APPENDIX 2
Common irregular verbs (1) A-Z list
INFINITIVE
be
beat
become
begin
break
bring
build
burn,
buy
catch
choose
come
cost
cut
dig
dive
do
draw
dream
drink
drive
cat
fall
feel
fight
find
fly
forget
forgive
freeze
get
give
g0
grow
have
hear
hide
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PAST TENSE
was/were
beat
became
began
broke
brought
built
burnt/burned
bought
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
dug
dived
did
drew
dreamt/
dreamed
drank
drove
ate
fell
felt
fought
found
flew
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
grew
had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt
PAST PARTICIPLE
been
beaten
become
begun
broken
brought
built
burnt/burned
bought
caught
chosen
come
cost
cut
dug
dived
done
drawn,
dreamt/
dreamed
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen
felt
fought
found
flown
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
got
given
gone
grown,
had
heard
hidden
hit
held
hurt
INFINITIVE
keep
know
learn
leave
lend
let
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
put
read
tide
ring
tise
run
say
see
sell
send
shine
show
sing
sit
sleep
speak
spell
spend
stand
steal
swim
take
teach
tell
think
throw
understand
wear
win
write
PAST TENSE
kept
knew
learnt/learned
left
lent
let
lose
made
meant
met
paid
put
read
rode
rang
rose
ran
said
saw
sold
sent
shone
showed
sang
sat
slept
spoke
spelt/spelled
spent
stood
stole
swam
took
taught
told
thought
threw
understood
wore
won
wrote
PAST PARTICIPLE
kept
known
learnt/learned
left
lent
let
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
read
ridden
rung
risen
run
said
seen
sold
sent
shone
shown
sung
sat
slept
spoken
spelt/spelled
spent
stood
stolen
swum
taken
taught
told
thought
thrown,
understood
worn
won
writtenAPPENDIX 2. GRAMMAR CHECK
Common irregular verbs (2) list of forms
1 Past tense form = past participle
INFINITIVE PAST TENSE
buy bought
say said
send sent
sleep slept
tell told
win won
2 Infinitive + (en
INFINITIVE PAST TENSE
beat beat
draw drew
eat ate
know knew
see saw
take took
3 Past tense form + (e)n
INFINITIVE PAST TENSE
break broke
choose chose
forget forgot
hide hid
speak spoke
4 Nochange
INFINITIVE PAST TENSE
cost cost
hit hit
hurt hurt
put put
read read
PAST PARTICIPLE
bought
said
sent
slept
told
won
PAST PARTICIPLE
beaten,
drawn
eaten
known
seen
taken
PAST PARTICIPLE
broken
chosen
forgotten
hidden
spoken
PAST PARTICIPLE
cost
hit
hurt
put
read*
* For read, the spelling doesn’t change, but the pronunciation does: /ri:d/ /red/ /red/
5 Vowel change
INFINITIVE PAST TENSE
begin began *
drink drank
ting rang
swim swam,
6 Two participle forms
INFINITIVE PAST TENSE
burn burnt/burned
dream dreamt/dreamed
learn learnt/learned
spell spelt/spelied
PAST PARTICIPLE
begun
drunk
rung
swum
PAST PARTICIPLE
burnt/burned
dreamt/dreamed
learnt/learned
spelt/spelled
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