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Sound Patterns of Irregular Verbs
Sound Patterns of Irregular Verbs
Base form -AI Arise Drive Ride Rise Strive Write -I Be See -I Beat Eat Forbid Forgive Give -E Bend Bet Lend Let Send Set Shed Smell Spell Spend Spread -A/AI Broadcast Cast Forecast Cut Shine Shut -I Beat Build Hit Knit Spill Split - Burst Burn Hurt Past simple -O Arose Drove Rode Rose Strove Wrote -O Was/were Saw -EI Beat Ate Forbade Forgave Gave -E Bent Bet Lent Let Sent Set Shed Smelt Spelt Spent Spread -A Broadcast Cast Forecast Cut Shone Shut -I Beat Built Hit Knit Spilt Split - Burst Burnt Hurt Past participle -I arisen Driven Ridden Risen Striven Written -I Been Seen -I Beaten Eaten Forbidden Forgiven given -E Bent bet Lent Let Sent Set Shed Smelt Spelt Spent Spread -A Broadcast Cast Forecast Cut Shone Shut -I Beaten Built Hit Knit Spilt Split - Burst Burnt Hurt Meaning
-EI Lay Make Pay -AI Bite Hide -OW/O/AI Know Blow Draw Fly Grow Show Throw -I Begin Drink Ring Sing Swim Shrink Spring -AI Light Slide -U Shoot Lose Choose -I Bleed Breed Feed Feel Flee Keep Lead Mean Meet Read Sit Sleep Speed -EI/I/E Awake Bear Break Freeze Awoke Bore Broke Froze Bled Bred Fed Felt Fled Kept Led Meant Met Read Sat Slept Sped Shot Lost Chose Lit Slid Began Drank Rang Sang Swam Shrank Sprang Knew Blew Drew Flew Grew Showed Threw Bit Hid Laid Made Paid
-EI Laid Made Paid -I Bitten hidden -U/IU Known Blown Drawn Flown Grown Shown Thrown -AE/E Begun Drunk Rung Sung Swum Shrunk Sprung -I Lit Slid -O Shot Lost Chosen -E Bled Bred Fed Felt Fled Kept Led Meant Met Read Sat Slept Sped -OU/O
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Speak Swear Steal Wear Wake Buy Bring Catch Fight Tear Teach Think -AI Bind Find Wind -E Sell Tell -A Become Come Overcome
Spoke Swore Stole Wore Woke -OT Bought Brought Caught Fought Tore Taught Thought -AU Bound Found Wound -OU Sold Told -EI Became Came Overcame
Spoken Sworn Stolen Worn Woken -OT Bought Brought Caught Fought Torn Taught Thought -AU Bound Found Wound -OU Sold Told -A Become Come Overcome