

Past Participle a oken been born beat become begun bent beset bet bid%bidden bound bitten bled blo n broken bred brought broadcast built burned burst bought cast caught chosen clung come cost crept cut dealt dug dived done dra n dreamed%dreamt driven drunk eaten fallen fed