Menguasai irregular verbs sebenarnya tidak sesulit yang dibayangkan jika kamu sering melihat polanya secara rutin. Berbeda dengan kata kerja biasa yang tinggal ditambah -ed, kelompok kata tak beraturan ini punya “kepribadian” sendiri ada yang berubah total seperti go-went-gone, namun ada juga yang tetap sama persis seperti put-put-put. Untuk memudahkannya, kamu bisa mulai dengan menghafal kata-kata yang paling sering muncul dalam percakapan sehari-hari atau cerita pendek di sekolah.
Memahami perubahan bentuk V2 dan V3 ini adalah kunci utama agar kamu jago menulis recount text atau menceritakan pengalaman seru di masa lalu. Bayangkan betapa bingungnya pembaca jika kamu ingin bilang “saya makan” tapi menggunakan kata eated bukannya ate. Dengan sedikit latihan dan bantuan tabel pengelompokan, kamu akan lebih percaya diri saat harus menyusun kalimat dalam bentuk Past Tense maupun Present Perfect tanpa takut salah tata bahasa lagi.
Daftar Irregular Verbs untuk Anak SMP
Berikut adalah daftar irregular verbs yang paling sering muncul dalam materi bahasa Inggris tingkat SMP. Untuk memudahkan menghafal, berikut ini adalah tabel Irregular Verb beserta artinya.
| Irregular Verbs (V1 – V2 – V3) | Artinya | Contoh Kalimat |
| Be (Am/Is/Are) – Was/Were – Been | Menjadi/Ada | I want to be a doctor. |
| Become – Became – Become | Menjadi | He became famous after the race. |
| Begin – Began – Begun | Mulai | The class began ten minutes ago. |
| Bite – Bit – Bitten | Menggigit | Be careful, the dog might bite you. |
| Blow – Blew – Blown | Meniup | The wind blew fiercely during the storm last night. |
| Break – Broke – Broken | Memecahkan | I accidentally broke the window. |
| Bring – Brought – Brought | Membawa | Please bring your dictionary tomorrow. |
| Build – Built – Built | Membangun | They built this school in 2010. |
| Buy – Bought – Bought | Membeli | My father bought a new bicycle for me. |
| Catch – Caught – Caught | Menangkap | The police caught the thief yesterday. |
| Choose – Chose – Chosen | Memilih | I chose the red shirt for the party. |
| Come – Came – Come | Datang | My cousin came to my house last night. |
| Cut – Cut – Cut | Memotong | She cut the paper with scissors. |
| Do – Did – Done | Melakukan | Have you done your homework? |
| Draw – Drew – Drawn | Menggambar | Rina drew a beautiful landscape. |
| Drink – Drank – Drunk | Minum | He drank three bottles of water after the marathon. |
| Drive – Drove – Driven | Menyetir | My uncle drove us to the beach. |
| Eat – Ate – Eaten | Makan | We ate fried rice for dinner. |
| Fall – Fell – Fallen | Jatuh | The leaves fell from the trees. |
| Feed – Fed – Fed | Memberi makan | I fed my cat an hour ago. |
| Feel – Felt – Felt | Merasakan | I felt very happy when I won. |
| Fight – Fought – Fought | Berkelahi/Berjuang | They fought for their country. |
| Find – Found – Found | Menemukan | I found a ten-dollar bill in my old jacket pocket. |
| Fly – Flew – Flown | Terbang | The birds flew to the south. |
| Forget – Forgot – Forgotten | Lupa | Don’t forget to bring your umbrella. |
| Get – Got – Gotten | Mendapatkan | I got a good score on the English test. |
| Give – Gave – Given | Memberi | She gave me a birthday present. |
| Go – Went – Gone | Pergi | We went to Bali last holiday. |
| Grow – Grew – Grown | Tumbuh | The plants grew very fast. |
| Have – Had – Had | Memiliki | I have two brothers. |
