Irregular Verbs

A	arise	arose	arisen	from the tomb
	awake	awoke	awakened	are you awake?
B	bear	bore	born
	bear	bore	borne
	beat	beat	beaten
	become	became	become	a werewolf
	begin	began	begun
	bend	bent	bent	bend the rules
	bet	bet	bet	your eye-teeth
	bind	bound	bound	hand and foot
	bite	bit	bitten	bite your nails
	bleed	bled	bled
	blow	blew	blown	in the wind
	bring	brought	brought
	break	broke	broken	break a bottle
	build	built	built	a castle in the sky
	burst	burst	burst	a balloon
C	cast	cast	cast	a ball, a stone
	catch	caught	caught	a ball, a fish, a cold
	choose	chose	chosen	choose a colour
	cling	clung	clung
	come	came	come
	cost	cost	cost	a lot, not a lot
	creep	crept	crept	under a bed
	cut	cut	cut	finger, paper, string
D	dare	dared	dared
	deal	dealt	dealt	cards, weapons
	dig	dug	dug	a big hole
	do	did	done	what did you do ?
	draw	drew	drawn	pictures, swords
	drink	drank	drunk	beer, cola

	drive	drove	driven	cars, women mad
E	eat	ate	eaten	your fill
F	fall	fell	fallen
	feed	fed	fed	the birds, the dog
	feel	felt	felt	hungry, thirsty
	fight	fought	fought
	find	found	found	a lucky penny
	fling	flung	flung
	fly	flew	flown	free as a bird
	forget	forgot	forgotten	the answer
	forgive	forgave	forgiven
	freeze	froze	frozen	like an ice cube
G	get	got	gotten – got
	give	gave	given	give it to me, please
	go	went	gone
	grind	ground	ground	coffee beans
	grow	grew	grown
H	hang	hung	hung	hang up a coat
	have	had	had	have u had enough?
	hear	heard	heard
	hide	hid	hidden	under the bed
	hit	hit	hit	hit the target
	hold	held	held	it with both hands
	hurt	hurt	hurt	for food, a job
K	keep	kept	kept	keep for later
	know	knew	known	a fact, a language
L	lay	laid	laid	an egg
	lead	led	led	by the nose
	leave	left	left	it where it is
	lend	lent	lent	money
	let	let	let	it go, it be
	lie	lay	lain	in bed, on the floor

	light	lit	lit	a candle, a match
	lose	lost	lost	a key, a bet, money
M	make	made	made	a cobweb, lunch
	mean	meant	meant	I mean you’re mean
	meet	met	met	meet for a meeting
O	owe	owed	owed
P	pay	paid	paid	pay in cash $$$
Q	quit	quit	quit	while you are ahead
R	read	read	read	a book, a magazine
	ride	rode	ridden	a horse, a bike
	ring	rang	rung	the door bell
	rise	rose	risen	sunrise, at dawn
	run	ran	run	run for the hills
S	see	saw	seen	can you see me ?
	seek	sought	sought	seek and find
	shake	shook	shaken	milkshake
	sell	sold	sold
	send	sent	sent	a letter, a message
	set	set	set	sunset
	shine	shone	shone	shine like a star
	shoot	shot	shot	with a gun
	show	showed	shown	a worm to a boy
	shrink	shrank	shrunk	to fit
	shut	shut	shut	a door, a mouth
	sing	sang	sung	like a bird, a singer
	sink	sank	sunk	like a rock, titanic
	sit	sat	sat	fat cat sat on a mat
	sleep	slept	slept	in a bed
	slide	slid	slid	down a slide
	slit	slit	slit
	speak	spoke	spoken	speak to me

	speed	sped	sped	speed of light
	spend	spent	spent	until you drop
	spin	spun	spun
	split	split	split
	spread	spread	spread	spread the butter
	spring	sprang	sprung
	stand	stood	stood	on two feet
	steal	stole	stolen
	stick	stuck	stuck	stick to a stick
	sting	stung	stung	like a bee or a wasp
	strike	struck	struck	a match
	string	strung	strung
	swear	swore	sworn	like a sailor
	sweep	swept	swept	under the carpet
	swim	swam	swum	like a fish or brick
	swing	swung	swung	a cat – room test
T	take	took	taken
	teach	taught	taught	in a school
	tear	tore	torn	up a contract, paper
	tell	told	told	your tale
	think	thought	thought	…before you speak
	throw	threw	thrown
W	wake/n	woke/n	woke/n	up from nightmare
	wear	wore	worn
	weave	wove	woven	through traffic
	wed	wed	wed	tie the knot
	weep	wept	wept	cry like a woman
	wet	wet	wet
	win	won	won	a bet, a fight
	wind	wound	wound	up a watch
	wring	wrung	wrung	a wet towel, a neck
	write	wrote	written	a letter, a book

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