Today, I want to teach you some advanced irregular verbs that you need to know.
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Hey everyone, my name is Wes. This is Interactive English,
which is all about helping you practice and improve your English skills.
And today I have an advanced grammar lesson for you because I want to teach you
15 irregular verbs that I think will help you improve your overall English fluency.
Now these irregular verbs in particular are not as common as verbs like go or have,
but they are very useful, especially in specific situations,
which is why they are a bit more advanced.
So I'm going to give you the verb in three different forms, the present,
the past and the past participle.
I will also tell you the meaning of the verb and then give you an example
sentence so that you can see how it's used in context.
The first verb that I have for you is arise, arose, arisen.
That is the present, the past and the past participle.
And this just means to become a parent, to notice something.
So to give you an example,
I could use it in the past and say new problems arose last week,
which delayed the project.
If you were working on something and problems arose,
then that may delay the work that you're doing. Problems arose.
Then we have the verb bear, bore, born.
Notice that with the past participle you may find it with the E or without the
E. And this verb has, it has a few different meanings.
It can mean to turn slightly in one direction.
It can also mean to accept something that is unpleasant or to give birth or
produce. So let me give you a few example sentences. I could say, uh,
if I'm giving directions,
you need to bear to the left or you need to bear to the right.
This is a common way in which this verb is used in the present tense.
Or perhaps I could say he was the leader and bore the responsibility of his
team. It was his team.
So he bore the responsibility and had to accept maybe something unpleasant.
And finally I could use it in the present. Perfect.
And say the Apple trees have born plenty of fruit this season.
They have produced plenty of fruit have born. So if you're thinking to yourself,
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The next verb I have for you is behold, beheld, beheld.
So the past and the past participle are the same.
And this verb just means to see or observe something.
And often I think you may hear it being used in the context of like showing
somebody something that you want them to see. And you'd say, behold,
um, behold my water bottle.
Now you'd want to show somebody something a little more exciting than a water
bottle, but you get the idea as to how somebody might use this verb,
Behold...and then they would show somebody something that is important or maybe even a little surprising.
The next verb is creep, crept, crept.
Now this verb means to move slowly and carefully, uh,
in order to avoid being heard. You don't want anybody to notice you.
You don't want anybody to hear you.
So you might creep through a room and that's kind of,
that's how I was going to use it in my example.
And I was going to say last night I crept into the kitchen and took a cookie and
that's actually a true story. Yes. Last night I did,
I crept into the kitchen and the reason that I crept into the kitchen is that,
well I felt a little guilty so I just,
I didn't want anybody to hear me and I crept into the kitchen.
Notice how many times I say these verbs, I do that for a reason.
So you will hear it again and again and again because this works,
this will help you remember.
Then we have deal, dealt, dealt, and this verb has a couple of different meanings.
It can mean to distribute cards or that you have some kind of business in
commercial trading and you are buying and selling things.
I think most often you would use it in the context of a card game and playing
cards and somebody would deal the cards.
So I can give you an example sentence in which you could actually use all three
forms of this verb.
I could say she deals with the cards in the present tense or in the past she
dealt the cards. Or if I want to use the past participle,
I could give you a sentence in the present perfect. She has dealt the cards.
Then we have forsake for sook,
forsaken and this verb means to abandon or to give up.
For example, I think of usually some kind of promise or commitment was abandoned.
People take vows so somebody could say he has forsaken his vows,
he has abandoned his commitment, his promises.
He has forsaken his vows.
Now the next two verbs cause a lot of confusion and I hope to clear up some of
that confusion right now.
So let's just start with lie, lay, lain.
And this verb means to assume a resting position or to be kept in a specific
state that that's where you are. So let, let me give you an example.
I will use it in the past and I'd say, well, I didn't feel well.
I lay in bed all day that this happened in the past.
I assumed that resting position in my bed and I lay in bed.
Don't confuse this with the other meaning of the verb,
which is to say something that's not true.
That is actually a regular verb and ends in ED.
But still this irregular verb lie lay lane is confused with a another irregular
verb, which is lay, laid, laid.
