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Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

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Verbs

Some Irregular Verbs
Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle
be	was/were	been
begin	began	begun
bring	brought	brought
come	came	come
do	did	done
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
go	went	gone
have	had	had
keep	kept	kept
make	made	made
run	ran	run
sit	sat	sat
stand	stood	stood
think	thought	thought
win	won	won

A verb is a word that describes an action or a state of being, like wiggle, walk, run, jump, be, do, have, or think.

Regular and Irregular Verbs
There are two types of verbs - regular and irregular.

Regular verbs are those whose past tense (for example, "I looked") and past participle (for example, "I had looked") are formed by following the standard rule: adding a "d" or an "ed" to the end of the verb (sometimes a final consonant is doubled, and if there is a y at the end of the word after a consonant, it changes to an "ied"). Walk is an example of a regular verb: I walk. You walked. They had walked. Another example is plan: I plan. She planned. They have planned. Another example is carry: I carry it. He carried it. They have carried it.

Irregular verbs are those whose past tense (for example, "I rode") and past participle (for example, "I had ridden") have forms that do not follow the standard rules. There are many irregular verbs (over 250) in English, inluding be, break, bring, come, cut, eat, go, meet, run, swim, and many more. The chart to the right lists some irregular verbs.

Related Reference Pages, Activities and Worksheets:

Verbs: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary A page of action words from the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary in English.	Find Verbs Find eight verbs. Sample answers: run, think, see, ride, walk, study, read, feel.	Write Eight Movement Verbs Think of and write eight movement verbs. Then, for each word, write a sentence containing the word. Sample answers: go, trot, jog, scurry, crawl, jump, hop, leap, fly, slither, burrow.	Find a Verb for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down an action word (verb) that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.
Circle Nouns, Underline Verbs #1 Circle the nouns and underline the verbs in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers.	Circle Nouns, Underline Verbs #2 Circle the nouns and underline the verbs in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers.	Circle Adverbs, Underline Verbs Circle the adverb and underline the verb it describes in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers.	To Be: Fill in the Blank Fill in the correct form of the present tense of the verb to be: is, are, am. Or go to the answers.
To Be: Fill in the Blank #2 Fill in the correct form of the present tense of the verb to be: is, are, am. Or go to the answers.	To Be (Present Tense) Circle the correct form of the present tense of the verb "to be." Or go to the answers.	To Be (Past Tense) Circle the correct form of the past tense verb "to be." Or go to the answers.	Verbs Word Pieces Puzzle In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make verbs spelling words. Words: answer, build, create, dance, describe, drive, escape, exercise, exhale, lalugh, sleep, speak. Or go to the answers.
I'll (I will) Contractions A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (usually verbs). Some contractions are: I'm (I am), can't (cannot), how's (how is), and Ma'am (Madam).	Find a Substitute for the Word "Said" for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a substitute for "said" for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.	Find a Substitute for the Word "Went" for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a substitute for "went" for each letter of the alphabet. These words can be useful for less repetitive writing. Or go to a sample answer page.

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