Irregular Verbs in English: A Slideshow Revision Exercise by Michael A. Riccioli 2008

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1 Irregular Verbs in English: A Slideshow Revision Exercise by Michael A. Riccioli 2008

2 1.

3 awake (Infinitive) awoke (Simple Past) awoken (Past Participle)

4 - She was the first to awake.

5 - She awoke at her usual time...

6 - They have awoken his sense of decency!

7 - She was the first to awake. - She awoke at her usual time... - They have awoken his sense of decency!

8 awake (Infinitive) awoke (Simple Past) awoken (Past Participle)

9 2.

10 bear (Infinitive) bore (Simple Past) borne (Past Participle)

11 - Then came days of hunger which were all the harder to bear since the recent period of good food and plenty.

12 - These courses all bore the label VGQ and were for our members only.

13 - I hope you feel your intervention has been worthwhile and has borne fruit.

14 - Then came days of hunger which were all the harder to bear since the recent period of good food and plenty. - The courses all bore the label VGQ and were for our members only. - I hope you feel your intervention has been worthwhile and has borne fruit.

15 bear (Infinitive) bore (Simple Past) borne (Past Participle)

16 3.

17 beat (Infinitive) beat (Simple Past) beaten (Past Participle)

18 - They all joined the race to beat cancer.

19 - It was their greatest result since they beat Liverpool 3-1 here six years ago.

20 - He had been beaten at his own game by sharper rascals.

21 - They all joined the race to beat cancer. - It was their greatest result since they beat Liverpool 3-1 here six years ago. - He had been beaten at his own game by sharper rascals.

22 beat (Infinitive) beat (Simple Past) beaten (Past Participle)

23 4.

24 become (Infinitive) became (Simple Past) become (Past Participle)

25 - They have ambitions to become the world s leading gas company.

26 - Last week their problems became public for the first time.

27 - The mass media have become an integral part of a complex network of institutions.

28 - They have ambitions to become the world s leading gas company. - Last week their problems became public for the first time. - The mass media have become an integral part of a complex network of institutions.

29 become (Infinitive) became (Simple Past) become (Past Participle)

30 5.

31 begin (Infinitive) began (Simple Past) begun (Past Participle)

32 - The new station plans to begin broadcasts in October.

33 - The programme began a year ago.

34 - The wolf has begun to return to western Germany after an absence of more than 140 years.

35 - The new station plans to begin broadcasts in October. - The programme began a year ago. - The wolf has begun to return to western Germany after an absence of more than 140 years.

36 begin (Infinitive) began (Simple Past) begun (Past Participle)

37 6.

38 bend (Infinitive) bent (Simple Past) bent (Past Participle)

39 - He went to see the doctor because he was unable to bend his arm.

40 - Eventually he bent over and said he was ready for the injection.

41 - The gravitational field of an intervening galaxy has bent the light.

42 - He went to see the doctor because he was unable to bend his arm. - Eventually he bent over and said he was ready for the injection. - The gravitational field of an intervening galaxy has bent the light.

43 bend (Infinitive) bent (Simple Past) bent (Past Participle)

44 7.

45 bet (Infinitive) bet (Simple Past) bet (Past Participle)

46 - "I'd like to bet she's read the book from beginning to end."

47 - In the 1970s he bet his father he could open a vineyard in the States.

48 - They have bet on bigger and more efficient aeroplanes.

49 - "I'd like to bet she's read the book from beginning to end." - In the 1970s he bet his father he could open a vineyard in the States. - They have bet on bigger and more efficient aeroplanes.

50 bet (Infinitive) bet (Simple Past) bet (Past Participle)

51 8.

52 bid (Infinitive) bid (Simple Past) bid (Past Participle)

53 - Some 250 European soldiers turned out to bid a final farewell to their comrades.

54 - They bid fiercely for business for most of the 1980s.

55 - The stock is sold to the highest bidders and sold at the price that each has bid.

56 - Some 250 European soldiers turned out to bid a final farewell to their comrades. - They bid fiercely for business for most of the 1980s. - The stock is sold to the highest bidders and sold at the price that each has bid.

57 bid (Infinitive) bid (Simple Past) bid (Past Participle)

58 9.

59 bind (Infinitive) bound (Simple Past) bound (Past Participle)

60 - He got some bandages and began to bind the wounds of those inside the hospital.

61 - Then they bound, gagged and blindfolded him before beating him again..

62 - This is a tradition which has bound the British people together for years...

63 - He got some bandages and began to bind the wounds of those inside the hospital. - Then they bound, gagged and blindfolded him before beating him again.. - This is a tradition which has bound the British people together for years..

64 bind (Infinitive) bound (Simple Past) bound (Past Participle)

65 10.

66 bite (Infinitive) bit (Simple Past) bitten (Past Participle)

67 - They don t like to bite the hand that feeds them.

68 - "While I bit the bullet, he bit his nails," sneered the president.

69 - "Once a mosquito has bitten you in one spot, it'll never return..

70 - They don t like to bite the hand that feeds them. - "While I bit the bullet, he bit his nails," sneered the president. - "Once a mosquito has bitten you in one spot, it'll never return..

71 bite (Infinitive) bit (Simple Past) bitten (Past Participle)

72 This is the end of Part 1