Irregular verbs

Infinitive Past simple Past participle Spelling (s) Spelling (ing) Meaning Infinitive Past simple Past participle Spelling (s) Spelling (ing) Meaning
1 be was / were been *am/is/are being ser / estar 44 light lit / lighted lit / lighted lights lighting iluminar /encender

2 become became become becomes becoming llegar a ser 45 lose lost lost loses losing perder
3 begin began begun begins begining empezar 46 make made made makes making hacer
4 break broke broken breaks breaking romper 47 mean meant meant means meaning significar
5 bring brought brought brings bringing traer 48 meet met met meets meeting encontrar(se)
6 build built built builds building construir 49 pay paid paid pays paying pagar
7 buy bought bought buys buying comprar 50 put put put puts putting poner /colocar
8 blow blew blown blows blowing soplar 51 read read read reads reading leer
9 catch caught caught catches catching atrapar 52 ride rode ridden rides riding montar
10 choose chose chosen chooses choosing elegir / escoger 53 ring rang rung rings ringing rodear (en círculo)

11 come came come comes coming venir 54 rise rose risen rises rising subir
12 cost cost cost costs costing costar / valer 55 run ran run runs running Correr
13 cut cut cut cuts cutting cortar(se) 56 say said said says saying decir (algo)
14 do did done does doing hacer 57 see saw seen sees seeing ver
15 draw drew drawn draws drawing dibujar 58 sell sold sold sells selling vender
16 dream dreamt / ed dreamt / ed dreams dreaming soñar 59 send sent sent sends sending enviar
17 drink drank drunk drinks drinking beber 60 set set set sets setting poner / colocar
18 drive drove driven drives driving manejar 61 shoot shot shot shoots shooting disparar
19 eat ate eaten eats eating comer 62 show showed shown shows showing mostrar
20 fall fell fallen falls falling caer(se) 63 sing sang sung sings singing cantar
21 feed fed fed feeds feeding alimentar 64 sink sank sunk sinks sinking hundir(se)
22 feel felt felt feels feeling sentir 65 sit sat sat sits sitting sentarse
luchar /
23 fight fought fought fights fighting 66 sleep slept slept sleeps sleeping dormir
pelearse
24 find found found finds finding encontrar 67 slide slid slid slides sliding resbalar /deslizarse

25 fly flew flown flies flying volar 68 smell smelt / ed smelt / ed smells smelling oler
26 forget forgot forgotten forgets forgetting olvidar 69 speak spoke spoken speaks speaking hablar
27 forgive forgave forgiven forgives forgiving perdonar 70 spend spent spent spends spending gastar / dedicar
obtener/conseguir
28 get got got / gotten (Am) gets getting / llegar
71 spoil spoilt / ed spoilt / ed spoils spoiling arruinar /estropear

29 give gave given gives giving dar 72 stand stood stood stands standing estar de pie
30 go went gone / been goes going ir 73 steal stole stolen steals stealing robar
31 grow grew grown grows growing crecer 74 swear swore sworn swears swearing jurar / insultar
32 have had had has having tener 75 sweep swept swept sweeps sweeping barrer
33 hear heard heard hears hearing oír 76 swim swam swum swims swimming nadar
34 hide hid hidden hides hiding esconder(se) 77 take took taken takes taking tomar algo / llevar

35 hit hit hit hits hitting golpear 78 teach taught taught teaches teaching enseñar
36 hold held held holds holding sostener 79 tell told told tells telling decirle (a alguien)

