Irregular verbs

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• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-4

Irregular verbs

Learn them by heart!

(page 167 or wrts link in Teams)

be - was / were - been

cut - cut - cut

do - did - done

have - had - had

make - made - made

pay - paid - paid

sleep - slept - slept

Regular:

verb + ed

Yesterday I worked from home.

Last week you played a rugby match.

A while ago we talked about holidays.

Last year they cycled to Spain.

Irregular:

2nd form

Yesterday I ate pizza.

Last week you wrote an email.

A while ago we went to France.

Last year they flew to England.

Past simple

Let's see what you already know!

Which one is correct?

1. eten - eat - eated - eaten
2. eten - eat - eated - eated
3. eten - eat - ate - eaten
4. eten - eat - aten - eaten

Which one is correct?

1. schrijven - write - writed - writed
2. schrijven - write - wrote - written
3. schrijven - write - writed - written
4. schrijven - write - wrote - wrote

Which one is correct?

1. gaan - go - goed - goed
2. gaan - go - goes - gone
3. gaan - go - goes - went
4. gaan - go - went - gone

Which one is correct?

1. vliegen - fly - flow - flown
2. vliegen - fly - flew - flown
3. vliegen - fly - flew - flow
4. vliegen - fly - flied - flown

1st form

= infinitive = full verb = base of the verb

come

drink

read

sing

sleep

1st form

= infinitive = full verb = base of the verb

 I come from the south of the Netherlands.

You drink a lot of water.

 She reads lots of books.

 We sing in a choir.

 They sleep until late every weekend.

2nd form

= past simple = past tense 

came

drank

read

sang

slept

2nd form

= past simple = past tense 

I came home late last night.

You drank lots of water after yesterday's game.

She read 3 books in class last year.

We sang a nice song during the musical in group 8.

 They slept until noon last Saturday.

3rd form

= past participle = used with have / has ( / had) = used for the present perfect (or past perfect)

I have come a long way.

You have drunk too many soft drinks, that's why you've got a tummy ache.

She has read five books during this holiday.

We have sung in a choir since 2020.

They've slept all morning.

3rd form

= past participle = used with have / has ( / had) = used for the present perfect (or past perfect)

come

drunk

read

sung

slept

I'll explain the present perfect soon, but for now you should focus on studying the irregular verbs with all 3 forms (and make sure you know what it means in Dutch).

Present tense - Which one is correct?

1. I walk to school every day.
2. I walks to school every day.

Present tense - Which one is correct?

1. She walk to school every day.
2. She walks to school every day.

Present tense - Which one is correct?

1. The teacher walk to school every day.
2. The teacher walks to school every day.

Regardless of the subject (I, you he, she, it, we, they) you always use the same form of the irregular verbs

.....

with the exception of the present tense (SHIT) and the verb to be.

Which one is correct?

1. zijn - be - was - been
2. zijn - be - was - were
3. zijn - is - was/were - been
4. zijn - be - was/were - been

zijn - be - ....../...... - been

zijn - be - was / were - been (2nd form)

I was really bad in English in secondary school.

You were really happy to be off last week.

She was the Prime Minister of England.

We were not tired yesterday.

They were really fit and beautiful.