And this verb means to put something down or to prepare something.
Lay, laid, laid. So let me give you an example and we'll,
we'll start with putting something down again,
I can use one sentence and use all three forms. For example,
I could say we lay the baby on the bed in the present tense or in the past we
laid the baby on the bed or using the past participle.
We have laid the baby on the bed. We have put the baby down.
Then to give you an example with its other meaning to prepare something,
I think, ah, you may hear somebody say,
we've already laid the groundwork for this project,
laid the groundwork they have prepared for the start of this project to lay the
groundwork. So please don't confuse these verbs.
Lie, which is to assume a resting position,
lie in bed or lay, which is to put something down.
I'm gonna lay, I'm gonna lay my head down on the pillow.
Then we have mean, meant, meant.
And this I think is actually a very common verb,
but the meaning can be a little challenging.
And what this bird means is due to intend to refer to something often.
I think it's used when we'll talking about questions. Well what does this mean?
I might ask students will, what does this word mean?
Or if I want to use it in the past and say,
well that is not what I was referring to. You may hear somebody say, well no,
no, that's not what I meant. That's not what I meant.
I didn't want to refer to this thing. That's not what I meant.
Then we have the verb overtake, overtook, overtaken, and this verb means to come
from behind and move in front of.
Often I think you would hear this verb used in the context of driving because
cars pass each other all the time and you might want to overtake a car that is
in front of you. I can give you an example and say, well,
we overtook the bus because it was driving so slow.
So we came from behind and went in front of the bus. We overtook the bus.
Then we have the verb rise, rose, risen.
This verb has a couple of different meanings.
The first one is to move from a lower position to a higher position and the next
meaning is just to to get up.
So let's start with the first meeting and I'll give you an example and I could
give you a simple sentence and use all three forms. I could say,
well the sun rises or in the past,
the sun rose or using the past participle,
the sun has risen. And if I want to say get up,
I often think of the expression rise and shine. And somebody would say this,
just telling somebody else to get up. It's time to start your day. Rise and shine.
Next is the verb swear, swore, sworn.
And this verb means that you are making a promise to do something.
Swear, swore, sworn.
And let me give you another example in which you could use all three forms in
this one sentence.
I could say he swears to tell the truth or in the past he swore to tell the
truth or he has sworn to tell the truth.
Often I think it's used in, in that context of you're,
you're making a promise in which you are going to tell the truth.
I think it's also used as a question and somebody would just ask, you know,
do you swear? Do you promise? Or they might say,
do you swear on something that is important?
Which in that case it's kind of an expression, which means, well,
you really have to be serious about this promise to swear on something.
Then we have shake, shook, shaken,
and this verb means to move something up and down from side to side or or even to tremble.
And I could use it and give you an example and just say, you know,
when we met, we shook hands,
I often think of this verb being used,
talking about introductions and people shaking hands.
Or to give you an example about trembling, I think,
well in that case I think somebody is very cold. And not only that,
but I think it would often be used in the continuous tense. So I could say,
well, you know,
last night was very cold and I was shaking,
I was shaking as I lay in bed.
Next is weep, wept, wept.
And this verb means just well to cry or to shed tears.
And often I think it would be used in a context that is a little more serious,
a little more severe in which you would say that you wept.
You were crying a lot. For example, uh,
I could say that after the breakup, he wept for days.
He was so sad, he wept for days.
Then we have withdraw, withdrew, withdrawn.
And this verb means to remove something
or to to take something back. So when I think of this verb,
I think it's often used in the context of money and you could say, well,
she has withdrawn all her money from the bank account.
She has removed it from her account.
Or maybe you want to apply for a job and then you decide that you don't want it.
And I can give you an example and use all three forms and say,
I withdraw my name from consideration or I withdrew my name from consideration,
or I have withdrawn my name from consideration. So there you have it.
Those are 15 advanced irregular verbs that I think you need to know because
these verbs are more specific.
They allow us to give more information when we find ourselves in certain situations.
I hope that you can now go out and use these verbs and practice them and I hope
you learn some new ones as well. And if you did,
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