37 hurt hurt hurt hurts hurting lastimar /herir 80 think thought thought thinks thinking pensar
38 keep kept kept keeps keeping mantener 81 throw threw thrown throws throwing lanzar
39 know knew known knows knowing saber 82 understand understood understood understands understanding entender
40 learn learnt / ed Learnt / ed learns learning aprender 83 wake up woke up woken up wakes up waking up despertarse
41 leave left left leaves leaving dejar / irse (de) 84 wear wore worn wears wearing llevar puesto
42 lend lent lent lends lending prestar 85 win won won wins winning ganar
43 let let let lets letting permitir LiVi_3 86 write wrote written writes writing escribir
 Regular verbs
Infinitive Past simple Past participle Spelling (s) Spelling (ing) Meaning Infinitive Past simple Past participle Spelling (s) Spelling (ing) Meaning
1 act acted acted acts acting actuar 44 look looked looked looks looking mirar
2 allow allowed allowed allows allowing permitir 45 love loved loved loves loving amar
3 answer answered answered answers answering responder 46 move moved moved moves moving mover /mudarse
aplicar /
4 apply applied applied applies applying 47 offer offered offered offers offering ofrecer
solicitar
5 arrive arrived arrived arrives arriving llegar 48 open opened opened opens opening abrir
preguntar
6 ask asked asked asks asking 49 play played played plays playing jugar
/pedir
7 avoid avoided avoided avoids avoiding evitar 50 prefer prefered prefered prefers prefering preferir

8 believe believed believed believes believing creer 51 rain rained rained rains raining llover

9 borrow borrowed borrowed borrows borrowing tomar prestado 52 realise realised realised realises realising darse cuenta
10 call called called calls calling llamar 53 reduce reduced reduced reduces reducing reducir
11 change changed changed changes changing cambiar 54 refer refered refered refers refering referirse
12 clean cleaned cleaned cleans cleaning limpiar 55 remember remembered remembered remembers remembering acordar(se)
13 close closed closed closes closing cerrar 56 rent rented rented rents renting rentar
14 consider considered considered considers considering considerar 57 reply replied replied replies replying responder
15 cook cooked cooked cooks cooking cocinar 58 save saved saved saves saving ahorrar /guardar
16 copy copied copied copies copying copiar 59 scream screamed screamed screams screaming gritar
17 dance danced danced dances dancing bailar 60 sign signed signed signs signing firmar
18 decide decided decided decides deciding decidir 61 smile smiled smiled smiles smiling sonreir
19 describe described described describes describing describir 62 smoke smoked smoked smokes smoking fumar
20 design designed designed designs designing diseñar 63 solve solved solved solves solving resolver
21 develop developed developed develops developing desarrollar 64 start started started starts starting empezar
22 die died died dies *dying morir 65 stay stayed stayed stays staying quedarse
23 discuss discussed discussed discusses discussing tratar algo 66 stop stopped stopped stops stopping parar
24 enjoy enjoyed enjoyed enjoys enjoying disfrutar 67 study studied studied studies studying estudiar
25 explain explained explained explains explaining explicar 68 succeed succeeded succeeded succeeds succeeding tener éxito
26 face faced faced faces facing enfrentar 69 suffer suffered suffered suffers suffering sufrir
27 finish finished finished finishes finishing terminar 70 suggest suggested suggested suggests suggesting sigerir
28 follow followed followed follows following seguir 71 talk talked talked talks talking hablar
29 guess guessed guessed guesses guessing adivinar 72 taste tasted tasted tastes tasting probar
30 happen happened happened happens happening ocurrir 73 touch touched touched touches touching tocar
31 hate hated hated hates *hating odiar 74 travel traveled traveled travels traveling viajar
32 help helped helped helps helping ayudar 75 trust trusted trusted trusts trusting confiar
33 hope hoped hoped hopes *hoping esperar algo 76 use used used uses using usar
34 improve improved improved improves improving mejorar 77 visit visited visited visits visiting visitar
35 invite invited invited invites inviting invitar 78 wait waited waited waits waiting esperar
36 join joined joined joins joining unir(se) 79 walk walked walked walks walking caminar
37 judge judged judged judges judging juzgar 80 want wanted wanted wants wanting querer
38 jump jumped jumped jumps jumping brincar 81 wash washed washed washes washing lavar
39 kill killed killed kills killing matar 82 watch watched watched watches watching ver / observar
40 land landed landed lands landing aterrizar 83 wish wished wished wishes wishing desear
41 lie lied lied lies lying mentir 84 wonder wondered wondered wonders wondering preguntarse
42 like liked liked likes *liking gustar 85 work worked worked works working trabajar
43 live lived lived lives living vivir LiVi_3 86 worry worried worried worries worrying preocupar(se)
 Did you clean your beedroom? Did your little brother do his homework?
Past Simple
I didn't clean my bedroom, but I cleaned the kitchen and I cooked dinner.

finished actions
• yesterday • last month • two years ago • in 2001
Affirmative Negative Questions
Meaning Infinitive
verb+ed didn't verb did subject verb

1 actuar act I he she it we you they acted I he she it we you they didn't act Did I he she it we you the act?

aplicar /
2 apply
solicitar

preguntar
3 ask
/pedir

4 llamar call

5 cambiar change

6 limpiar clean

7 cocinar cook

8 llorar cry

9 bailar dance I he she it we you they danced I he she it we you they didn't dance Did I he she it we you the dance?

