Irregular verbs

American English vs. British English

by Alex Alexander

The four Ghosts in Christmas Carol

by Abdullahi Hussein

Present Perfect:

by ghofran igbareya

Superlatives

by Angela Yulied Evia Trujillo

Irregular verbs are verbs which do not follow normal rules for conjugation.

bleed

bled

blow (soffiare)

blown

blew

bind (legare)

bound

rise (alzarsi, sorgere)

risen

rose

begin

begun

began

beat

beaten

ride (cavalcare)

ridden

rode

bear (generare

born

arise (sorgere)

arisen

arose

rid (sbarazzare)

rid

rid7ridded

be

been

was/were

break

broken

broke

read

run

ran

pay

paid

overcome (superare)

overcome

overcame

mow (falciare)

mown/mowed

mowed

misunderstand(fraintendere)

mistunerstood

mistnderstood

mistake

mistaken

mistook

put (mettre)

put

prove (dimostrare)

proved/proven

proved

shed (spargere)

shed

shut (chiudere)

shut

shoot

shot

show

shown/showed

showed

shine (brillare)

shone

throw

thrown

threw

HANG

HUNG

GET

GOTTEN

GOT

think

thought

LET

spell (fare lo spelling)

spelt(spelled

spelt/spelled

tell

told

sew (cucire)

sewn

sewed

shake

shaken

shook

sit

sat

mean (intendere, significare)

meant

hide

hidden

hid

fly

flown

flew

forecast (predire)

forecast/foreasted

forecast7forecasted

forgive

forgiven

forgave

forget

forgotten

forgot

hit

kneel (inginocchiarsi)

knelt/kneeled

knit (lavorare a maglia)

knit/knitted

BET

MEET

MET

know

known

knew

hurt

keep

kept

hold

held

WRITE

WRITTEN

WROTE

forsake (abbandonare)

forsaken

forsook

give

given

gave

burst (scoppiare)

burst

buy

bought

go

gone

went

catch

caught

cling (aggrapparsi)

clung

cut

deal (commerciare)

dealt

dig (scavare)

dug

cost

do

done

did

SING

SUNG

SANG

dream

dreamt/dreamed

find

founf

found

drive

driven

drove

dwell (dimorare)

dwelt/dwelled

fall

fallen

fell

eat

eaten

ate

feed

fed

fight

fought

FEEL

FELT

cast (gettare)

cast

build

built

send

sent

see

seen

saw

bring

brought

burn

burnt/burned

grow

grown

grew

drink

drunk

drank

draw

drawn

drew

say

said

FREEZE

FROZEN

FROZE

SPEAK

SPOKEN

SPOKE

hear

heard

grind (macinare)

ground

creep (strisciare)

crept

STING

STUNG

wring (torcere)

wrung

ring (squillare)

rung

rang

wind (avvolgere)

wound

learn

learnt/learned

leave

left

win

won

lend (prestare)

lent

fling (lanciare)

flung

leap (saltare)

leapt/leaped

weep (piangere)

wept

flee (fuggire)

fled

lean (appoggiare)

leant/leaned

weave (tessere)

woven

wove

breed

bred

wear

worn

wore

lead (dirigere)

led

bite

bitten

bit

wake

woken/waked

woke/waked

lay (disporre)

laid

bend (curare)

bent

understand

understood

become

became

undertake ( intraprendere)

undertaken

undertook

make

made

bear (portare)

borne

bore

tread (calpestare)

trodden

tred

lose

lost

awake

awoken

awoke/awaked

light (illuminare)

lit/lighted

abide (tollerare)

abided/abpde

abided/abode

lie (giacere)

lain

lay

set (porre, tramontare)

set

shrink (restringersi)

shrunk

shrank

seek (cercare)

sought

sell

sold

thrust (conficcare)

thrust

sink (affondare)

sunk

sank

sling (scagliare)

slung

slay

slain

slew

slide (scivolare)

slid

sleep

slept

smell

smelt/smelled

smelt7smelled

speed (acceleratre

sped/speeded

sow (seminare)

sown/sowed

sowed

foresee (prevedere)

foreseen

foresaw

spill (versare)

spilt/spilled

spend

spent

forbid

forbidden

forbade

spoil (rovinare)

spoilt/spoiled

split (dividere)

split

spin

spun

span/spun

spit (sputare)

spat

string (legare con corda)

strung

stride (camminare a passi lunghi)

stridden

strode

stink (puzzare)

stunk

stank

broadcast (trasmettere)

broadcast/broadcasted

brodcast/broadcasted

strike (battere)

struck/tricken

strick

stick (attaccare)

stuck

stand (stare in piedi)

stood

dive (tuffarsi)

dived

dived/dove

strive (lottare)

striven

strove

spring (saltare, scattare)

sprung

sprang

spread (diffondere)

spread

swing (dondolare)

swung

swim

swum

swam

take

taken

took

swell (gonfiare)

swollen/swelled

swelled

have

had

teach

taught

sweep (spazzare)

swept

tear (lacerare)

torn

tore

swear (giurare)

sworn

swore

Other

STEAL

STOLEN

STOLE

COME

CAME

CHOOSE

CHOSEN

CHOSE

Discuss the meaning then write sentences with the examples!

Example

saw (segare)

sawn/sawed

sawed