Wednesday 7 December 2011

Grammar ...7/12/11

Hello.Today we studied about grammar..We have to review back what we learn from last semester..We  learned back about verbs and past participle.Then, we had game about grammar ..We were divided into 2 groups and had to give the answer for past tense.My group was bizarre while the other group was calloh callay.. Unfortunately, our group lose..congrats to other group because they won..CALLOOH CALLAY!!


here are the some information about regular and irregular verb

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are an important feature of English. We use irregular verbs a lot when speaking, less when writing. Of course, the most famous English verb of all, the verb "to be", is irregular.
What is the difference between regular verbs and irregular verbs?
Base FormPast SimplePast Participle
With regular verbs, the rule is simple...
The past simple and past participle always end in -ed:finishfinishedfinished
stopstoppedstopped
workworkedworked
But with irregular verbs, there is no rule...
Sometimes the verb changes completely:singsangsung
Sometimes there is "half" a change:buyboughtbought
Sometimes there is no change:cutcutcut
One good way to learn irregular verbs is to try sorting them into groups, as above.

Regular Verbs

English regular verbs change their form very little (unlike irregular verbs). The past tense and past participle of regular verbs end in -ed, for example:
work, worked, worked
But you should note the following points:
1. Some verbs can be both regular and irregular, for example:
learn, learned, learned
learn, learnt, learnt
2. Some verbs change their meaning depending on whether they are regular or irregular, for example "to hang":
regularhang, hanged, hangedto kill or die, by dropping with a rope around the neck
irregularhang, hung, hungto fix something (for example, a picture) at the top so that the lower part is free
3. The present tense of some regular verbs is the same as the past tense of some irregular verbs:
regularfound, founded, founded
irregularfind, foundfound


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