Gareth King - Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

wake

woke

woken

wear

wore

worn

win

won/wn/

won/wn/

write

wrote

written

Irregular verbs

by type

Base-form

Past simple

Past participle

1 No change in form

cast

cast

cast

cost

cost

cost

cut/kt/

cut

cut

fit

fit

fit

hit

hit

hit

hurt

hurt

hurt

let

let

let

put/pυt/

put

put

read/rid/

read/rεd/

read/rεd/

set

set

set

shut/ʃt/

shut

shut

spread/sprεd/

spread/sprεd/

spread/sprεd/

2 Vowel change in past simple

bind

bound

bound

feed

fed

fed

find

found

found

get

got

got

hear

heard

heard

hold

held

held

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

light

lit

lit

meet

met

met

sell

sold

sold

shoot

shot

shot

sit

sat

sat

stand

stood

stood

tell

told

told

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Base-form

Past simple

Past participle

understand

understood

understood

win

won/wn/

won/wn/

3 Past tense in -t

bend

bent

bent

build/bld/

built

built

burn

burnt

burnt

deal/dil/

dealt/dεlt/

dealt/dεlt/

feel

felt

felt

keep

kept

kept

learn

learnt

learnt

leave

left

left

lose/luz/

lost

lost

mean/min/

meant/mεnt/

meant/mεnt/

send

sent

sent

sleep

slept

slept

spend

spent

spent

4 Past simple in -ght

bring

brought/brɔt/

brought

buy

bought/bɔt/

bought

catch

caught/kɔt/

caught

fight

fought/fɔt/

fought

seek

sought/sɔt/

sought

teach

taught/tɔt/

taught

think

thought/θɔt/

thought

5 Vowel u in past simple

hang

hung

hung

stick

stuck

stuck

strike

struck

struck

swing

swung

swung

6 Vowel a in past simple, vowel u in past participle

begin

began

begun

drink

drank

drunk

ring

rang

rung

run

ran

run

sing

sang

sung

sink

sank

sunk

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Base-form

Past simple

Past participle

7 – Past participle ends in -n

arise

arose

arisen

be

was/ were

been

beat

beat

beaten

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

choose

chose

chosen

draw

drew

drawn

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate/εt/ (or /εit/)

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

fly

flew

flown

forget

forgot

forgotten

give

gave

given

grow

grew

grown

hide

hid

hidden

know

knew/nju/

known

lie

lay

lain

ride

rode

ridden

rise

rose

risen