LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS This list is to help you learn the most common irregular verbs in English., e.g. do, did, done do the first word is the infinitive or the bare form of the verb did the second word is the past form of the verb done - the third is the past participle of the verb (used in perfect tenses & the passive) No change! A-A-A
cost
cost
cost
cut let put read
cut let put read*
cut let put read*
One change Past form and past participle are the same A - B - B build built built bring feel felt felt buy get got got catch hear heard heard think keep kept kept lend lent lent lose lost lost find meet met met have send sent sent make sit sat sat pay sleep slept slept say spend spent spent sell tell win won won understand One change - A - B - A become became become come
came
come
All different A - B - C
began broke chose drove drank ate fell flew forgot
begun broken chosen driven drunk eaten fallen flown forgotten
brought bought caught thought
brought bought caught thought
found had made paid said sold told understood
found had made paid said sold told understood
Regular verbs end in -ed. For example, work worked worked travel travelled travelled
be do go
was/were did went
been done gone / been
give grow know ring see speak swim take wake write
gave grew knew rang saw spoke swam took woke wrote
given grown known rung seen spoken swum taken woken written
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begin break choose drive drink eat fall fly forget
*pronounced /red/