Iregullar Verbs adalah kata kerja tidak beraturan, bentuk past tense dan past participle-nya didapat dengan cara yang berbeda dengan regular verbs. Irregular verbs disebut juga strong verbs, kata kerja ini bentuknya tidak konsisten.
Ada beberapa kata yang bentuk past tense, & past participle-nya sama dengan bentuk infinitive-nya.
Contoh :
Infinitive (V-1) | Past tense (V-2) | Past participle | Arti |
Bet | Bet | Bet | Bertaruh |
Cut | Cut | Cut | Memotong |
Read | Read | Read | Membaca |
Adapula yang bentuk past tense sama dengan bentuk past participle-nya
Contoh :
Infinitive (V-1) | Past tense (V-2) | Past participle | Arti |
Dig | Dug | Dug | Menggali |
Feel | Felt | Felt | Merasakan |
Find | Found | Found | Menemukan |
Dan adapula yang bentuk infinitive-nya sama dengan bentuk past participle-nya.
Contoh :
Infinitive (V-1) | Past tense (V-2) | Past participle | Arti |
Become | Became | Become | Menjadi |
Come | Came | Come | Datang |
Run | Ran | Run | Berlari |
Berikut adalah beberapa contoh irregular verbs yang biasa kita pakai :
Infinitive (V-1) | Past tense (V-2) | Past participle | Arti |
Arise | Arose | Arisen | Timbul |
Awake | Awoke | Awoken | Bangun |
Begin | Began | Begun | Memulai |
Bite | Bit | Bitten | Menggigit |
Bring | Brought | Brought | Membawa |
Choose | Chose | Choosen | Memilih |
Cut | Cut | Cut | Memotong |
Do | Did | Done | Melakukan |
Drink | Drank | Drunk | Minum |
Drive | Drove | Droven | Menyetir |
Eat | Ate | Eaten | Makan |
Fall | Fell | Fallen | Jatuh |
Feel | Felt | Felt | Merasakan |
Fly | Flew | Flown | Terbang |
Get | Got | Got/gotten | Mendapatkan |
Go | Went | Gone | Pergi |
Hide | Hid | Hidden | Menyembunyikan |
Hit | Hit | Hit | Memukul |
Input | Input/inputted | Input/inputted | Masukkan |
Know | Knew | Known | Tahu |
Lend | Lent | Lent | Meminjamkan |
Lose | Lost | Lost | Kehilangan |
Mean | Meant | Meant | Berarti |
Meet | Met | Met | Bertemu |
Overcome | Overcame | Overcome | Mengatasi |
Pay | Paid | Paid | Membayar |
Put | Put | Put | Meletakkan |
Quit | Quit/quitted | Quit/quitted | Berhenti |
Ride | Rode | Ridden | Naik/mengendarai |
Ring | Rang | Rung | Membunyikan |
See | Saw | Seen | Melihat |
Show | Showed | Showed/shown | Menunjukkan |
Swim | Swam | Swum | Berenang |
Take | Took | Taken | Mengambil |
Tell | Told | Told | Menjelaskan |
Think | Thought | Thought | Berpikir |
Understand | Understood | Understood | Mengerti |
Wear | Wore | Worn | Memakai |
Write | Wrote | Written | Menulis |