Irregular verb practice: present and past
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sow and sew
These two verbs can often cause problems for learners of English, even though they are not as common as a lot of other irregular verbs. They are both pronounced the same way, like the ‘o’ you can hear in ‘go’. Don’t let the spelling confuse you! To Sow : French: ‘semer/ensemencer’ simple past: sowed past [...]
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Irregular verbs – a quick test
Consultez les verbes irréguliers, puis faites ce petit test. Bon chance!
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verbes irreguliers – groupe 6
This group changes from the infinitive with ‘ow’ to the past with ‘ew’ and the past participle with ‘own’: blow –> blew –> blown (souffler) grow –> grew –> grown (grandir) know –> knew –> known (savoir, connaître) throw –> threw –> thrown (jeter) for our memory, we could add these variations, they have similar [...]
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Verbes Irreguliers : groupe 5
We can now look at verbs whose simple past and past participle are different. At typical germanic ending is ‘-en’ for the past participle: break –> broke –> broken (casser) choose –> chose –> chosen (choisir) speak –> spoke –> spoken (parler) steal –> stole –> stolen (voler) wake –> woke –> woken (se reveiller) [...]
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Verbes irreguliers: groupe 4
Verbs that use ‘aught’ or ‘ought’. The prononciation is the same, the sound is like the vowel sound in ‘door’, saw, more, etc. bring –> brought (amener) buy –> bought (acheter) fight –> fought (combattre) think –> thought (penser) catch –> caught (attraper) teach –> taught (enseigner) seek –> sought (rechercher, chercher) Exercise. Connaissez-vous les [...]
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Verbes Irréguliers: groupe 3
Our third group of irregular verbs can be made from verbs that have a long vowel sound in the infinitive and a short vowel sound for the past simple and past participle: Feel – felt (sentir, toucher, etc) leave – left (quitter, partir, laisser) Meet – met (rencontrer) dream – dreamt (rever) – ‘dreamed’ is [...]
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Verbes irreguliers: groupe 2
Our second group of irregular verbs has verbs the past simple and past participle are the same, but are different from the infinitive: infinitive past simple/past participle lend- lent send – sent spend – spent build – built these verbs change just one letter -d to -t. Note that the following verbs can be both [...]
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irregular verbs: to write (écrire)
Infinitive: to write Past Simple: wrote Present participle: writing Past participle: written Present Simple I You write We They She/he/it/writes Present Progressive I am You are She/he/it/one is writing We are They are Present perfect I have You have She/he/it/one has written We have They have Past Simple (preterit) I You She/he/it/one wrote we They [...]
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irregular verbs: to win (gagner – sport, competition etc)
Infinitive: to win Past Simple: won Present participle: winning Past participle: won Present Simple I win You win We win They win She/he/it/one wins Present Progressive I am winning You are winning She/he/it/one is winning We are winning They are winning Present perfect I have won You have won She/he/it/one has won We have won They have won [...]
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irregular verbs: to weep (pleurer)
Infinitive: to weep Past Simple: wept Present participle: weeping Past participle: wept Present Simple I weep You weep We weep They weep She/he/it/one weeps Present Progressive I am weeping You are weeping She/he/it/one is weeping We are weeping They are weeping Present perfect I have wept You have wept She/he/it/one has wept We have wept They have [...]
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irregular verbs: to wear (porter – vêtements, user – to wear out)
Infinitive: to wear Past Simple: wore Present participle: wearing Past participle: worn Present Simple I wear You wear We wear They wear She/he/it/one   wears Present Progressive I am wearing You are wearing She/he/it/one is wearing We are wearing They are wearing Present perfect I have worn You have worn She/he/it/one has worn We have worn [...]
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