Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Eight, Lesson Three: Irregular Verbs


  1. lotion
  2. locomotion
  3. caution
  4. rotation
  5. traction
  6. fraction
  7. action
  8. distraction
  9. station
  10. Russian
  1. lettuce
  2. fern
  3. lichen
  4. mule
  5. burro
  6. donkey
  7. burden
  8. paintings
  9. railroad
  10. train
Irregular Verbs

For some regular verbs that end in y (without a vowel in front of the y) you just drop the y and add ied.


	PRESENT		PAST
	  scurry	  scurried
	  hurry		  hurried
	  carry		  carried
	  study		  studied

To change these verbs from present to past tense you just drop the y and add -ied. Remember that a verb like play (which has a vowel before the y) follows the add -ed rule (played). Here are some more irregular verbs.

	PRESENT		PAST
	  go		  went
	  swim		  swam
	  write		  wrote
	  sit		  sat
	  hold		  held 
	  grow		  grew  


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