LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

Grammar Reference

Preparatore Linguistico:

Dott.ssa Barbara Meloni

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

- A list -

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

In English, some verbs are regular and some are irregular.

Regular verbs end in –ed. For example:

Work- worked Travel- travelled

Live-lived

Stay- stayed ………and so on.

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 form of the verbdid - the second word is the past form of the verbdone - the third is the past participle of the verb

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

Group 1: No changeCost cost cost cut cut cutlet let letput put put

read read* read*

* Their pronunciation is /red/

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

Group 2: One change Past form and past participle are the same

Build built built bring brought broughtbuy bought bought catch caught caughtfeel felt felt find found found

get got got have had hadhear heard heard keep kept keptlend lent lent lose lost lost make made made meet met met

pay paid paid

say said said sell sold soldsend sent sent sit sat sat

sleep slept slept spend spent spent tell told told think thought thought

understand understood understood win won won

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

Group 3: One changeThe Infinitive and the Past participle are

the same, the Past form is different:

Become became become

come came come

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Be was/were been do did donebegin began begun break broke broken choose chose chosen drive drove driven drink drank drunk eat ate eaten fall fell fallen fly flew flown

forget forgot forgotten give gave given

go went gone / been grow grew grownknow knew knownring rang rung

see saw seenspeak spoke spokenswim swam swum

take took takenwake woke woken

write wrote written

Group 4: All different

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS

To be, or not to be, that is the question

LEARNING THE IRREGULAR VERBS