Main Forms Of Common Irregular Verbs

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MAIN FORMS OF COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS lrregular verbs change when used in the past and perfect tenses. These changes may affect the vowel (come-came), the pronunciation (read-read) or the whole word (eat-ale) The follovring is a list of common irregular verbs larranged in alphabetical order) that can be used as a study aid. sure you keep tt for future reference.

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PRESENT

PAST

PAST PARTICIPLE

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arose

arisen

awake

awoke

awoken

amiarelis

was / were

been

bear

bore

borne / born*

beat

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beaten / beat"**

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bent

bet

bet

bet

bind

bound

bound

bite

bit

bitten

bleed

bled

bled

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

bring

brought

brought

build

built

built

burn

bLrrned

burst

burst

burst

buy

boug ht

bought

catch

caught

caught

choose

chose

chosen

come

carne

come

COSt

CoSt

cosi

cut

CUt

cui

deal

dealt

dealt

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gant.l

dig

dug

dug

do

d¡d

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamed / dreamt

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drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

fought

fought

find

found

found

flv

flew

flown

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

gotten / got"*'

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

grind

ground

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang

hung

hung

have / has

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

h¡t

hir

hold

held

held

urt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

Lant

know

knew

known

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

learn

learned

leave

left

left

lend

lent

lent

lei

Iet

let

lie

lay / lied

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tit

I¡t

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

fig

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mean

meant

meant

meet

met

met

pay

paid

paid

put

put

put

quit

quit

quit

read

read

read

r¡de

rode

ridden

ring

rang

ru

rise

rose

risen

ran

run

say

said

said

see

SAW

seen

seek

sought

sought

shake

shook

shaken

sell

sold

sold

send

sent

sent

set

set

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sh¡ne

shone / shined

shone / shined*

shoot

shot

shot

ShoW

showed

shown

sh rin k

sh ran k

shrunk

sh ut

shut

shut

si ng

sang

sung

sin k

sank

su

S¡t

sat

sat

sleep

slept

slept

slide

slid

slid

speak

spoke

spoken

speed

sped

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spend

spent

5ptrr

split

split

split

spread

spread

spread

stand

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stu ng

stink

stank

stunk

strike

struck

struck

string

stru ng

strung

swear

SWOTE

SWOTN

run

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sweep

swept

swept

SW¡M

SWAM

swum

take

topk

teach

taught

taught

tear

tore

torn

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

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Clarificat¡ons

*Change ¡n meaning

Some past forms may vary, and their use depends on what we mean.

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Dialecial

diffe rences

There afe past forms that are more commonly used In this iist. the first form wlll show the widely prefered one

Burned nstea: o'burnt

Some past forms may be used ¡¡ some countries

Gotten in American English vs Got ,n Brll sh English

as the rule

Dreamed nsiead

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dreamt

(meaning: obtalned)

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