The document discusses regular and irregular verbs in English. Regular verbs form their past tense by adding "-ed" like planted and cried. Irregular verbs have special past tense forms like brought, came, and gone. There are no rules for forming the past tense of irregular verbs, but certain patterns can help remember forms like blew, grew, knew for verbs ending in "ow", "row", and "ow".

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17. You have learned that, for most verbs, you form the past tense by adding –ed to the verb. Verbs that follow this rule are called regular verbs. & Verbs

18. Examples of regular verbs plant—planted dare—dared cry—cried & Verbs

19. For some verbs, you do not form the past tense by adding – ed . Irregular verbs have special forms to show the past. & Verbs

20. (has, have, had) brought (has, have, had) come (has, have, had) gone (has, have, had) made (has, have, had) run (has, have, had) said (has, have, had) taken (has, have, had) thought (has, have, had) written brought came went made ran said took thought wrote bring come go make run say take think write Past with Helping Verb Past Tense Verb Irregular Verbs

21. Sadly, there are no rules to help you form the past of irregular verbs . However, certain patterns will help you remember the past forms of some irregular verbs . & Verbs

22. (has, have, had) blown (has, have, had) grown (has, have, had) known (has, have, had) flown blew grew knew flew Blow Grow Know fly (has, have, had) broken (has, have, had) spoken (has, have, had) stolen (has, have, had) chosen (has, have, had) frozen broke spoke stole chose froze Break Speak Steal Choose Freeze (has, have, had) torn (has, have, had) worn tore wore Tear Wear (has, have, had) rung (has, have, had) sung (has, have, had) swum (has, have, had) begun rang sang swam began Ring Sing Swim Begin Past with Helping Verb Past Tense Verb Irregular Verbs