TRREGULAR VERBS: AN ALPHAB! AL LIST
: Verbs followed by a bullet (+) are defined at the end of the list.
SIMPLE SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE SIMPLE PAST
FORM PAST: PARTICIPLE FORM PAST PARTICIPLE
aise arose arisen forbid Torbade forbidden
be was,yere been forecast? ‘forecast forecast
bear bore bornerborn forget forgot forgotten
beat beat beatenfbeat forgive forgave forgiven
become became become forsaker forsook forsaken
begin began begun freeze froze frozen
bend bent bent get got gotten/got*
bee bet bet sive gave given
bids bia bid 0 went gone
binds bound bound grind ground ground
bie bie bitten grow grew grown
bleed bled bled hang** hung hung
blow blew blown have had had
break broke broken hear heard heard
breeds bred bred hide hia hidden
bring brought brought hit bit hit
broadcast+ broadcast broadcast hold held held
build baie bute hurt hurt hare
burn burned/burnt —burned/burnt keep kept kept
burst burst burst kneel necled/knelt —_kneeled/knelt
buy bought bought know koew known
caste cast cast lay aid laid
catch caught caught lead led led
choose chose chosen Jean Jeanedieant _leanedileant
clings chung clung leap leaped/eapt _leapedileapt
come came come learn learned! learned!
cost cost cost learnt learnt
creep crept crept leave left left
cut cut out lend lent lent
deal dealt dealt let tet let
ig dug du ley lain
do id done light lighteafi, lighted
draw drew drawn lose lost lost
dream dreamed/ dreamed! make made made
dreamt dreamt mean meant meant
cat ate eaten meet met met
fall fell fallen mislay mislaid mislaid
feed fed fed mistake mistook ‘mistaken
feel felt felt pay paid paid
fight fought fought pat put put
find found found quit'* quit uit
fir filitced fivfitted read read rend
fee fled fled nid id rid
fling ung flung ride rode ridden
fly few flown ring rang rang
“In British English: ger-gor-gor. In American English: get-gor-gouonigo.
**Hang isa regular verb when it means to kill someone with a rope around hishher neck. COMPARE: I hung my cloths in the
closet. They hanged the murderer by the neck until he was dead.
***Also possible in British English: guit-quited-guined.
22 CHAPTER 2SIMPLE Pasr SIMPLE SIMPL past
FORM PARTICIPLE | FORM PAST PARTICIPLE
we woe ven — cprnghprane prone
oan fn no stand Hood Sood
sy ssid sit seal sole olen
me saw seen wick suck stuck
seske fought ——_=ughe Sine song sting
wl sold wold sone wankistunk stunk
send sent went srk srruck Stuckltrcken
ee = et Ste Srovelstived ——stvenrved
Shake shook shaken sting rung rung
Sheds Shed shed srt swore sen
shine Shonelsined shonefhined | Sweep ort swept
shoot shot shot swim vam orm
show showed shownfhowed | swing wine nung
Shrinks Shrankshrunk shrunk cake took taken
shut she shut teach taught tavahe
‘ing sang og tear tore torn
sinke sank sunk | sl told told
st st think thought thought
sep Slept Slept ahzow threw thrown
side sid sid thru three thru
si sie a understand understood understood
smell fmelledimnett smelledame’ | undertake undertook undertaken
Speak spoke spoken pee weet pet
teed apedapecded spedipecded =| wake Wokefvaked ——_woken/waked
spel speledpeltSplledspel wear wore wor
spend spent spent weaves wore woven
ee Spillet splepi wep went wet
itr spun spon vin won won
vi spivepat——spipat winds wound wound
sali le ot withdraw withdrew witha
spol Spolledspoit Spoedlspit write wrote writen
Spread spread spread
“Defnns of sme of he lo esac wed ep ve
IeccssswagesoBer pay money inca.» predictions rig. jump or exdeny fom
oe Ine ‘orate Sandon or de al poron
bide make ame of ones, nds ery redae to all sing... came pvr sap
Cron ats pce wees bie (eg pi) or ite
bind... tno se feck oo fakin (ee by an nee)
Soi. Ming an ogee to 01, dp forgo sink... hae bd ool sl
reduce yong thon bebe sar tre Ri something wth ore
broad. wad forminien by raslo tink. move downward often ie. ty handout gal
oes sonoune nde water ting ove bck and fh
bert... epider suddenly aie... gide soos ors sr. pu vey shove
fae tow fic aa narow opening ene form by pang pecs of
ting bon ey vpn. Srp anand patel ovr and unde
crohns toe ods onal po Src ther on ang
Tovey ad eyo... de to oo oF mor States com)
dea... debe plying cd 10 = meh. ey
Sach pes ge ‘read... patho al iecsons hd. ound ite ind ara
senna wid) ica baner on esd, trond wid wound
fee tegen row
fog 00) tow ah oe
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