10 disfrutar enjoy

11 terminar finish

12 arreglar fix

13 seguir follow

14 ayudar help

15 identificar identify I he she it we you they identified I heshe it we you they didn't identify Did I heshe it we you the identify?

16 mejorar improve

17 reir(se) laugh

18 escuchar listen

19 vivir live

20 mirar look

21 mezclar mix

22 necesitar need

23 abrir open

24 jugar play I he she it we you they played I he she it we you they didn't play Did I he she it we you the play?

25 parar / detener stop

 Where did you go on holidays? Was it interesting? Did you eat typical food? Did you
Past Simple dance with new people? Were they friendly?
I went to Acapulco, I traveled by car. I bought some souveniers, but they weren't cheap.
finished actions
• yesterday • last month • two years ago • in 2001
Affirmative Negative Questions
Meaning Infinitive
verb (2nd colum) didn't verb did subject verb
I we you they were I we you they weren't were I we you they... ?
26 ser / estar be *
he she it was he she it wasn't was he she it ... ?

27 empezar begin

28 romper break

29 comprar buy I he she it we you they bought I he she it we you they didn't buy Did I he she it we you the buy?

30 poder can *

31 hacer do

32 beber drink

33 manejar drive

34 comer eat

35 volar fly

36 ir go I he she it we you they went I he she it we you they didn't go Did I he she it we you the go?

37 tener have

38 hacer make

39 leer read

40 decir (algo) say

41 ver see

42 vender sell

43 cantar sing

44 dormir sleep

45 hablar speak

46 nadar swim

tomar algo /
47 take
llevar

48 decirle (a alguien) tell

49 pensar think

vestir
50 wear I he she it we you they wore I he she it we you they didn't wear Did I he she it we you the wear?
(traer puesto)
 - What are your parents doing right now?
Present continuous
- My father's cooking dinner and my mother is cleaning the kitchen. They aren't
(progressive)
playing with my little brother.
actions at the moment / temporary actions
• at the moment • right now • these days • this month • while
Affirmative Negative Questions
Meaning Infinitive
am/is/are verb+ing am not/isn't/aren't verb+ing am/is/are subject verb+ing
I am acting I 'm not acting am I acting ?
1 actuar act he / she / it is acting he / she / it isn't acting is he / she / it acting ?
we / you / they are acting we / you / they aren't acting are we / you / they acting ?
aplicar /
2 apply
solicitar

preguntar
3 ask
/pedir

4 llamar call

5 cambiar change

6 limpiar clean

7 cocinar cook

8 llorar cry

I am dancing I 'm not dancing am I dancing ?

9 bailar dance he / she / it is dancing he / she / it isn't dancing is he / she / it dancing ?
we / you / they are dancing we / you / they aren't dancing are we / you / they dancing ?

10 disfrutar enjoy

11 terminar finish

12 arreglar fix

13 seguir follow

14 ayudar help

15 identificar identify

16 mejorar improve

17 reir(se) laugh

18 escuchar listen

19 vivir live

20 mirar look

21 mezclar mix

22 necesitar need

23 abrir open

I am playing I 'm not playing am I playing ?

24 jugar play he / she / it is playing he / she / it isn't playing is he / she / it playing ?
we / you / they are playing we / you / they aren't playing are we / you / they playing ?

25 parar / detener stop

 Present continuous - Is your sister eating bread these days?
(progressive) - No, she isn't. She is trying to lose weight, so she isn't eating carbohydrates.

actions at the moment / temporary actions

• at the moment • right now • these days • this month • while
Affirmative Negative Questions
Meaning Infinitive
am/is/are verb+ing am not/isn't/aren't verb+ing am/is/are subject verb+ing
I am being I 'm not being am I being ?
26 ser / estar be * he / she / it is being he / she / it isn't being is he / she / it being ?
we / you / they are being we / you / they aren't being are we / you / they being ?

