Help ESL Learners Learn Irregular Verbs

[RonBee]

ride, rode, ridden, riding, rides

I ride horses for a living. (No, not really. :wink: )
I have ridden a horse before.
I rode one once several years ago.
I saw Sally riding her horse yesterday.
Do you like to ride horses?
Have you ever ridden a horse?

I like riding my bike.
My bike is broken, and I can't ride it today.

[RonBee]

drive, drove, driven, driving, drives

I drive a red car.
When did you last drive the car?
Do you know how to drive?
She drives fast.
I drove to Chicago last week.
What would Jesus drive, and why?
Jake drove the getaway car.
Bob slowly drove out of the driveway.
Susie drives an Audi.
Jack and Mary drove to town last week.
I drove all night and slept the next day.
The car has not been driven for a while.
Jane has been driven insane.
That noise is driving me crazy.
Where is he driving to?
What are you driving at?
I am driving to St. Louis tomorrow.
Would you like to drive to New York?
What do you think about driving to Kansas City?

[RonBee]

bite, bit, bitten, biting, bites

bite: I bite, he bites; she bites; we bite; you bite; they bite.

• I have been bitten.
  I don't like to be bitten.
  Be careful of the dog. It might bite.
  Don't bite!
  I wouldn't like to be bitten.
  It isn't nice to bite people.
  Once you have been bitten you wouldn't want to be bitten again.
  You wouldn't want a shark to bite you.

[RonBee]

eat, eaten, eating, eats

• Sam: Have you eaten?
  Pam: Yes, I have eaten.

• Sam: Did you eat lunch?
  Pam: Yes, I ate lunch.

• Sam: What did you eat for lunch?
  Pam: I ate a hamburger.

• Sam: Would you like to eat dinner with me?
  Pam: No, you are too messy when you eat.

(Apparently, Pam has eaten with Sam before or she has at least seen him eat.)

:wink:

[RonBee]

hold, held, held, holding, holds

I hold; you hold; we hold; they hold; he holds; she holds.

• Hold onto your hat.
  Hold your horses!
  Hold tight!
  Hold everything!
  Hold up!
  Hold the phone!
  Hold the door for me.

I think nobody has told you this before... but this really helps! Thanks for these examples... :D ;)

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by sanny

I think nobody has told you this before... but this really helps! Thanks for these examples... :D ;)

Thanks a bunch!

:D :D

[RonBee]

hold

• Hold the elevator for me, please!
  Do you want to hold the baby?
  Would you hold this for me for a minute?
  How long can you hold that?
  I'm going to hold onto what I've got.
  I'm going to hold onto my money.
  Congress plans to hold hearings on the matter.
  Hold onto your money.
  Police hold 40 in gangmaster raid after raiding a house in Suffolk.
  MPs hold inquiry into UK computer crime law.
  "Hold me," I said.

The past tense and past participle of hold is held.

• We held each other tightly.
  I held her close to me.
  I held my baby for the first time.
  He held me while I cried on his shoulder.
  He held my hand.
  She held my hand.
  We held each other's hands.
  She held my glance for an instant.
  She held on for dear life.
  They held on to the railing.
  
  I have held this opinion for a number of years.
  I have held this box long enough.

:)

[henry]

Ok, here goes:

List of irregular verbs

Infi. past tense past participle

be was(were) been
beat beat beaten
become became become
bet bet bet
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
bring brought brougnt
build built built
burn burnt, burnt,
burned burned
burst burst burst
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
do did done
draw drew drawn
dream dreamt, dreamt,
dreamed dreamed
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feed fed fed
feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
fly flew flown
forbid forbade forbidden
forget forgot forgotten
forgive forgave forgiven
freeze froze frozen
get got got/gotten
give gave given
go went gone
grow grew grown
hang hung, hung
hanged hanged
have had had
hear heard heard
hide hid hidden
hit hit hit
hold held held
hurt hurt hurt

To be continued...

[henry]

Ok, here goes:

List of irregular verbs

Keep
know
lay
lead
learn
leave
lend
let
lie
light
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
put
read
ride
ring
rise
run
say
see
sell
send
set