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Irregular Verbs

29 April, 2016 - 11:35

The past tense of irregular verbs is not formed using the patterns that regular verbs follow. Study , which lists the most common irregular verbs.

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The best way to learn irregular verbs is to memorize them. With the help of a classmate, create flashcards of irregular verbs and test yourselves until you master them.

Table 2.5 Irregular Verbs

Simple Present

Past

Simple Present

Past

be

was, were

lose

lost

become

became

make

made

begin

began

mean

meant

blow

blew

meet

met

break

broke

pay

paid

bring

brought

put

put

build

built

quit

quit

burst

burst

read

read

buy

bought

ride

rode

catch

caught

ring

rang

choose

chose

rise

rose

come

came

run

ran

cut

cut

say

said

dive

dove (dived)see

saw

 

do

did

seek

sought

draw

drew

sell

sold

drink

drank

send

sent

drive

drove

set

set

eat

ate

shake

shook

fall

fell

shine

shone (shined)

feed

fed

shrink

shrank (shrunk)

feel

felt

sing

sang

fight

fought

sit

sat

find

found

sleep

slept

Fly

Flew

Speak

Spoke

forget

forgot

spend

spent

forgive

forgave

spring

sprang

freeze

froze

stand

stood

get

got

steal

stole

give

gave

strike

struck

go

went

swim

swam

grow

grew

swing

swung

have

had

take

took

hear

heard

teach

taught

hide

hid

tear

tore

hold

held

tell

told

hurt

hurt

think

thought

keep

kept

throw

threw

know

knew

understand

understood

lay

laid

wake

woke

lead

led

wear

wore

leave

left

win

won

let

let

wind

wound

 

Here we consider using irregular verbs.

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