Irregular verbs grouped
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The document outlines the forms of various irregular verbs in English, detailing their simple past and past participle forms. It categorizes these verbs based on vowel changes and reductions, providing examples for each group. The content serves as a study guide for understanding and practicing irregular verb conjugations.
Irregular verbs grouped
- 1. IRREGULAR VERB GROUPS Study the examples below, then write the past and past participle forms of the verbs in each group. A. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to a PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel changes to u PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN Drink Ring Run Sing Sink Stick Swim D. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to o PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel is o, ends in en PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BREAK BROKE BROKEN Choose Forget Freeze Speak Steal Wake up B SIMPLE PAST: vowel reduction PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel reduction PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE FEED FED FED Bleed Lead Light Meet Shoot Sweep E. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to ew PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in own PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BLOW BLEW BLOWN Fly Grow Know Throw C SIMPLE PAST: no change PAST PARTICIPLE: no change PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE CUT CUT CUT Bet Cost Hit Hurt Let Put Read Set Shut Spread F SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in n / en PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE FALL FELL FALLEN Bite Draw Eat Forgive Give Hide See Shake Take Tear Wear
- 2. G. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to a PAST PARTICIPLE: no change PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BECOME BECAME BECOME come J. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to o PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel is i, ends in en PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN Ride Rise Write H SIMPLE PAST: ends in –t PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in –t PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BUILD BUILT BUILT Bend Burn Dream Feel Keep Learn Lend Lose Mean Send Sleep Smell Spell Spend I THE SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE HAVE HAD HAD Dig Find Get Hang Hold Leave Make Sell Shine Sit Stand Tell Understand Win K SIMPLE PAST: ends in -d PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in -d PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE HEAR HEARD HEARD Pay Say Lay L SIMPLE PAST: ends in –ought / -aught PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in –ought /-aught PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT Buy Fight Think CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT Teach M OTHER PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE Be Beat Do Go Lie Show
- 3. IRREGULAR VERB GROUPS A. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to a PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel changes to u PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN Drink Drank Drunk Ring Rang Rung Run Ran Run Sing Sang Sung Sink Sank Sunk Stick Stack Stuck Swim Swam Swum D. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to o PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel is o, ends in en PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BREAK BROKE BROKEN Choose Chose Chosen Forget Forgot Forgotten Freeze Froze Frozen Speak Spoke Spoken Steal Stole Stolen Wake up Woke up Woken up B SIMPLE PAST: vowel reduction PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel reduction PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE FEED FED FED Bleed Bled Bled Lead Led Led Light Lit Lit Meet Met Met Shoot Shot Shot Sweep Swept Swept E. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to ew PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in own PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BLOW BLEW BLOWN Fly Flew Flown Grow Grew Grown Know Knew Known Throw Threw Thrown C SIMPLE PAST: no change PAST PARTICIPLE: no change PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE CUT CUT CUT Bet Bet Bet Cost Cost Cost Hit Hit Hit Hurt Hurt Hurt Let Let Let Put Put Put Read Read Read Set Set Set Shut Shut Shut Spread Spread Spread F SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in n / en PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE FALL FELL FALLEN Bite Bit Bitten Draw Drew Drawn Eat Ate Eaten Forgive Forgave Forgiven Give Gave Given Hide Hid Hidden See Saw Seen Shake Shook Shaken Take Took Taken Tear Tore Torn Wear Wore Worn
- 4. G. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to a PAST PARTICIPLE: no change PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BECOME BECAME BECOME come Came Come J. SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to o PAST PARTICIPLE: vowel is i, ends in en PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN Ride Rode Ridden Rise Rose Risen Write Wrote Written H SIMPLE PAST: ends in –t PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in –t PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BUILD BUILT BUILT Bend Bent Bent Burn Burnt Burnt Dream Dreamt Dreamt Feel Felt Felt Keep Kept Kept Learn Learnt Learnt Lend Lent Lent Lose Lost Lost Mean Meant Meant Send Sent Sent Sleep Slept Slept Smell Smelt Smelt Spell Spelt Spelt Spend Spent Spent I THE SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE HAVE HAD HAD Dig Dug Dug Find Found Found Get Got Got Hang Hung Hung Hold Held Held Leave Left Left Make Made Made Sell Sold Sold Shine Shone Shone Sit Sat Sat Stand Stood Stood Tell Told Told Understand Understood Understood Win Won Won K SIMPLE PAST: ends in -d PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in -d PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE HEAR HEARD HEARD Pay Paid Paid Say Said Said Lay Laid Laid L SIMPLE PAST: ends in –ought / -aught PAST PARTICIPLE: ends in –ought /-aught PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT Buy Bought Bought Fight Fought Fought Think Thought Thought CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT Teach Taught Taught M OTHER PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE Be Was/were Been Beat Beat Beaten Do Did Done Go Went Gone Lie Lay Lain Show Showed Shown