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Verb Tense Patterns
Verb Tense Patterns
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lent spent spent sent sent showed shown blew blown grew grown knew known threw thrown flew flown drew drawn withdrew withdrawn brought brought bought bought caught caught fought fought thought thought taught taught sought sought wept wept swept swept slept slept crept crept kept kept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
arise
arose
arisen
have
had
had
awake
awoke
awoken
hear
heard
heard
be
was/were
been
hide
hid
hidden
beat
beat
beaten
hit
hit
hit
become
became
become
hold
held
held
begin
began
begun
hurt
hurt
hurt
bend
bent
bent
keep
kept
kept
bet
bet
bet
kneel
knelt
knelt
bite
bit
bitten
knit
knit/knitted knit/knitted
bleed
bled
bled
know
knew
known
blow
blew
blown
lay
laid
aid
break
broke
broken
lead
led
ed
bring
brought
brought
leap
leapt
eapt
build
built
built
leave
left
eft
burn
burned/burnt
burned/burnt
lend
lent
ent
burst
burst
burst
let
let
et
buy
bought
bought
1 lie
lay
lain
catch
caught
caught
light
lit/lighted
lit/lighted
choose
chose
chosen
lose
lost
lost
cling
clung
clung
make
made
made
come
came
come
mean
meant
meant
cost
cost
cost
meet
met
met
creep
crept
crept
pay
paid
paid
cut
cut
cut
prove
proved
proved/proven
deal
dealt
dealt
put
put
put
dig
dug
dug
quit
quit
quit
dive
dived/dove
dived
read /red/
do
did
done
ride
rode
ridden
draw
drew
drawn
ring
rang
rung
dream
dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt
rise
rose
risen
drink
drank
drunk
run
ran
run
drive
drove
driven
say
said
said
eat
ate
eaten
see
saw
seen
fall
fell
fallen
seek
sought
sought
feed
fed
fed
sell
sold
sold
feel
felt
felt
send
sent
sent
fight
fought
fought
set
set
set
find
found
found
sew
sewed
sewn/sewed
fit
fit
fit
shake
shook
shaken
flee
fled
fled
shave
shaved
shaved/shaven
fling
flung
flung
shine
shone
shone
fly
flew
flown
shoot
shot
shot
forbid
forbade/forbad forbidden
show
showed
shown
forget
forgot
forgotten
forgive
forgave
forgiven
shut
shut
shut
freeze
froze
frozen
sing
sang
sung
get
got
gotten/got
sink
sank
sunk
give
gave
given
sit
sat
sat
go
went
gone
sleep
slept
slept
grind
ground
ground
slide
slid
slid
grow
grew
grown
speak
spoke
spoken
hang
hung
hung
speed
sped
sped
spend
spent
spent
take
took
taken
spill
spilled/spilt
spilled/spilt
teach
taught
taught
spin
spun
spun
tear
tore
torn
spit
spit/spat
spat
tell
told
told
split
split
split
think
thought
thought
spread
spread
spread
throw
threw
thrown
spring
sprang
sprung
stand
stood
stood
upset
upset
upset
steal
stole
stolen
wake
woke
woken
stick
stuck
stuck
wear
wore
worn
sting
stung
stung
weave
wove
woven
stink
stank/stunk
stunk
weep
wept
wept
strike
struck
struck
win
won
won
swear
swore
sworn
wind
wound
wound
sweep
swept
swept
withdraw withdrew
withdrawn
swim
swam
swum
wring
wrung
wrung
swing
swung
swung
write
wrote
written
admire
agree
adore
assume
appreciate
believe
care
consider
detest
disagree
dislike
disbelieve
doubt
estimate
envy
expect
fear
feel (believe)
hate
find
hope
guess
like
hesitate
love
hope
regret
imagine
respect
know
trust
mean
feel
mind
hear
presume
notice
realize
observe
recognize
perceive
remember
see
see (understand)
smell
suppose
taste
suspect
appear
think (believe)
be
understand
cost
wonder
equal
desire
feel
need
look
prefer
matter
want
represent
wish
resemble
signify
seem
smell
taste
sound
weigh
belong
possess
contain
desire
have
need
own
prefer
want
wish