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CENTRO ESCOLAR EL ROBLE

English Department
Irregular Verbs

Irregular past and past participle forms of verbs are usually difficult to learn and remember.
To help you remember them easier, the verbs below have been classified in groups. Only
common verbs have been included in the list.

GROUP NO. 1

The verbs in group No. 1 don't take changes in the SIMPLE FORM, PAST, and the PAST PARTICIPLE,
so that all forms are the same. Only the verb READ is a little different, because even though its forms
don't change, its pronunciation changes. The PAST and PAST PARTICIPLE are pronounced like the

SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART. SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART.

BET BET BET PUT PUT PUT

BROADCAST BROADCAST BROADCAST QUIT QUIT QUIT
COST COST COST READ READ READ
CUT CUT CUT SET SET SET
FIT FIT FIT SHUT SHUT SHUT
HIT HIT HIT SPLIT SPLIT SPLIT
HURT HURT HURT SPREAD SPREAD SPREAD
LET LET LET WET WET WET

GROUP NO. 2

The verbs in group No. 2 take a vowel change from the SIMPLE FORM to the PAST to the PAST
PARTICIPLE, and in all cases the change is from an "i" to an "a" to a "u" for each one of the forms.

SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART. SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART.

BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN SING SANG SUNG

DRINK DRANK DRUNK SINK SANK SUNK
RING RANG RUNG SPRING SPRANG SPRUNG
SHRINK SHRANK SHRUNK SWIM SWAM SWUM
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Irregular Verbs

GROUP NO. 3

The PAST and the PAST PARTICPLE forms of the verbs in group No. 3 do not change.

SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART. SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART.

BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT FEED FED FED

BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT FIND FOUND FOUND
CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT HAVE HAD HAD
FIGHT FOUGHT FOUGHT HEAR HEARD HEARD
SEEK SOUGHT SOUGHT HOLD HELD HELD
TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT LEAD LED LED
THINK THOUGHT THOUGHT MAKE MADE MADE
BEND BENT BENT PAY PAID PAID
BUILD BUILT BUILT SAY SAID SAID
KEEP KEPT KEPT SELL SOLD SOLD
LEAVE LEFT LEFT STAND STOOD STOOD
LEND LENT LENT TELL TOLD TOLD
LIGHT LIT LIT UNDERSTAND UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTOOD
LOSE LOST LOST DIG DUG DUG
MEAN MEANT MEANT HANG HUNG HUNG
MEET MET MET SHINE SHONE SHONE
SEND SENT SENT SIT SAT SAT
SHOOT SHOT SHOT WIN WON WON
SLEEP SLEPT SLEPT
SPEND SPENT SPENT
SWEEP SWEPT SWEPT
WEEP WEPT WEPT
FEEL FELT FELT
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Irregular Verbs

GROUP NO. 4

The verbs in group No. 4 add an -N, -EN or -NE to their SIMPLE FORM or in some cases to their PAST FORM to
construct the PAST PARTICIPLE.

SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART. SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART.

BE WAS / WERE BEEN SEE SAW SEEN

BEAT BEAT BEATEN SHAKE SHOOK SHAKEN
BITE BIT BITTEN SHOW SHOWED SHOWN
BLOW BLEW BLOWN TAKE TOOK TAKEN
DO DID DONE THROW THREW THROWN
DRAW DREW DRAWN WRITE WROTE WRITTEN
DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN BREAK BROKE BROKEN
EAT ATE EATEN CHOOSE CHOSE CHOSEN
FALL FELL FALLEN FORGET FORGOT FORGOTTEN
FORGIVE FORGAVE FORGIVEN FREEZE FROZE FROZEN
GIVE GAVE GIVEN GET GOT GOTTEN
GO WENT GONE SPEAK SPOKE SPOKEN
GROW GREW GROWN STEAL STOLE STOLEN
HIDE HID HIDDEN TEAR TORE TORN
KNOW KNEW KNOWN WEAR WORE WORN
RIDE RODE RIDDEN WEAVE WOVE WOVEN
RISE ROSE RISEN FLY FLEW FLOWN

GROUP NO. 5

The SIMPLE FORM and the PAST PARTICIPLE of the verbs in group No. 5 look alike. The PAST FORM is
different.

SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PART.

BECOME BECAME BECOME

COME CAME COME
RUN RAN RUN