INFINITIVE PAST PAST TRANSLATION

(PRESENT) PARTICIPLE

8TH Group: -STAND / -STOOD / -STOOD

STAND (STOODS) STOOD STOOD

UNDERSTAND UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTOOD
INFINITIVE PAST PAST TRANSLATION (UNDERSTANDS)
(PRESENT) PARTICIPLE

1st Group: IMPORTANT VERBS 9th Group: -EE- / -E- / -E- /

BE (AM-IS-ARE) WAS / WERE BEEN BLEED (BLEEDS) BLED BLED

DO (DOES) DID DONE FEED (FEEDS) FED FED
HAVE (HAS) HAD HAD FEEL (FEELS) FELT FELT
COME (COMES) CAME COME KEEP (KEEPS) KEPT KEPT
GET (GETS) GOT GOT MEET (MEETS) MET MET
GO (GOES) WENT GONE SLEEP (SLEEPS) SLEPT SLEPT
MAKE (MAKES) MADE MADE SWEEP (SWEEPS) SWEPT SWEPT
SAY (SAYS) SAID SAID
TELL (TELLS) TOLD TOLD 10th Group : -D / -T / -T

2nd Group: PERCEPTION VERBS BUILD (BUILDS) BUILT BUILT

LEND (LENDS) LENT LENT
HEAR (HEARS) HEARD HEARD SEND (SENDS) SENT SENT
SEE (SEES) SAW SEEN SPEND (SPENDS) SPENT SPENT
SMELL (SMELLS) SMELT SMELT
11th Group : -T / -T
3 rd
Group: NO CHANGE
BURN (BURNS) BURNT BURNT
DREAM (DREAMS) DREAMT DREAMT
COST (COSTS) COST COST
LEARN (LESRNS) LEARNT LEARNT
CUT (CUTS) CUT CUT
LEAVE (LEAVES) LEFT LEFT
HIT (HITS) HIT HIT
LIGHT (LIGHTS) LIT LIT
HURT (HURTS) HURT HURT
LOSE (LOSES) LOST LOST
LET (LETS) LET LET
MEAN (MEANS) MEANT MEANT
PUT (PUTS) PUT PUT
SHOOT (SHOOTS) SHOT SHOT
READ* (READS) READ* READ*
SIT (SITS) SAT SAT
SHUT (SHUTS) SHUT SHUT
SPELL (SPELLS) SPELT SPELT

4TH Group: I – E / O – E / I – EN and others

12th Group : MISCELLANEOUS
BITE (BITES) BIT* BITTEN
BREAK (BREAKS)* BROKE BROKEN BECOME (BECOMES) BECAME BECOME
CHOOSE (chooses)* CHOSE CHOSEN FIND (FINDS) FOUND FOUND
DRIVE (DRIVES) DROVE DRIVEN HANG (HANGS) HUNG HUNG
EAT (EATS)* ATE* EATEN HOLD (HOLDS) HELD HELD
FALL (FALLS)* FELL* FALLEN LAY (LAYS) LAID LAID
GIVE (GIVES) GAVE* GIVEN LIE (LIES) LAY LAIN
FORGET (forgets)* FORGOT* FORGOTTEN PAY (PAYS) PAID PAID
FORGIVE (forgives) FORGAVE* FORGIVEN RUN (RUNS) RAN RUN
FREEZE (FREEZES)* FROZE FROZEN SELL (SELLS) SOLD SOLD
HIDE (HIDES) HID* HIDDEN SHINE (SHINES) SHONE SHONE
RIDE (RIDES) RODE RIDDEN SHOW (SHOWS) SHOWED SHOWN
RISE (RISES) ROSE RISEN WEAR (WEARS) WORE WORN
SHAKE (SHAKES)* SHOOK* SHAKEN WIN (WINS) WON WON
SPEAK (SPEAKS)* SPOKE SPOKEN PRESENT SIMPLE
STEAL (STEALS)* STOLE STOLEN
TAKE (TAKES)* TOOK* TAKEN
WAKE(UP) (WAKES)* WOKE WOKEN
Examples: They play tennis
WRITE (WRITES) WROTE WRITTEN
They don’t play tennis.
Do they play tennis? Yes, they do / No, they don’t.
5th Group : I / U*-A / U
 Affirmative: 3RD person singular adds –S/-ES.
BEGIN (BEGINS) BEGAN BEGUN He plays tennis
DRINK (DRINKS) DRANK DRUNK  Negative: Don’t add –s/-es.
RING (RINGS) RANG RUNG He doesn’t play tennis.
SING (SINGS) SANG SUNG
 Interrogative: Don’t add –s/-es.
SWING (SWINGS) SWUNG* SWUNG
SWIM (SWIMS) SWAM SWUM
Does he play tennis? Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t

6th Group: AW-OW / EW / OWN

PAST SIMPLE
BLOW (BLOWS) BLEW BLOWN
DRAW (DRAWS) DREW DRAWN  Regular verbs in the past simple and past participle end in –ed.
FLY* (FLIES) FLEW FLOWN
Example: He played tennis yesterday.
GROW (GROWS) GREW GROWN
 Both Irregular verbs and regular verbs form negatives and questions in
KNOW (KNOWS) KNEW KNOWN
the same way: did / didn’t + infinitivo.
THROW (THROWS) THREW THROWN
 Examples: He didn’t go to Benidorm last Sunday.
Did he go to Benidorm last Sunday?
7th Group: -AUGHT / -OUGHT He didn’t play tennis yesterday.
Did he play tennis yesterday?
BRING (BRINGS) BROUGHT BROUGHT
BUY (BUYS) BOUGHT BOUGHT
CATCH (CATCHES) CAUGHT CAUGHT PAST SIMPLE OF TO BE
FIGHT FOUGHT FOUGHT
TEACH (TEACHES) TAUGHT TAUGHT I WAS / I WASN’T / WAS I ? WE WERE / WE WEREN’T / WERE WE?
THINK (THINKS) THOUGHT THOUGHT YOU WERE / YOU WEREN’T / WERE YOU? YOU WERE / YOU WEREN’T / WERE YOU?
HE/SHE/IT WAS /WASN’T / WAS HE/SHE/IT ? THEY WERE / THEY WEREN’T / WERE THEY?

© Yolanda Giménez Ballesteros / 2010