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MAIN FORMS OF COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS
‘regular verbs change when used inthe past and perfect tenses. These changes may affect the vowel (come-came)
the pronunciation (readead) othe whole word (eat).
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PRESENT PAST PASTPARTICIPLE REFERENCE/MEANING
arise arose arisen
awake awoke awoken
am | are Fis was | were been
bear bore ome / born*
beat beat beaten / beat™**
become became become
begin began begun
bend bent bent
bet bet bet
bound bound
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
burn burned burnt burned / burnt™*
burst burst burst
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
adig
do
draw
dream
rink
drive
eat
fall
feed
feel
fight
find
fy
forget
forgive
freeze
get
give
90
grind
‘grow
hang
have / has.
hear
hide
bit
hold
burt
keep
know
lay
lead
eam
leave
lend
let
lie
light
lose
make
dug
did
drew
dreamed / dreamt
drank
drove
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
found
flew
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
ground
grew
hung
had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
knew
laid
led
learned / learnt
left
lent
let
lay I lied
fit
lost
made
dug
done
drawn
dreamed I dreamt**
drunk
riven
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
found
flown
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
gotten / got"**
given
‘gone
‘ground
grown
hung
had
heard
hidden
hit
held
hurt
kept
known
laid
led
learned /leamnt™*
left
lent
let
lain /lied*
it
lost
made
2/4spend
spit
spread
stand
steal
stick
sting
stink
strke
string
swear
meant
met
paid
put
quit
read
rode
rang
set
shone / shined
shot
showed
shrank
shut
sang
sank
sat
slept
slid
‘spoke
sped
spent
split
spread
stood
stole
stuck
stung
stank
struck
strung
swore
‘meant
mat
paid
put
uit
read
ridden
rung,
risen
run
said
sought
shaken
sold
sent
set
shone / shined”
shot
shown
shrunk
shut
sung
sunk
sat
slept
slid
spoken
sped
spent
spit
spread
stood
stolen
stuck
stung
stunk
struck
strung
‘sworn
HAMMAM
3/4sweep ‘swept swept
swim ‘swam swum
take took taken
teach taught taught
tear tore tom
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wake woke/waked woken / waked / woke“*
wear wore worn
wed wedded /wed wedded / wed"*
weep, wept wept
wet wet / wetted wet / wetted"*
win won won
wind wound wound
write wrote written
Claifeatons
“change in meaning
Some pas forms may vary anther use
Sepang on what we meat
‘ome: istome (cared hea ve. Bor. be Bom in
‘ror ltt).
‘Shone te produce ph vs, Shine: to make st bight by
boi
Thar aro past forms hal are ere commonly
‘Bumed instead of burnt
~ Common use Used intel thet orm howhe.” | Bumedintead of burnt
el peters on.
=Daleaat “Some par forms maybe usedin come counnes | Galanin American Englah vs. Got Bish Engish
eters asthe (resning: bain)