English Lesson - The Past Forms of Irregular Verbs

The Simple Tenses

:: The Past Form of Irregular Verbs
Ito ay ang mga verb (action words) na nabubuong past and past participle nang hindi nilalagyan ng d, ed, o ied. Malimit ay nagbabago ng spelling ang mga verbs na ganito, sila ay tinatawag na irregular verbs.
Ang tamang pamamaraan upang matutunan ay malaman at maging pamilyar sa present, past, at past participle form ng mga ganitong uri ng verb.

Example:

Present	Past	Past Participle
am	was	been
begin	began	begun
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
fly	flew	flown
forget	forgot	forgotten
freeze	froze	frozen
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown
hide	hid	hidden
know	knew	known
lose	lost	lost
ring	rang	rung
run	ran	run
see	saw	seen
shake	shook	shaken
shrink	shrank	shrunk
sing	sang	sung
sit	sat	sat
speak	spoke	spoken
steal	stole	stolen
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
throw	threw	thrown
wear	wore	worn

To see wider list of irregular verbs, visit English Lesson - Commonly Used Irregular Verbs

Tip: Ang nakakalito lamang sa lesson na ito ay ang past participle form of irregular verbs, kung ano ang kina-ibahan sa past tense at kung kailan ginagamit. Ang pinakamadaling palatandaan na kailangan gamitin ang past participle ay ang mga auxiliaries has o have(to form the present perfect tense), at had(to form past perfect tense). O kaya'y may kasamang shall o will(to form future perfect tense), at should, could, o would(to form modal verb). Kapag nakita sa pangungusap ang mga nabanggit na auxiliaries (has, have, had, shall have, will have, should have, could have, would have) past participle form of irregular ang dapat gamitin.

Notes and Example: Dahil nga ang mga verb na ito ay tinatawag na "irregular" wala silang sinusunod na pattern. Kaya pansamantala ay huwag munang pagtuunan ng pansin kung sila ba ay ginamit bilang present perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect tense, o modal verb. Ang layunin lang ng lesson na ito ay i-familiarize kayo kung paano ginamit ang irregular verbs in past participle form sa sentence.

:: have/has + past participle = present perfect tense
Rony has seen Leo in the woods.
They have taken the ALS test.

:: had + past participle = past perfect tense
Karl had sung on a TV show last week.

:: shall have/will have + past participle = future perfect tense
Thea shall have ridden the horse before the rain.
Ross will have thrown the garbage before daybreak.

:: should have/could have/would have + past participle = modal verb
She should have won in the contest last night.
They could have done the work on time.
Accident would have been avoided if extra precautions are practiced.