1) What are irregular verbs?
Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t follow any rules to form their past forms and past participle forms.
Example:
I break my arm. ('break' is an irregular verb)
I broke my arm. ('broke' is the past form of the verb 'break')
I have broken my arm. ('broken' is the past participle form of the verb 'break')
2) How to form the past form and past participle form of irregular verbs
To form the past form and past participle form of irregular verbs, we don’t follow any rules, we should learn them by heart. Here are some common irregular verbs.
| Base form | Past form | Past participle form |
|---|---|---|
| Break | Broke | Broken |
| Come | Came | Come |
| Drive | Drove | Driven |
| Give | Gave | Given |
| Meet | Met | Met |