Irish Irregular, Regular Verbs

Question 1

What is the Irish term for the past tense?

Answer 1

Aimsir chaite

Question 2

What is the Irish term for the present tense?

Answer 2

Aimsir laithreach

Question 3

True or False: All Irish verbs are regular.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What is a characteristic of irregular aimsir chaite verbs?

Answer 4

They do not follow standard conjugation patterns.

Question 5

Fill in the blank: The verb ‘to be’ in Irish is ___ in aimsir laithreach.

Answer 5

tá

Question 6

What is the regular conjugation for the verb ‘to love’ (grá) in aimsir laithreach for ‘I’?

Answer 6

táim ag grá

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of an irregular aimsir chaite verb? a) scríobh b) léigh c) caith

Answer 7

b) léigh

Question 8

What does the verb ‘scríobh’ mean in English?

Answer 8

to write

Question 9

True or False: The verb ‘chuaigh’ is an example of a regular verb.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Fill in the blank: ‘I went’ in Irish is ___

Answer 10

chuaigh mé

Question 11

What is the pattern for forming regular aimsir laithreach verbs?

Answer 11

They typically follow predictable endings based on the subject.

Question 12

What is the past tense of ‘tá’ in Irish?

Answer 12

bhí

Question 13

Identify the verb: ‘d’íol’ means ___

Answer 13

to sell

Question 14

Which tense is used to describe ongoing actions in Irish?

Answer 14

Aimsir laithreach

Question 15

True or False: ‘Bhí’ is the past tense of ‘to have’.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What is the first person singular form of the verb ‘to eat’ (ithe) in aimsir laithreach?

Answer 16

itheann mé

Question 17

Which of the following verbs is regular in aimsir chaite? a) chuaigh b) d’ól c) chaitheamh

Answer 17

b) d’ól

Question 18

Fill in the blank: The verb ‘to do’ in Irish is ___ in aimsir laithreach.

Answer 18

déanaim

Question 19

What is the past tense of ‘tóg’?

Answer 19

thóg

Question 20

What is the meaning of ‘leath’ in English?

Answer 20

to spread

Question 21

True or False: ‘gheobhaidh’ is a form of the verb ‘to get’.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is the third person singular form of ‘to see’ (feic) in aimsir laithreach?

Answer 22

feiceann sé/sí

Question 23

Which form of ‘to go’ is used in aimsir laithreach?

Answer 23

téann

Question 24

Fill in the blank: ‘They wrote’ in Irish is ___

Answer 24

scríobh siad

Question 25

What type of verb is ‘tá’?

Answer 25

Irregular

Question 26

What does the verb ‘éist’ mean?

Answer 26

to listen