Verb Tense 2016

Verb Past Simple Past Participle

arise arose arisenbabysit babysat babysat

be was / were beenbeat beat beatenbecome became becomebend bent bentbegin began begunbet bet betbind bound boundbite bit bittenbleed bled bledblow blew blownbreak broke brokenbreed bred bredbring brought brought

broadcast broadcast broadcastbuild built builtbuy bought boughtcatch caught caughtchoose chose chosencome came comecost cost costcut cut cutdeal dealt dealtdig dug dugdo did donedraw drew drawndrink drank drunkdrive drove driveneat ate eatenfall fell fallenfeed fed fedfeel felt feltfight fought foughtfind found foundfly flew flown

forbid forbade forbidden

forget forgot forgottenforgive forgave forgivenfreeze froze frozenget got gotten

give gave givengo went gonegrow grew grownhang* hung hunghave had hadhear heard heardhide hid hiddenhit hit hithold held heldhurt hurt hurtkeep kept keptknow knew knownlay laid laidlead led ledleave left leftlend lent lentlet let letlie ** lay lainlight lit litlose lost lostmake made mademean meant meantmeet met metpay paid paidput put putquit quit quitread *** read readride rode riddenring rang rungrise rose risenrun ran runsay said saidsee saw seensell sold soldsend sent sentset set setshake shook shakenshine shone shoneshoot shot shotshow showed shownshut shut shutsing sang sungsink sank sunksit sat satsleep slept sleptslide slid slidspeak spoke spokenspend spent spent

spin spun spunspread spread spreadstand stood stoodsteal stole stolenstick stuck stucksting stung stungstrike struck struckswear swore swornsweep swept sweptswim swam swumswing swung swungtake took takenteach taught taughttear tore torntell told toldthink thought thoughtthrow threw thrown

understand understood understoodwake woke wokenwear wore wornwin won won

withdraw withdrew withdrawnwrite wrote written

BUT when Hang means "to kill someone by putting a rope around someone's neck and leaving them in a high position without any support", we use different verbs: Hang-Hanged-hanged. This verb is typical of public executions in the past. (e.g. They hanged him in the main square.)

BUT it is regular Lie-Lied-Lied when it has the other meaning of "not to say the truth".

Part Two

The following verbs can be regular or irregular:


burn burned OR burnt burned OR burnt

* HANG - Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs Hang-Hung-Hung.

** LIE - Lie has two meanings. When it means "to put your body in a horizontal position" (normally on a bed) it uses the Lie-Lay-Lain verbs.

*** READ - Even though they are written the same, the pronunciation is different in the Past Tense and Past Participle form.

dream dreamed OR dreamt dreamed OR dreamt

learn learned OR learnt learned OR learnt

smell smelled OR smelt smelled OR smelt

The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British English.

Part Three

Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form:


bet bet bet

broadcast broadcast broadcastcut cut cuthit hit hithurt hurt hurtlet let letput put putquit quit quitread read readset set setshut shut shutspread spread spread

All of the verbs above are written and pronounced the same in the three forms EXCEPT for Read which is written the same but pronounced differently.


- Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs Hang-Hung-Hung.

- Lie has two meanings. When it means "to put your body in a horizontal position" (normally on a bed) it uses the Lie-Lay-Lain verbs.

- Even though they are written the same, the pronunciation is different in the Past Tense and Past Participle form.

Read which is written the same but pronounced differently.

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Index in BM Simple present Simple Past

1 arise

2 babysit

3 be

4 beat

5 become

6 bend

7 begin

8 bet

9 bind

10 bite

11 bleed

12 blow

13 break

14 breed

15 bring

16 broadcast

17 build

18 buy

19 catch

20 choose

21 come

22 cost

23 cut

24 deal

25 dig

26 do

27 draw

28 drink

29 drive

30 eat

31 fall

32 feed

33 feel

34 fight

Past Participle / perfect

35 find



36 fly

37 forbid

38 forget

39 forgive

40 freeze

41 get

42 give

43 go

44 grow

45 hang*

46 have

47 hear

48 hide

49 hit

50 hold

51 hurt

52 keep

53 know

54 lay

55 lead

56 leave

57 lend

58 let

59 lie **

60 light

61 lose

62 make

63 mean

64 meet

65 pay

66 put

67 quit

68 read ***


69 ride

70 ring



71 rise

72 run

73 say

74 see

75 sell

76 send

77 set

78 shake

79 shine

80 shoot

81 show

82 shut

83 sing

84 sink

85 sit

86 sleep

87 slide

88 speak

89 spend

90 spin

91 spread

92 stand

93 steal

94 stick

95 sting

96 strike

97 swear

98 sweep

99 swim

100 swing

101 take

102 teach


103 tear

104 tell


105 think

106 throw

107 understand

108 wake

109 wear

110 win

111 withdraw

112 write

Part Two

The following verbs can be regular or irregular:


1 burn

2 dream

3 learn

4 smell

The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British English.

Part Three

Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form:


1 bet

2 broadcast

3 cut

4 hit

5 hurt

6 let

7 put

8 quit

9 read

10 set




11 shut

12 spread

Verb Tense 2016

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