Common irregular verbs

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Common irregular verbs Do you know why you make them?
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• Print page 1. Base form Past simple Past participle
• Put page 1 back in the printer. beat beat beaten
become became become
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bend bent bent
• Cut along the dotted lines. bleed bled bled
• Fold the paper. blow blew blown
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
burn burnt burnt
buy bought bought

Base form Past simple Past participle

catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
do did done
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drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
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feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
fly flew flown
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forgive forgave forgiven
What mistakes do you make? freeze froze frozen
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Base form Past simple Past participle
has the answers. get got got
give gave given
go went gone/been
grow grew grown
have had had
hear heard heard

3 hide
hit
hold
hid
hit
held
hidden
hit
held
hurt hurt hurt
keep kept kept
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 Base form Past simple Past participle
know knew known
learn learnt learnt
leave left left
lend lent lent
light lit lit
lose lost lost
make made made
meet met met
pay paid paid
put put put
read read read

Base form Past simple Past participle

ring rang rung
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
shake shook shaken
shine shone shone
show showed shown
shut shut shut
sing sang sung

Base form Past simple Past participle

sink sank sunk
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
smell smelt smelt
speak spoke spoken
spell spelt spelt
spend spent spent
spill spilt spilt
stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
stick stuck stuck

Base form Past simple Past participle

swim swam swum
take took taken
teach taught taught
tear tore torn
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written

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