Os verbos irregulares em inglês tem um formato diferente dos regulares. Não obedecem a regra de acrescentar -ed ao verbo. Possuem uma morfologia particular para cada verbo irregular.
- She gave me three flowers.
-Ela me deu três flores
- We went to the mall.
- Nós fomos ao shopping
Na tabela abaixo, temos os principais verbos irregulares:
Verbo | Forma Irregular | Tradução |
---|---|---|
be | was | ser/estar |
become | became | tornar-se |
begin | began | começar |
break | broke | quebrar |
bring | brought | trazer |
build | built | construir |
buy | bought | comprar |
can | could | poder |
catch | caught | pegar |
choose | chose | escolher |
cost | cost | custar |
cut | cut | cortar |
do | did | fazer |
drink | drank | beber |
drive | drove | dirigir |
eat | ate | comer |
fall | fell | cair |
feel | felt | sentir |
find | found | encontrar |
fly | flew | voar |
forget | forgot | esquecer |
get | got | receber/obter |
give | gave | dar |
go | went | ir |
grow | grew | crescer |
have | had | ter |
hear | heard | ouvir |
hit | hit | acertar/atingir |
keep | kept | guardar |
know | knew | conhecer |
learn | learnt | aprender |
lend | lent | emprestar |
let | let | deixar |
lose | lost | perder |
make | made | fazer |
meet | met | encontrar |
pay | paid | pagar |
put | put | colocar |
read | read | ler |
ring | rang | tocar/soar |
run | ran | correr |
say | said | dizer |
see | saw | ver |
sell | sold | vender |
send | sent | enviar |
shut | shut | fechar |
sing | sang | cantar |
sit | sat | sentar |
sleep | slept | dormir |
speak | spoke | falar |
spend | spent | gastar |
stand | stood | levantar-se |
steal | stole | roubar |
swim | swam | nadar |
take | took | pegar |
teach | taught | ensinar |
tell | told | contar/dizer |
think | thought | pensar |
throw | threw | jogar |
wake | woke | acordar |
wear | wore | vestir/usar |
win | won | venci |
write | wrote | escrever |
Para resolver os exercícios abaixo, use a tabela acima:
1) Qual dos verbos abaixo é um verbo irregular ?
a) to stop
b) to send
c) to scream
2) O verbo que preenche corretamente a lacuna da frase The flower ________ among the trees.
(A flor cresceu entre as árvores.)
a) grows
b) growed
c) grew
3) Os verbos to read, to fight e to make são respectivamente:
a) regular, irregular e regular
b) regular, irregular e irregular
c) irregular, regular e irregular
1) b
2) c
3) c