Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Level 2
What now?
• Many verbs in English do not use –ed to form the past tense.
• These verbs are called irregular verbs.
• To learn the irregular forms, we need to practice the forms and use them.
Irregular Verb ListPresent
Past
be was, were
become became
begin began
blow blew
break broke
bring brought
build built
buy bought
Present – Past - Past Participle
catch caught
choose chose
come came
cut cut
do did
drink drank
drive drove
eat ate
Present – Past - Past Participle
fall fell
feed fed
feel felt
fight fought
find found
fly flew
forget forgot
freeze froze
Present – Past - Past Participle
get got
give gave
go went
grow grew
have had
hear heard
hide hid
hold held
hurt hurt
keep kept
know knew
Present – Past - Past Participle
lose lost
make made
meet met
pay paid
quit quit
Present – Past - Past Participle
read read
ride rode
ring rang
run ran
say said
see saw
sell sold
send sent
Present – Past - Past Participle
sing sang
sit sat
sleep slept
speak spoke
spend spent
spring sprang
stand stood
steal stole
swim swam
Present – Past - Past Participle
take took
teach taught
tear tore
tell told
think thought
throw threw
understand understood
wear wore
win won
write wrote
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslirrverb.html
Irregular Verb Dictionary
• http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html
• http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/irregular_past_verbs_matching_1.shtml
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/pasttense.htm
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