COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

Present I, you, we, they arise awake beam, are (2.3a, 3.6a, 7.5b, 9.2a, 9.2d, 11.2a, 12.2c, 13.2b, 14.2a) beat become (7.3a) begin (2.3j) bend bite (7.3d) blow (14.6d) break (16.2b) bring (16.6a) build (7.3e) burst buy (16.6g) catch choose (2.3e) cling come (2.3h) cost (3.6c) cut deal dig dive do (2.3b) draw (12.5a) drink (13.6a) drive (8.5e) he, she, it arises awakes is beats becomes begins bends bites blows breaks brings builds bursts buys catches chooses clings comes costs cuts deals digs dives does draws drinks drives

Past I, he, she, it, you, we, they arose awoke was, were beat became began bent bit blew broke brought built burst bought caught chose clung came cost cut dealt dug dove did drew drank drove

he, she, it is, was, will (be) he, she, it has (been) arisen awakened will be (have, has) been beaten become begun bent bitten blown broken brought built burst bought caught chosen clung come cost cut dealt dug dived done drawn drunk driven

Spoken English Learned Quickly

Common Irregular Verbs

A17

2004 Spoken Language International: written permission is required for any reproduction.

Present I, you, we, they eat (14.6e) fall (11.6a) feel (16.6e) fight (12.5b) find (16.6c) fly (13.6d) forget (5.1g) forgive (6.2d) freeze get (7.3b) give (2.3d) go (8.5b) grind (14.6b) grow (9.6d) hang (suspend) (16.2a) have (12.5d) hear (16.6f) hide (3.6f) hold (6.6a) hurt keep (9.6b) kneel (14.6c) know (3.6b, 5.12a) lay (put) (11.6c) lead leave (2.3i, 5.1d) lend let (allow) (6.6b) lie (recline) light lose (8.5g) make (16.6b) mean meet (3.6e, 5.1h, 11.6b) prove (2.2d) he, she, it eats falls feels fights finds flies forgets forgives freezes gets gives goes grinds grows hangs has hears hides holds hurts keeps kneels knows lays leads leaves lends lets lies lights loses makes means meets proves

Past I, he, she, it, you, we, they ate fell felt fought found flew forgot forgave froze got gave went ground grew hung had heard hid held hurt kept knelt knew laid led left lent let lay lit lost made meant met proved

he, she, it is, was, will (be) he, she, it has (been) eaten fallen felt fought found flown forgotten forgiven frozen gotten given gone ground grown hung had heard hidden held hurt kept knelt known laid led left lent let lain lit lost made meant met proved or proven

A18

Common Irregular Verbs

Spoken English Learned Quickly

2004 Spoken Language International: written permission is required for any reproduction.

Present I, you, we, they put (7.5e, 9.6a) read (11.6d) ride (16.6d) ring rise (get up) (9.6c) run (8.5c) say (3.6d, 5.12c) see (2.3f, 6.6c) sell send (8.5d) set (place) shake shoot (14.6f) shrink shut sing (8.5f) sink sit slay sleep (12.5c) speak (2.3g, 5.1i) spend (6.6d) spin spring stand (3.6c, 5.12b) steal (13.6b) sting strike swear swim swing take (11.2c) teach (2.3c, 5.1e) tell (2.3l) think (8.5a) he, she, it puts reads rides rings rises runs says sees sells sends sets shakes shoots shrinks shuts sings sinks sits slays sleeps speaks spends spins springs stands steals stings strikes swears swims swings takes teaches tells thinks

Past I, he, she, it, you, we, they put read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent set shook shot shrank shut sang sank sat slew slept spoke spent spun sprang stood stole stung struck swore swam swung took taught told thought

he, she, it is, was, will (be) he, she, it has (been) put read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent set shaken shot shrunk shut sung sunk sat slain slept spoken spent spun sprung stood stolen stung stricken sworn swum swung taken taught told thought

Spoken English Learned Quickly

Common Irregular Verbs

A19

2004 Spoken Language International: written permission is required for any reproduction.

Present I, you, we, they throw (7.3c) understand wake wear (14.6a) wring write (2.3k) he, she, it throws understands wakes wears wrings writes

Past I, he, she, it, you, we, they threw understood woke wore wrung wrote

he, she, it is, was, will (be) he, she, it has (been) thrown understood waked worn wrung written

A20

Common Irregular Verbs

Spoken English Learned Quickly

2004 Spoken Language International: written permission is required for any reproduction.