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Different forms of Irregular Verbs

To form the past and perfect tense and to form passive voice, add --ed to a regular verb: Present                Past like                       like d               (if verb ends in e , only add d ) carry                    carr ied                       (if verb ends in y and is preceded by                                                                          consonant, drop the y and insert ied ) drop                      drop ped               (c-v-c rule: double final consonant     before adding ed) remember             remember ed stew                      stew ed walk                      walk ed frown                    frown ed Many verbs are irregular; the past and perfect tenses are not controlled by strict patterns: Irregular Verbs Base Form Simple Past Tense Past Participle Awake awoke awoken Be was, were been Bear bore b