This document groups common irregular verbs into four categories based on their forms in the present/past/past participle tenses. Group 1 verbs are all alike in form. Group 2 changes in the past tense only. Group 3 changes in the past and past participle but are alike. Group 4 all have different forms for past and past participle. The document lists examples of irregular verbs for each group and their inflected forms to help logically organize irregular verb conjugations.
This document groups common irregular verbs into four categories based on their forms in the present/past/past participle tenses. Group 1 verbs are all alike in form. Group 2 changes in the past tense only. Group 3 changes in the past and past participle but are alike. Group 4 all have different forms for past and past participle. The document lists examples of irregular verbs for each group and their inflected forms to help logically organize irregular verb conjugations.
This document groups common irregular verbs into four categories based on their forms in the present/past/past participle tenses. Group 1 verbs are all alike in form. Group 2 changes in the past tense only. Group 3 changes in the past and past participle but are alike. Group 4 all have different forms for past and past participle. The document lists examples of irregular verbs for each group and their inflected forms to help logically organize irregular verb conjugations.
ROOT/PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE ROOT/PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE ROOT/PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
GROUP 1 ALL ALIKE HEAR HEARD HEARD DO DID DONE BET BET BET HOLD HELD HELD DRAW* DREW* DRAWN* COST COST COST KEEP KEPT KEPT DRINK* DRANK* DRUNK* CUT CUT CUT LAY LAID LAID DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN FIT FIT FIT LEAD LED LED EAT ATE EATEN HIT HIT HIT LEAVE LEFT LEFT FALL FELL FALLEN HURT HURT HURT LEND LENT LENT FLY* FLEW* FLOWN* LET LET LET LIGHT LIT LIT FORGET* FORGOT* FORGOTTEN* PUT PUT PUT LOSE LOST LOST FORGIVE* FORGAVE* FORGIVEN* QUIT QUIT QUIT MEAN MEANT MEANT FREEZE FROZE FROZEN READ* READ* READ* PAY PAID PAID GET* GOT* GOTTEN* SET SET SET SAY SAID SAID GIVE* GAVE* GIVEN* GROUP 2 PRESENT/P SELL SOLD SOLD GO WENT GONE P ALIKE SEND SENT SENT GROW* GREW* GROWN* BECOME BECAME BECOME SLEEP SLEPT SLEPT HIDE HID HIDDEN COME CAME COME STAND STOOD STOOD KNOW* KNEW* KNOWN* RUN RAN RUN SWEEP SWEPT SWEPT RIDE RODE RIDDEN TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT RING* RANG* RUNG* GROUP 3 PAST/PP ALIKE TELL TOLD TOLD SEE SAW SEEN BEND BENT BENT THINK THOUGHT THOUGHT SHOW SHOWED SHOWN BLEED BLED BLED UNDERSTAND UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTOOD SING* SANG* SUNG* BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT WIN WON WON SPEAK* SPOKE* SPOKEN* BUILD BUILT BUILT GROUP 4 ALL DIFFERENT SWIM* SWAM* SWUM* BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT BE(AM/IS/ARE WAS/WERE BEEN TAKE TOOK TAKEN CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN TEAR* TORE* TORN* FEED FED FED BITE BIT BITTEN THROW* THREW* THROWN* FEEL FELT FELT BLOW* BLEW* BLOWN* WAKE WOKE WOKEN FIGHT FOUGHT FOUGHT BREAK* BROKE* BROKEN* WEAR* WORE* WORN* FIND FOUND FOUND CHOOSE CHOSE CHOSEN WRITE WROTE WRITTEN HAVE HAD HAD *Spelled the same, pronounced differently