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Irregular verbs

Bare infinitive

Past simple

Past participle

arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke

awoken

be

was, were

been

bear

bore

borne

beat

beat

beaten

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bent

bind

bound

bound

bite

bit

bitten

bleed

bled

bled

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

bring

brought

brought

build

built

built

burn

burnt / burned

burnt / burned

burst

burst

burst

buy

bought

bought

catch

caught

caught

choose

chose

chosen

come

came

come

cost

cost

cost

creep

crept

crept

cut

cut

cut

deal

dealt

dealt

dig

dug

dug

do

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamt / dreamed

dreamt / dreamed

drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fly

flew

flown

forbid

forbad(e)

forbidden

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

got / gotten

give

gave

given

go

went

gone / been

grind

ground

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang

hung / hanged

hung / hanged

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hit

hit

hold

held

held

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

kneel

knelt

knelt

know

knew

known

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

learn

learnt / learned

learnt / learned

leave

left

left

lend

lent

lent

let

let

let

lie

lay

lain

light

lit

lit

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

mean

meant

meant

meet

met

met

pay

paid

paid

put

put

put

quit

quit

quit

read

read

read

ride

rode

ridden

ring

rang

rung

rise

rose

risen

run

ran

run

say

said

said

see

saw

seen

seek

sought

sought

sell

sold

sold

send

sent

sent

set

set

set

sew

sewed

sewn

shake

shook

shaken

shine

shone

shone

shoot

shot

shot

show

showed

shown

shrink

shrank

shrunk

shut

shut

shut

sing

sang

sung

sit

sat

sat

sleep

slept

slept

slide

slid

slid

smell

smelt / smelled

smelt / smelled

speak

spoke

spoken

speed

sped / speeded

sped / speeded

spend

spent

spent

spill

spilt / spilled

spilt / spilled

spin

span / spun

spun

spit

spat

spat

split

split

split

spread

spread

spread

spring

sprang

sprung

stand

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

strike

struck

struck

swear

swore

sworn

sweep

swept

swept

swim

swam

swum

swing

swung

swung

take

took

taken

teach

taught

taught

tear

tore

torn

tell

told

told

think

thought

thought

throw

threw

thrown

understand

understood

understood

wake

woke

woken

wear

wore

worn

weep

wept

wept

win

won

won

wind

wound

wound

write

wrote

written

Verbs:

Examples:

deny

Katie denied the accusation.

say

When Angie said the price, 1 couldn't

believe it!

suggest

I suggest the blue suit for the wedding.

tell (certain phrases)

Why don't you tell that joke about the

merchant banker?

Pattern: verb + that clause

Verbs:

Examples:

claim

Katie claimed (that) she wasn't a shoplifter.

deny

Katie denied (that) she was a shoplifter.

say

Katie said (that) she wasn't a shoplifter.

state

Katie stated (that) she wasn't a shoplifter.

suggest

The police suggested (that) Katie empty her

pockets.

Pattern: verb + -ing

Verbs:

Examples:

deny

Katie denied stealing the chocolate biscuits.

suggest

The police suggested checking the security

video.

Pattern: verb + full infinitive

Verbs:

Examples:

agree

Katie agreed to empty her pockets.

claim

Katie claimed to be innocent.

refuse

The police refused to believe Katie.

Pattern: verb + someone + full infinitive

Verbs:

Examples:

ask

The police asked Katie to empty her

pockets.

beg

Katie begged the policewoman to believe

her.

command

The judge commanded Katie to replace the

biscuits.

order

The judge ordered Katie to replace the

biscuits.

tell

The judge told Katie never to steal again.

Pattern: verb (+ to + someone) +for + -ing

Verb:

Example:

apologise

Katie apologised (to everyone) for

causing so much trouble.

Verbs:

Examples:

ask

The judge asked Katie a question.

tell (certain phrases)

Katie told the judge the truth.

Verb

Meaning

Example

remember

do something you are/were

I'm glad I remembered to do my

+

planning to do

homework.

full infinitive

remember

think of a past event

I remember teachers at my

+

school hitting children when they

-ing

were naughty!

forget +

not do something you

I forgot to turn up for my driving

full infinitive

are/were planning to do

test yesterday. How silly!

forget + -

not be able to remember a

I'll never forget taking my

ing

past event

driving test for the first time. It

was awful!

try + full

make an effort to achieve

I'm really going to try to pass

infinitive

something

these exams.

try + -ing

do something as an

If you don't know what that word

experiment to solve a

means, try looking it up in a

problem

dictionary.

stop + full

interrupt an action to do

I was busy writing an essay, but I

infinitive

something else

had to stop to answer the phone.

stop + -ing

stop an action

Please stop talking!

go on + full

stop one action and start

Jared attended Chichester

infinitive

another

Comprehensive and then went on

to study philosophy at

Cambridge.

go on + -

continue

The kids went on laughing even

ing

after the teacher had told them to

stop.

learn/teac

learn/teach a skill

I'd love to learn to paint well.

h -i- full

infinitive

learn

learn/teach a subject

She teaches painting at a local

/teach

adult education centre.

+ -ing

like + full

be in the habit of; think it

We like to interview candidates

infinitive

right to do

in person before offering them a

place on the course.

like + -ing

enjoy

Do you like learning foreign

languages?

mean + full

intend

I didn't mean to cheat. I just

infinitive

happened to see Helen's book.

mean + -

involve

Being at university often means

ing

learning to live on your own.

regret +

be sorry about giving

We regret to inform you that

full infinitive

someone bad news

your application has been rejected.