Irregular verbs: base, past and participle

Use the pattern in context

Go/went/gone and write/wrote/written distinguish all three forms. Put the past form in a finished event: She wrote yesterday. Put the participle after have in a perfect construction: She has written the report. Did takes the base form even for an irregular verb: Did she write it? The reference below links to a bounded 26-verb practice set.

Examples to compare

• Base: write.
• Past: She wrote yesterday.
• Participle: She has written the report.

Limits and useful distinctions

A past form and a participle can look the same for some verbs and different for others. Do not choose by appearance alone. Regional alternatives and special senses exist beyond this short list. The practice states its stored accepted forms; it is not an exhaustive irregular-verb dictionary.

Check your understanding

Complete: Did she ___ the report?

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