5/5 (1) In our database, you can find the irregular verb ‘dive’ and we also prepared this simple image and PDF: This verb has both an irregular and regular form. You can use both and both are correct. Speakers in North America use dove while the British seem to prefer dived. “Dived” is the traditional… Continue reading Dove or Dived – what is correct and how to use it
Category: Irregular verbs
Spelled or Spelt – what is correct and how to use it
5/5 (1) In our database, you can find the irregular verb ‘spell’ and we also prepared this simple image and PDF: This verb has both an irregular and regular form. You can use both and both are correct. Speakers in North America and Canada use spelled while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to… Continue reading Spelled or Spelt – what is correct and how to use it
Spilt or Spilled – what is correct and how to use it
5/5 (1) In our database, you can find the irregular verb ‘spill’ and we also prepared this simple image and PDF: This verb has both an irregular and regular form. You can use both and both are correct. Speakers in North America and Canada use spilled while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to prefer spilt. Spilt and Spilled are also adjectives.… Continue reading Spilt or Spilled – what is correct and how to use it
Learnt or Learned – what is correct and how to use it
5/5 (1) In our database, you can find the irregular verb ‘learn’ and we also prepared this simple image and PDF: This verb has both an irregular and regular form. You can use both and both are correct. Speakers in North America and Canada use learned while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to… Continue reading Learnt or Learned – what is correct and how to use it
Smelt or Smelled – what is correct and how to use it
5/5 (2) In our database, you can find the irregular verb ‘smell’ in these forms: It has both an irregular and regular form. You can use both and both are correct. Brits use smelled and smelt interchangeably, but speakers in North America rarely use smelt. But which is the most used one? Let´s look at… Continue reading Smelt or Smelled – what is correct and how to use it
Strived or Strove – what is correct and how to use it
No ratings yet. In our database, you can find the irregular verb ‘strive’ in these forms: It has both an irregular and regular form. You can use both and both are correct. But which is the most used one? Let´s look at Google Ngram Viewer tool which displays a graph showing how phrases have occurred… Continue reading Strived or Strove – what is correct and how to use it
Unregular verbs and Irregular verbs
No ratings yet. Sometimes people use term ‘Unregular’ verbs although the term ‘Irregular’ verbs is correct. But the term “unregular” exists and means “not regular”. See Wiki or Lexico. Opposite for the term “Irregular verb” is “Regular verb”. A regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which… Continue reading Unregular verbs and Irregular verbs