But because it is confusing to conjugate, it is often misused. (third person plural) To be is the most common verb in the English language. The past tense and past participle forms are even trickier. The infinitive is to be while the present tense is am, is, or are. It is the only verb in the English language with an infinitive that differs from the present tense form. TIP: Watch out for the verb to be, which is conjugated unlike any other verb. Highlight those words and either add them to your spelling list or create flash cards based on them. In fact, for many people, this list will simply serve as a reminder of how the verbs are spelled.Īs you read through the list, take note of words whose spelling does not make sense to you, or with which you are not familiar. The more you look at the list, the more you’ll realize that you are already very familiar with many of these words and their spellings. Don’t let yourself be intimidated by the number of verbs that are irregular. The following chart shows the conjugation of most common irregular verbs. (The boy was awake when his parents arrived). (The sun has risen in the east).Įx: The boy had his parents arrived when to awaken. Here’s a list of all of them and examples that illustrate these verbs:Įx: The sun has risen on the east. 'People have to learn which form to use as they. In regard to these alternative forms, there are no strict rules to guide our use of them.
In addition, several nouns have alternative plurals, one regular and the other irregular. In English, there are a number of verbs whose Past Simple (Simple Past) and Past Participle (past participle) do not follow any rules, and therefore, are called irregular verbs. In fact, some of the most common English nouns have irregular plural forms, such as woman/wom en and child/child ren. We do not foresee all the irregular verbs ever being standardized, but some of the more minor variations in less commonly used words will probably disappear in the next genration or two. For this they behave like regular verbs by adding ‘-s’ to the third person singular (except ‘to be’ and ‘to have’).Įnglish irregular verbs (irregular verbs = Inglés) The trend, in English, and especially in American English, is to standardize the irregular verbs. They form the past and past participle irregularly.