Question

Identify the irregular verb from the given below:
A. Boast
B. Blow
C. Boasted
D. Boasting

Answer 1

Hint: Irregular verbs are the verbs that do not take on the regular pattern -d, - ed or - ide spellings pattern of the past simple and past participle. Irregular verbs are also called strong verbs.

Complete answer:
Option A is Boast which is an incorrect answer for the above asked question as the word boast is the base form of the verb and it is not an irregular verb as has its past and past participle form with – d and – ed.
Option B is Blow which is the correct answer the above asked question as it is a irregular verb because it do not take on regular pattern of spelling pattern and its past simple and past participle are not ended with ed, d or ide because the past form of ‘blow’ is ‘blew’ and past participle form is ‘blown’. Option C is Boasted is an incorrect option for the above asked question as it is not an irregular verb because it is the past and past participle form of the word Boast.
Option D is Boasting is also an incorrect choice for the above question as ‘boasting’ is the continuous form of the word ’Boast’.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
One of the examples of irregular or strong verbs is Go get your brother. It’s time to eat dinner. In this example all the irregular verbs go, get, eat are in base form.