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bend lend spend send show blow grow know throw fly draw withdraw bring buy catch

fight think teach seek weep sweep sleep creep keep leap run begin spin win ring sing spring swear tear wear sell tell spill build wind grind find sink drink stink

bent bent lent lent spent spent sent sent showed shown blew blown grew grown knew known threw thrown flew flown drew drawn withdrew withdrawn brought brought bought bought caught caught fought fought thought thought taught taught sought sought wept wept swept swept slept slept crept crept kept kept leapt leapt ran run began begun spun spun won won rang rung sang sung sprang sprung swore sworn tore torn wore worn sold sold told told spilled spilt built built wound wound ground ground found found sank sunk drank drunk stank stunk

mean dream feel deal kneel shrink drink think speed feed flee sting cling fling hang swing wring fit let bet cut hit hurt put quit shut upset set split spread cost

lead bleed dig have hear dive dived/dove dived hold see saw seen stand sew sewed sewn/sewed make spit spit/spat spat pay laid laid lain say swim swam swum read /rid/ light lit/lighted lit/lighted leave burn burned/burnt burned/burnt sit do did done lose go went gone meet become became become shoot lie (lie down) lay lain shine burst burst burst

meant dreamt felt dealt knelt shrank drank thought sped fed fled stung clung flung hung swung wrung fit let bet cut hit hurt put quit shut upset set split spread cost

meant dreamt felt dealt knelt shrunk(en) drunk(en) thought sped fed fled stung clung flung hung swung wrung fit let bet cut hit hurt put quit shut upset set split spread cost

prove beat bite forget get hide awake choose break freeze speak steal weave drive arise ride rise write take eat fall forbid give shake shave forgive

proved beat bit forgot got hid awoke chose broke froze spoke stole wove drove arose rode rose wrote took ate fell forbade gave shook shaved forgave led bled dug had heard held stood made paid said read /red/ left sat lost met shot shone

proved/en beaten bitten forgotten gotten/got hidden awoken chosen broken frozen spoken stolen woven driven arisen ridden risen written taken eaten fallen forbidden given shaken shaved/en forgiven led bled dug had heard held stood made paid said read /red/ left sat lost met shot shone

BASE FORM arise awake be beat become begin bend bet bite bleed blow break bring build burn burst buy catch choose cling come cost creep cut deal dig dive do draw dream drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fit flee fling fly forbid forget forgive freeze get give go grind grow hang

SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE arose arisen awoke awoken was/were been beat beaten became become began begun bent bent bet bet bit bitten bled bled blew blown broke broken brought brought built built burned/burnt burned/burnt burst burst bought bought 1 caught caught chose chosen clung clung came come cost cost crept crept cut cut dealt dealt dug dug dived/dove dived did done drew drawn dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt drank drunk drove driven ate eaten fell fallen fed fed felt felt fought fought found found fit fit fled fled flung flung flew flown forbade/forbad forbidden forgot forgotten forgave forgiven froze frozen got gotten/got gave given went gone ground ground grew grown hung hung

BASE SIMPLE FORM PAST have had hear heard hide hid hit hit hold held hurt hurt keep kept kneel knelt knit knit/knitted know knew lay laid lead led leap leapt leave left lend lent let let lie lay light lit/lighted lose lost make made mean meant meet met pay paid prove proved put put quit quit read /rid/ read /red/ ride rode ring rang rise rose run ran say said see saw seek sought sell sold send sent set set sew sewed shake shook shave shaved shine shone shoot shot show showed shrink shrank/shrunk shut shut sing sang sink sank sit sat sleep slept slide slid speak spoke speed sped

PAST PARTICIPLE had heard hidden hit held hurt kept knelt knit/knitted known aid ed eapt eft ent et lain lit/lighted lost made meant met paid proved/proven put quit read /red/ ridden rung risen run said seen sought sold sent set sewn/sewed shaken shaved/shaven shone shot shown shrunk/shrunken shut sung sunk sat slept slid spoken sped

spend spill spin spit split spread spring stand steal stick sting stink strike swear sweep swim swing

spent spilled/spilt spun spit/spat split spread sprang stood stole stuck stung stank/stunk struck swore swept swam swung

spent spilled/spilt spun spat split spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung stunk struck sworn swept swum swung

take took teach taught tear tore tell told think thought throw threw understand understood upset upset wake woke wear wore weave wove weep wept win won wind wound withdraw withdrew wring wrung write wrote

taken taught torn told thought thrown understood upset woken worn woven wept won wound withdrawn wrung written

PERCEPTION AND SENSES feel hear notice observe perceive see smell taste
EMOTIONS admire adore appreciate care detest dislike doubt envy fear hate hope like love regret respect trust

MENTAL STATES agree assume believe consider disagree disbelieve estimate expect feel (believe) find guess hesitate hope imagine know mean mind presume realize recognize remember see (understand) suppose suspect think (believe) understand wonder

WANTS AND PREFERENCES desire need prefer want wish APPEARANCE AND VALUE appear be cost equal feel look matter represent resemble seem signify smell sound taste weigh POSSESSION AND RELATIONSHIP belong contain have own possess

AND RELATIONSHIP

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heard

heard

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become

became

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held

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did

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ground

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grew

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spoke

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hang

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speed

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spend

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spilled/spilt

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tear

tore

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spit/spat

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split

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thought

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understand understood understood

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hope

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hope

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