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Irregular verbs
The English language has many irregular verbs. Only words that are used frequently are transmitted from generation to generation with their special characteristics remaining. This means that irregular verbs are also very commonly used.
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Verb theme
Typically, irregular verbs have a feature like a vowel change (begin began begun) or do not change at all in different tenses (cut cut cut).
For learning these verbs, the essential thing is to remember that apart from the change they follow a regular pattern. When you remember the three tenses, it is easy to form the rest. For example:
| Present tense | come | see | watch |
| Simple past | came | saw | watched |
| Past participle | come | seen | watched |
These three tenses form the verb theme: for example, see saw seen.
Conjugating the verb with the theme
In English, all tenses and aspects of a verb can be derived easily from its theme.
The following is an example of the simple present of the verb "see" formed on the basis of the theme. Simple present describes things that happen at the moment or in general.
Simple present (from present tense "see")
| I see |
| you see |
| he/she sees |
| we see |
| you see |
| they see |
See a complete example of conjugation here:
English verb conjugation »
Learning with WordDive
With WordDive, you will practice each part of the theme of your chosen verbs enough to learn it permanently.
It is recommended to start learning the whole theme quite soon. This supports the memory and is also faster. To facilitate this, the whole theme is shown in the answer window, and you can also listen to it.
Theme answer
You can answer with the whole theme at any time. For example, if you are asked to enter the simple past of the verb "see" and you answer "see saw seen", you will get full points for all three tenses.
Theme answers allow you to move on quickly from those verbs that you already know. Meanwhile, you will also learn the verb themes by heart.
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