Common Irregular Verbs by Ending Pattern
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Common Irregular Verbs by Ending Pattern – Irregular verbs don’t follow the normal grammar rules. You can’t just add ‘ed’ or ‘d’ to make their past forms. Instead, irregular verbs have their own special past tense forms. For example, “swim” changes to “swam” in the past and “swum” as the past participle.
Common Irregular Verbs by Ending Pattern
Forms of Irregular Verbs
There are three forms of an irregular verb.
- 1st Form or present simple form.
- 2nd Form or simple past form.
- 3rd Form or Past participle form.
An Alternative Method to Learn Irregular Verbs and Their Conjugation
Another way to learn irregular verbs easily: is by grouping them based on how their spelling changes. Check out the table below to see how it works.
Common Irregular Verbs by Ending Pattern
| Base Verb | Simple Past Form | Past Participle Form |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ow/Aw’ → ‘Ew’ → ‘Own/Awn’ | ||
| Blow | Blew | Blown |
| Throw | Threw | Thrown |
| Know | Knew | Known |
| Grow | Grew | Grown |
| Draw | Drew | Drawn |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ise’ → ‘Ose’ → ‘Isen’ | ||
| Arise | Arose | Arisen |
| Rise | Rose | Risen |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ive’ → ‘Ove/Ave’ → ‘Iven’ | ||
| Strive | Strove | Striven |
| Give | Gave | Given |
| Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Et’ → ‘Ot’ → ‘Otten’ | ||
| Get | Got | Gotten |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ide/Ite’ → ‘Ode/Ote/Id/It’ → ‘Idden/Itten’ | ||
| Ride | Rode | Ridden |
| Write | Wrote | Written |
| Bite | Bit | Bitten |
| Hide | Hid | Hidden |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ink/Ing/In’ → ‘Ank/Ang/An’ → ‘Unk/Ung/Un’ | ||
| Sink | Sank | Sunk |
| Drink | Drank | Drunk |
| Sing | Sang | Sung |
| Ring | Rang | Rung |
| Spring | Sprang | Sprung |
| Begin | Began | Begun |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ake’ → ‘Ook’ → ‘Aken’ | ||
| Take | Took | Taken |
| Shake | Shook | Shaken |
| Mistake | Mistook | Mistaken |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Eak/Ake/Eal’ → ‘Oke/Ole’ → ‘Oken/Olen’ | ||
| Break | Broke | Broken |
| Speak | Spoke | Spoken |
| Wake | Woke | Woken |
| Steal | Stole | Stolen |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Ear’ → ‘Ore’ → ‘Orn/Orne’ | ||
| Wear | Wore | Worn |
| Tear | Tore | Torn |
| Bear | Bore | Borne |
| Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘Oose’ → ‘Ose’ → ‘Osen’ | ||
| Choose | Chose | Chosen |
| Irregular Verbs With ‘Ought/Aught’ in the Simple Past and Past Participle Form | ||
| Seek | Sought | Sought |
| Think | Thought | Thought |
| Catch | Caught | Caught |
| Buy | Bought | Bought |
| Fight | Fought | Fought |
| Bring | Brought | Brought |
| Teach | Taught | Taught |
Irregular Verb Exercise
1. I ___ (go) to the store yesterday.
– Answer: went
2. She ___ (eat) all the cookies before I arrived.
– Answer: ate
3. They have ___ (see) that movie three times.
– Answer: seen
4. He ___ (take) the dog for a walk this morning.
– Answer: took
5. We ___ (give) him a gift for his birthday.
– Answer: gave
6. The cat ___ (sleep) on the couch all day.
– Answer: slept
7. I ___ (write) a letter to my friend last night.
– Answer: wrote
8. She has ___ (speak) to the manager about the issue.
– Answer: spoken
9. They ___ (drink) all the lemonade at the party.
– Answer: drank
10. He ___ (begin) his new job last week.
– Answer: began
11. I have ___ (go) to the store many times this week.
– Answer: gone
12. She has ___ (eat) all the cookies before dinner.
– Answer: eaten
13. They have ___ (see) that movie three times.
– Answer: seen
14. He has ___ (take) the dog for a walk every morning.
– Answer: taken
15. We have ___ (give) him a gift for his birthday each year.
– Answer: given
16. The cat has ___ (sleep) on the couch all day.
– Answer: slept
17. I have ___ (write) a letter to my friend.
– Answer: written
18. She has ___ (speak) to the manager about the issue.
– Answer: spoken
19. They have ___ (drink) all the lemonade at the party.
– Answer: drunk
20. He has ___ (begin) his new job recently.
– Answer: begun
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