INFINITIVE PAST PAST TRANSLATION

(PRESENT) PARTICIPLE

8TH Group: -STAND / -STOOD / -STOOD

STAND STOOD STOOD

UNDERSTAND UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTOOD
INFINITIVE PAST PAST TRANSLATION
(PRESENT) PARTICIPLE
9th Group: -EE- / -E- / -E- /
1 Group: IMPORTANT VERBS
st

BLEED BLED BLED

BE WAS / WERE BEEN FEED FED FED
DO DID DONE FEEL FELT FELT
HAVE HAD HAD KEEP KEPT KEPT
COME [cam] CAME [cheim] COME [cam] MEET MET MET
GET GOT GOT SLEEP SLEPT SLEPT
GO WENT GONE SWEEP SWEPT SWEPT
MAKE [meic] MADE [meid] MADE
SAY [sei] SAID SAID 10th Group : -D / -T / -T
TELL TOLD TOLD
BUILD BUILT BUILT
2nd Group: PERCEPTION VERBS LEND LENT LENT
SEND SENT SENT
HEAR HEARD HEARD SPEND SPENT SPENT
SEE SAW SEEN
SMELL SMELT SMELT 11th Group : -T / -T

3rd Group: NO CHANGE BURN BURNT BURNT

DREAM DREAMT DREAMT
COST COST COST LEARN LEARNT LEARNT
CUT CUT CUT LEAVE LEFT LEFT
HIT HIT HIT LIGHT LIT LIT
HURT HURT HURT LOSE LOST LOST
LET LET LET MEAN MEANT MEANT
PUT PUT PUT SHOOT SHOT SHOT
READ* READ* READ* SIT SAT SAT
SHUT SHUT SHUT SPELL SPELT SPELT

4TH Group: I – E / O – E / I – EN and others 12th Group : MISCELLANEOUS

BITE BIT* BITTEN BECOME BECAME BECOME
BREAK * BROKE BROKEN FIND FOUND FOUND
CHOOSE * CHOSE CHOSEN HANG HUNG HUNG
DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN HOLD HELD HELD
EAT * ATE* EATEN LAY LAID LAID
FALL * FELL* FALLEN LIE LAY LAIN
GIVE GAVE* GIVEN PAY PAID PAID
FORGET * FORGOT* FORGOTTEN
RUN RAN RUN
FORGIVE FORGAVE* FORGIVEN SELL SOLD SOLD
FREEZE * FROZE FROZEN SHINE SHONE SH
HIDE HID* HIDDEN ONE
RIDE RODE RIDDEN SHOW SHOWED SHOWN
RISE ROSE RISEN WEAR WORE WORN
SHAKE* SHOOK* SHAKEN WIN WON WON
SPEAK * SPOKE SPOKEN
PRESENT SIMPLE
STEAL * STOLE STOLEN
TAKE * TOOK* TAKEN
WAKE(UP) * WOKE WOKEN Examples: They play tennis
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN They don’t play tennis.
Do they play tennis? Yes, they do / No, they don’t.
5th Group : I / U*-A / U
 Affirmative: 3RD person singular adds –S/-ES.
BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN He plays tennis
DRINK DRANK DRUNK  Negative: Don’t add –s/-es.
RING RANG RUNG
SING SANG SUNG
He doesn’t play tennis.
SWING SWUNG* SWUNG  Interrogative: Don’t add –s/-es.
SWIM SWAM SWUM Does he play tennis? Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t

6th Group: AW-OW / EW / OWN

PAST SIMPLE
BLOW BLEW BLOWN
DRAW DREW DRAWN
FLY* FLEW FLOWN
 Regular verbs in the past simple and past participle end in –ed.
GROW GREW GROWN
Example: He played tennis yesterday.
KNOW KNEW KNOWN  Both Irregular verbs and regular verbs form negatives and questions in
THROW THREW THROWN the same way: did / didn’t + infinitivo.
 Examples: He didn’t go to Benidorm last Sunday.
7th Group: -AUGHT / -OUGHT Did he go to Benidorm last Sunday?
He didn’t play tennis yesterday.
BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT Did he play tennis yesterday?
BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT
CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT
PAST SIMPLE OF TO BE
FIGHT FOUGHT FOUGHT
TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT
I WAS / I WASN’T / WAS I ? WE WERE / WE WEREN’T / WERE WE?
THINK THOUGHT THOUGHT YOU WERE / YOU WEREN’T / WERE YOU? YOU WERE / YOU WEREN’T / WERE YOU?
HE/SHE/IT WAS /WASN’T / WAS HE/SHE/IT ? THEY WERE / THEY WEREN’T / WERE THEY?

© Yolanda Giménez Ballesteros / 2010