As a strategy to learn the past and past participle forms of irregular verbs, we suggest that you

fill in the charts below reorganizing the verbs we have included on pages 52, 53 in our
handout. “Regroup” them following a similar “pattern” as stated in each case.

b)* there are many irregular verbs that follow this last pattern. For example, STRIKE-STRUCK-
STRUCK or WRING-WRUNG-WRUNG. Try and find more examples of this pattern.

GROUP ONE
a) BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN

b)*HANG HUNG HUNG

GROUP TWO
BET BET BET

New verb: SHED-SHED-SHED

After you have finished, try and add a new example of an irregular verb that follows the same
pattern but which has not been included in our handout.
 GROUP THREE
BLOW BLEW BLOWN

GROUP FOUR
a)
FEEL FELT FELT

b)
BUILD BUILT BUILT

c) *
BURN BURNT BURNT

* You can choose between a regular form, generally in AmE (BURNED, DREAMED,…) or an irregular form, generally in BrE
(BURNT, DREAMT…)
After you have finished, try and add a new example of an irregular verb that has an alternative
regular form but which has not been included in our handout.
 GROUP FIVE
a)
AWAKE AWOKE AWOKEN

b)
DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN

c)
FORGIVE FORGAVE FORGIVEN

GROUP SIX
BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT

New verb: SEEK-SOUGHT-SOUGHT

After you have finished, try and add a new example of an irregular verb that follows the same
pattern but which has not been included in our handout.

Now, think out your “own pattern”. Choose out of the verbs left those that have a similar
pattern but have not been included in any of the groups above.
 GROUP SEVEN

GROUP EIGHT: MISCELLANEOUS

Include all the verbs which do not fit in any “regular” pattern.
BE WAS / WERE BEEN