COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

Present

he, she, it
is, was, will (be)
he, she, it has (been)
arisen
awakened

I, you, we, they

he, she, it

arise
awake
beam, are (2.3a,
3.6a, 7.5b, 9.2a,
9.2d, 11.2a,
12.2c, 13.2b,
14.2a)
beat
become (7.3a)
begin (2.3j)
bend
bite (7.3d)
blow (14.6d)
break (16.2b)
bring (16.6a)
build (7.3e)
burst
buy (16.6g)
catch
choose (2.3e)
cling
come (2.3h)
cost (3.6c)
cut
deal
dig
dive
do (2.3b)
draw (12.5a)
drink (13.6a)
drive (8.5e)

arises
awakes

Past
I, he, she, it,
you, we, they
arose
awoke

is

was, were

will be
(have, has) been

beats
becomes
begins
bends
bites
blows
breaks
brings
builds
bursts
buys
catches
chooses
clings
comes
costs
cuts
deals
digs
dives
does
draws
drinks
drives

beat
became
began
bent
bit
blew
broke
brought
built
burst
bought
caught
chose
clung
came
cost
cut
dealt
dug
dove
did
drew
drank
drove

beaten
become
begun
bent
bitten
blown
broken
brought
built
burst
bought
caught
chosen
clung
come
cost
cut
dealt
dug
dived
done
drawn
drunk
driven

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Common Irregular Verbs

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A17

Present
I, you, we, they
eat (14.6e)
fall (11.6a)
feel (16.6e)
fight (12.5b)
find (16.6c)
fly (13.6d)
forget (5.1g)
forgive (6.2d)
freeze
get (7.3b)
give (2.3d)
go (8.5b)
grind (14.6b)
grow (9.6d)
hang (suspend) (16.2a)
have (12.5d)
hear (16.6f)
hide (3.6f)
hold (6.6a)
hurt
keep (9.6b)
kneel (14.6c)
know (3.6b, 5.12a)
lay (put) (11.6c)
lead
leave (2.3i, 5.1d)
lend
let (allow) (6.6b)
lie (recline)
light
lose (8.5g)
make (16.6b)
mean
meet (3.6e, 5.1h, 11.6b)
prove (2.2d)

A18

he, she, it
eats
falls
feels
fights
finds
flies
forgets
forgives
freezes
gets
gives
goes
grinds
grows
hangs
has
hears
hides
holds
hurts
keeps
kneels
knows
lays
leads
leaves
lends
lets
lies
lights
loses
makes
means
meets
proves

Common Irregular Verbs

Past
I, he, she, it,
you, we, they
ate
fell
felt
fought
found
flew
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
ground
grew
hung
had
heard
hid
held
hurt
kept
knelt
knew
laid
led
left
lent
let
lay
lit
lost
made
meant
met
proved

he, she, it
is, was, will (be)
he, she, it has (been)
eaten
fallen
felt
fought
found
flown
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
gotten
given
gone
ground
grown
hung
had
heard
hidden
held
hurt
kept
knelt
known
laid
led
left
lent
let
lain
lit
lost
made
meant
met
proved or proven

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Present
I, you, we, they

he, she, it

put (7.5e, 9.6a)

read (11.6d)
ride (16.6d)
ring
rise (get up) (9.6c)
run (8.5c)
say (3.6d, 5.12c)
see (2.3f, 6.6c)
sell
send (8.5d)
set (place)
shake
shoot (14.6f)
shrink
shut
sing (8.5f)
sink
sit
slay
sleep (12.5c)
speak (2.3g, 5.1i)
spend (6.6d)
spin
spring
stand (3.6c, 5.12b)
steal (13.6b)
sting
strike
swear
swim
swing
take (11.2c)
teach (2.3c, 5.1e)
tell (2.3l)
think (8.5a)

puts
reads
rides
rings
rises
runs
says
sees
sells
sends
sets
shakes
shoots
shrinks
shuts
sings
sinks
sits
slays
sleeps
speaks
spends
spins
springs
stands
steals
stings
strikes
swears
swims
swings
takes
teaches
tells
thinks

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Past
I, he, she, it,
you, we, they
put
read
rode
rang
rose
ran
said
saw
sold
sent
set
shook
shot
shrank
shut
sang
sank
sat
slew
slept
spoke
spent
spun
sprang
stood
stole
stung
struck
swore
swam
swung
took
taught
told
thought

he, she, it
is, was, will (be)
he, she, it has (been)
put
read
ridden
rung
risen
run
said
seen
sold
sent
set
shaken
shot
shrunk
shut
sung
sunk
sat
slain
slept
spoken
spent
spun
sprung
stood
stolen
stung
stricken
sworn
swum
swung
taken
taught
told
thought

Common Irregular Verbs

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A19

Present
I, you, we, they
throw (7.3c)
understand
wake
wear (14.6a)
wring
write (2.3k)

A20

he, she, it
throws
understands
wakes
wears
wrings
writes

Common Irregular Verbs

Past
I, he, she, it,
you, we, they
threw
understood
woke
wore
wrung
wrote

he, she, it
is, was, will (be)
he, she, it has (been)
thrown
understood
waked
worn
wrung
written

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