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I know it's been a while, but I'm back!! 😊
Grammar today... so... when you starting learning
English and get to the past tense, you get introduced to
irregular verbs. The most common irregular verbs are 'be' and 'do'. The
past tense of be is was/were and the past tense of do is did. And so
the lists and tables of irregular verbs begin! (begin → began!
Irregular!!) But there are many verbs that we don't use as often and
so we are not given their irregular past tense to learn along with
the rest. Why? Because it's not easy learning never-ending lists of
verbs, so students are usually given a certain amount at a time.
This post is to
introduce ten lesser known irregular verbs in the hope that
you will add them to your already memorized list!! (in alphabetical
order, of course!) 😀👍
Here they are:
1. bear – bore –
borne
2. bind – bound –
bound
3. cling – clung –
clung
4. flee – fled –
fled
5. grind – ground
– ground
6. rid – rid –
rid
7. slay – slew –
slain
8. stink – stank –
stunk
9. wind – wound –
wound
10. wring – wrung
– wrung
But what do these
words mean? 😳
Here are some sentences including these verbs… Let's
see if you understand what they mean!! 😎
1. He bore his soul
to his girlfriend when he asked her to marry him. She said 'yes'!
2. My grandfather
always bought leather-bound books. He hated paper-backs!
3. It's normal for
children to cling to their parents on their first day of school.
4. They fled the
country when the first signs of war broke out.
5. I grind my own
coffee beans. There's nothing like the smell of freshly ground
coffee!
6. She rid herself
of her dirty clothes when she finished planting in the garden.
7. The brave knight
slew the dragon to save the captured princess.
8. The kids stank
after playing in the muddy football field all day.
9. Don't forget to
wind the clock! We don't want it to stop in the middle of the night!
10. The most
difficult part of hand-washing sensitive garments is wringing them
out.
I hope I've helped you learn something new today!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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