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Irregular verbs in groups by learnenglishwithkatie.co.uk

Group 1: The three parts are different

Group 1a: Most of these verbs have Group 1d: verb 1 and 3 have the same
ow-ew-own or aw-ew-awn, except fly vowel sound, verb 3 ends with -en

Infinitive Past simple Past arise arose arisen

(verb 1) (verb 2) participle
(verb 3) drive drove driven

blow blew blown eat ate eaten

draw drew drawn fall fell fallen

fly flew flown forbid forbade forbidden

grow grew grown forgive forgave forgiven

know knew known give gave given

throw threw thrown ride rode ridden

withdraw withdrew withdrawn rise rose risen

shake shook shaken

Group 1b: verb 2 ends with -ed, verb 3 ends
with -n or -en strive strove striven

mow mowed mown take took taken

prove proved proven write wrote written

saw sawed sawn

Group 1e: verb 2 and 3 have the same
sew sewed sewn vowel sound, verb 3 ends with -en

shear sheared shorn awake awoke awoken

show showed shown bite bit bitten

sow sowed sown break broke broken

swell swelled swollen choose chose chosen

forget forgot forgotten

Group 1c: ear-ore-orn (except borne)
freeze froze frozen
bear bore borne
hide hid hidden
swear swore sworn
speak spoke spoken
tear tore torn
steal stole stolen
wear wore worn
tread trod trodden

wake woke woken

weave wove woven

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Group 1f: i-a-u Group 1g: the ones that don’t fit a pattern!

begin began begun be was/wer been

drink drank drunk beat beat beaten

ring rang rung do did done

shrink shrank shrunk go went gone/been

sing sang sung see saw seen

sink sank sunk

spring sprang sprung

stink stank stunk

swim swam swum

Group 2: Verb 2 and 3 are the same

Group 2a: can be regular or irregular, verb 2
Group 2b: change the vowel sound for
and 3 end in -t or -ed
verbs 2 and 3 and add -t
burn burnt/burned burnt/burned
creep crept crept
dream dreamt/dreamed dreamt/dreamed
deal dealt dealt
dwell dwelt/dwelled dwelt/dwelled
feel felt felt
kneel knelt/kneeled knelt/kneeled
keep kept kept
lean leant/leaned leant/leaned
leave left left
leap leapt/leaped leapt/leaped
lose lost lost
learn learnt/learned learnt/learned
mean meant meant
smell smelt/smelled smelt/smelled
sleep slept slept
spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled
sweep swept swept
spill spilt/spilled spilt/spilled
weep wept wept
spoil spoilt/spoiled spoilt/spoiled
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Group 2c: change -d to -t for verbs 2 and 3 Group 2f: vowel changes from i to ou

bend bent bent bind bound bound

build built built find found found

lend lent lent wind wound wound

send sent sent

Group 2f: vowel changes from ee/ea to e
spend spent spent NB: “read” is written the same but
pronounced differently

Group 2d: verbs 2 and 3: ought/aught bleed bled bled

bring brought brought breed bred bred

buy bought bought feed fed fed

fight fought fought lead led led

seek sought sought meet met met

think thought thought read /ri:d/ read /red/ read /red/

catch caught caught speed sped sped

teach taught taught

Group 2g: other vowel changes

Group 2e: vowel changes from i to u get got got

(gotten (USA)
cling clung clung
hold held held
dig dug dug
light lit (lighted) lit (lighted)
fling flung flung
shine shone shone
sling slung slung
shoot shot shot
spin spun spun
sit sat sat
stick stuck stuck
slide slid slid
sting stung stung
spit spat spat
strike struck struck
win won won
swing swung swung

wring wrung wrung

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Group 2h: ay - aid - aid Group 2j: other changes, no pattern!

lay laid laid flee fled fled

pay paid paid have had had

say said said hear heard heard

make made made

Group 2i: -ell-old-old
stand stood stood
sell sold sold
understand understood understood
tell told told

Group 3: verbs 1 and 3 are the same Group 4: verbs 1, 2 and 3 are the same
become became become bet bet bet

come came come burst burst burst

run ran run broadcast broadcast broadcast

cast cast cast

Group 5: can be regular or irregular
with a change in meaning cost cost cost
to say something that isn’t true: cut cut cut
lie lied lied fit fit fit
to rest in a horizontal position: forecast forecast forecast
lie lay lain hit hit hit
to kill someone with a rope round the neck: hurt hurt hurt
hang hanged hanged let let let
to put a coat on a hook or a picture on the put put put
wall, for example:
quit quit quit
hang hung hung
set set set

shed shed shed

shut shut shut

split split split

spread spread spread

thrust thrust thrust

upset upset upset

wet wet wet