| Hear – Heard – Heard | Mendengar | Did you hear that strange noise? |
| Hide – Hid – Hidden | Bersembunyi | The cat hid behind the curtain. |
| Hit – Hit – Hit | Memukul | He hit the ball very hard. |
| Hold – Held – Held | Memegang | Please hold my bag for a moment. |
| Keep – Kept – Kept | Menyimpan/Menjaga | I kept your secret well. |
| Know – Knew – Known | Mengetahui | I knew the answer to the question. |
| Leave – Left – Left | Meninggalkan | The train left the station at 7 AM. |
| Lend – Lent – Lent | Meminjamkan | Can you lend me your pen? |
| Lose – Lost – Lost | Kalah/Hilang | We lost the football match yesterday. |
| Make – Made – Made | Membuat | My mother made a delicious cake. |
| Meet – Met – Met | Bertemu | I met my old friend at the mall. |
| Pay – Paid – Paid | Membayar | I already paid for the books. |
| Put – Put – Put | Meletakkan | I put my shoes in the cupboard. |
| Read – Read – Read | Membaca | I read a novel last weekend. |
| Ride – Rode – Ridden | Mengendarai | He rode his motorcycle to school. |
| Ring – Rang – Rung | Berdering | The school bell rang at 1 PM. |
| Run – Ran – Run | Berlari | They ran as fast as they could. |
| Say – Said – Said | Berkata | My teacher said we must study hard. |
| See – Saw – Seen | Melihat | I saw a big elephant at the zoo. |
| Sell – Sold – Sold | Menjual | They sold their old car. |
| Send – Sent – Sent | Mengirim | I sent an email to my teacher. |
| Sing – Sang – Sung | Menyanyi | She sang a pop song beautifully. |
| Sit – Sat – Sat | Duduk | We sat on the grass in the park. |
| Sleep – Slept – Slept | Tidur | I slept for eight hours last night. |
| Speak – Spoke – Spoken | Berbicara | Can you speak English fluently? |
| Spend – Spent – Spent | Menghabiskan | I spent my money on snacks. |
| Swim – Swam – Swum | Berenang | We swam in the pool yesterday. |
| Take – Took – Taken | Mengambil | I took some photos during the trip. |
| Teach – Taught – Taught | Mengajar | Mr. Andi taught us mathematics. |
| Tell – Told – Told | Menceritakan | My grandmother told me a story. |
| Think – Thought – Thought | Berpikir | I thought you were at home. |
| Understand – Understood – Understood | Mengerti | I finally understood the lesson. |
| Wear – Wore – Worn | Memakai | I wore a new uniform today. |
| Write – Wrote – Written | Menulis | I wrote a letter to my pen pal. |
Baca Juga: Kata Kerja Tidak Beraturan (Irregular Verbs) dan Contoh Penggunaannya
Menguasai irregular verbs atau kata kerja tidak beraturan merupakan langkah penting bagi siswa SMP agar dapat menyusun kalimat dalam bentuk past tense maupun present perfect secara akurat, terutama saat mengerjakan tugas seperti recount text. Dengan memahami perubahan pola dari V1, V2, hingga V3 pada kata-kata yang sering digunakan sehari-hari, siswa akan jauh lebih percaya diri dalam berkomunikasi tanpa takut melakukan kesalahan tata bahasa yang fatal.
Kemampuan dasar yang sangat penting ini dapat kamu asah secara lebih mendalam dan menyenangkan di ICAN Learning Centre (ILC), di mana metode pengajaran yang interaktif akan membantumu menghafal pola kata kerja tak beraturan dengan lebih cepat dan efektif. Di ILC, kamu tidak hanya sekedar menghafal tabel, tetapi juga dilatih untuk mengaplikasikannya langsung dalam percakapan dan tulisan, sehingga kemampuan bahasa Inggrismu akan meningkat drastis di bawah bimbingan para pengajar profesional.
