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English: Irregular Verbs
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be
was / were — been. The only English verb with two past-tense forms.
go
went — gone. The past tense comes from a different verb entirely (wend).
do
did — done.
have
had — had.
see
saw — seen.
take
took — taken.
come
came — come. The past participle goes back to the base form.
give
gave — given.
know
knew — known.
get
got — got in British English, gotten in American English.
make
made — made.
say
said — said. Spelt with -ai-, pronounced to rhyme with "bed".
think
thought — thought.
write
wrote — written.
speak
spoke — spoken.
eat
ate — eaten.
drink
drank — drunk. Drunken survives only as an adjective.
begin
began — begun. Same pattern as drink, sing, swim, ring.
break
broke — broken.
choose
chose — chosen.
bring
brought — brought. Not "brang", however natural it sounds.
buy
bought — bought.
teach
taught — taught.
catch
caught — caught.
find
found — found.
leave
left — left.
put
put — put. No change at all, in any tense.
read
read — read. Spelt identically throughout; the past is pronounced "red".
lie
lay — lain, when it means to recline. Do not confuse it with lay below.
lay
laid — laid, meaning to put something down. Lay always takes an object: you lay a book down, you lie down yourself.
rise
rose — risen. Takes no object: the sun rises.
raise
raised — raised. Regular, and always takes an object: you raise your hand.