27 empezar begin

28 romper break

I am buying I 'm not buying am I buying ?

29 comprar buy he / she / it is buying he / she / it isn't buying is he / she / it buying ?
we / you / they are buying we / you / they aren't buying are we / you / they buying ?

30 poder can * - - -

31 hacer do

32 beber drink

33 manejar drive

34 comer eat

35 volar fly

I am going I 'm not going am I going ?

36 ir go he / she / it is going he / she / it isn't going is he / she / it going ?
we / you / they are going we / you / they aren't going are we / you / they going ?

37 tener have

38 hacer make

39 leer read

40 decir (algo) say

41 ver see

42 vender sell

43 cantar sing

44 dormir sleep

45 hablar speak

46 nadar swim

tomar algo /
47 take
llevar

48 decirle (a alguien) tell

49 pensar think

I am wearing I 'm not wearing am I wearing ?

vestir
50 wear he / she / it is wearing he / she / it isn't wearing is he / she / it wearing ?
(traer puesto)
we / you / they are wearing we / you / they aren't wearing are we / you / they wearing ?
 - Are you students? What do you do?
Present Simple - I'm an actor and my best friend is an engineer; we aren't students anymore,
we work for KLM.
habits / facts
• every day • once a week • always
Affirmative verb Negative don't + verb Questions do + subject + verb
Meaning Infinitive
verb+s doesn't + verb does + subject + verb
I / you / we / they act I / you / we / they don't act do I / you / we / they act ?
1 actuar act
he / she / it acts he / she / it doesn't act does he / she / it act ?

aplicar /
2 apply
solicitar

preguntar
3 ask
/pedir

4 llamar call

5 cambiar change

6 limpiar clean

7 cocinar cook

8 llorar cry

I / you / we / they dance I / you / we / they don't dance do I / you / we / they dance ?
9 bailar dance
he / she / it dances he / she / it doesn't dance does he / she / it dance ?

10 disfrutar enjoy

11 terminar finish

12 arreglar fix

13 seguir follow

14 ayudar help

15 identificar identify

16 mejorar improve

17 reir(se) laugh

18 escuchar listen

19 vivir live

20 mirar look

21 mezclar mix

22 necesitar need

23 abrir open

I / you / we / they play I / you / we / they don't play do I / you / we / they play ?
24 jugar play
he / she / it plays he / she / it doesn't play does he / she / it play ?

25 parar / detener stop

 - Do you drink beer?
Present Simple - I hardly ever drink beer, I don't like it. But my best friend drinks beer once a week.
- How often does she drink coffee or tea?...
habits / facts
• every day/week • once/twice a week • always/hardly ever
Affirmative verb Negative don't + verb Questions do + subject + verb
Meaning Infinitive
verb+s doesn't + verb does + subject + verb
I am I 'm not am I ?
26 ser / estar be * he / she / it is he / she / it isn't is he / she / it ?
we / you / they are we / you / they aren't are we / you / they ?

27 empezar begin

28 romper break

I / you / we / they buy I / you / we / they don't buy do I / you / we / they buy ?
29 comprar buy
he / she / it buys he / she / it doesn't buy does he / she / it buy ?

30 poder can * I / you /he / she / it / we / they can I / you /he / she / it / we / they can't can I / you /he / she / it / we / they ?

31 hacer do

32 beber drink

33 manejar drive

34 comer eat

35 volar fly

I / you / we / they go I / you / we / they don't go do I / you / we / they go ?

36 ir go
he / she / it goes he / she / it doesn't go does he / she / it go ?

37 tener have

38 hacer make

39 leer read

40 decir (algo) say

41 ver see

42 vender sell

43 cantar sing

44 dormir sleep

45 hablar speak

46 nadar swim

tomar algo /
47 take
llevar

48 decirle (a alguien) tell

49 pensar think

vestir I / you / we / they wear I / you / we / they don't wear do I / you / we / they wear ?
50 wear
(traer puesto) he / she / it wears he / she / it doesn't wear does he / she / it wear ?