IRREGULAR VERBS

Infinitive Past simple Past participle Meaning

Be Was/were Been
Accept bad situation/give
Bear Bore Born birth

Beat Beat Beaten Hit several times

Become Became Become

Begin Began Begun
Bend Bent Bent Become curved

Bite Bit Bitten

Blow Blew Blown
Break Broke Broken
Bring Brought Brought
Build Built Built
Burn Burnt Burnt
Break sth with air inside
Burst Burst Burst (e.g.balloon)

Buy Bought Bought

Can Could -
Catch Caught Caught
Choose Chose Chosen
Come Came Come
Cost Cost Cost
Cut Cut Cut
Do Did Done
Draw Drew Drawn
Dream Dreamt Dreamt
Drink Drank Drunk
Drive Drove Driven
Eat Ate Eaten
Fall Fell Fallen
Feed Fed Fed Give food to

Feel Felt Felt

Fight Fought Fought
Fly Flew Flown
Forbid Forbade Forbidden Say that sth is not allowed
Forget Forgot Forgotten
Freeze Froze Frozen
Get Got Got
Give Gave Given
Go Went Gone
Grow Grew Grown
Hang Hung Hung Fix sth at top only

Have Had Had

Hear Heard Heard
Hit Hit Hit
Hold Held Held
Hurt Hurt Hurt
Keep Kept Kept
Know Knew Known
Put down flat/plan and
*Lay Laid Laid prepare

Learn Learnt Learnt

Leave Left Left
Lend Lent Lent
Let Let Let
*Lie Lay Lain Put yourself flat

Lose Lost Lost

Make Made Made
May Might -
Mean Meant Meant
Meet Met Met
Pay Paid Paid
Put Put Put
Read Read Read
Ride Rode Ridden
Ring Rang Rung
Move upwards/go
Rise Rose Risen up/increase

Run Ran Run

Say Said Said
See Saw Seen
Sell Sold Sold
Send Sent Sent
Set Set Set
Shine Shone Shone Produce light

Show Showed Shown

Shut Shut Shut
Sing Sang Sung
Sink Sank Sunk Go below water’s surface

Sit Sat Sat

Sleep Slept Slept
Smell Smelt Smelt
Speak Spoke Spoken
Spell Spelt Spelt
Spend Spent Spent
Spoil Spoilt Spoilt Make worse

Stand Stood Stood

Steal Stole Stolen
Swear Swore Sworn Make a sincere promise
Clean the floor with a long
Sweep Swept Swept brush

Swim Swam Swum

Take Took Taken
Teach Taught Taught
Tear Tore Torn Separate into pieces/damage

Tell Told Told

Think Thought Thought
Throw Threw Thrown
Understand Understood Understood
Wake Woke Woken
Wear Wore Worn
Weep Wept Wept cry

Win Won Won

Write Wrote Written
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