Regular Verbs
There are about 60,000 to 100,000 verbs in English, and new ones are created all the time, especially with the use of technology, slang, and other cultural developments. 99.9% of these verbs are regular, following a “regular pattern” by adding d or ed to the basic verb form. Examples:
Set 1 – Regular Verbs
- Play – Played – Played
- Walk – Walked – Walked
- Talk – Talked – Talked
- Clean – Cleaned – Cleaned
- Cook – Cooked – Cooked
- Jump – Jumped – Jumped
- Open – Opened – Opened
- Close – Closed – Closed
- Visit – Visited – Visited
- Watch – Watched – Watched
However, around 200 of the verbs do not follow the d / ed pattern. They are unpredictable. Learn the following irregular verbs and win a reward.
Irregular Verbs
Set 2: ABA – First and last the same.
- Become – became – become
- Come – came – come
- Overcome – overcame – overcome
Set 3 – ABC All three forms are different.
- Arise – arose – arisen
- Awake – awoke – awoken
- Beat – beat – beaten
- Begin – began – begun
- Blow – blew – blown
- Break – broke – broken
- Choose – chose – chosen
- Bite – bit – bitten
- Do – did – done
- Draw – drew – drawn
- Drink – drank – drunk
- Drive – drove – driven
- Eat – ate – eaten
- Fall – fell – fallen
- Fly – flew – flown
- Forget – forgot – forgotten
- Forgive – forgave – forgiven
- Freeze – froze – frozen
- Give – gave – given
- Go – went – gone
- Grow – grew – grown
- Hide – hid – hidden
- Know – knew – known
- Lie – lay – lain
- Overtake – overtook – overtaken
- Ride – rode – ridden
- Ring – rang – rung
- Rise – rose – risen
- See – saw – seen
- Shake – shook – shaken
- Show – showed – shown
- Shrink – shrank – shrunk
- Sing – sang – sung
- Sink – sank – sunk
- Speak – spoke – spoken
- Spring – sprang – sprung
- Swear – swore – sworn
- Swim – swam – swum
- Take – took – taken
- Tear – tore – torn
- Throw – threw – thrown
- Wake – woke – woken
- Wear – wore – worn
- Write – wrote – written
Set 4: AAA – All three forms are same:
- Bet – bet – bet
- Bid – bid – bid
- Broadcast – broadcast – broadcast
- Cost – cost – cost
- Cut – cut – cut
- Hit – hit – hit
- Let – let – let
- Put – put – put
- Quit – quit – quit
- Set – set – set
- Shut – shut – shut
- Split – split – split
- Spread – spread – spread
- Hurt – hurt – hurt
Set 5: ABB – Second and third the same:
- Bend – bent – bent
- Bleed – bled – bled
- Bring – brought – brought
- Build – built – built
- Buy – bought – bought
- Catch – caught – caught
- Cling – clung – clung
- Creep – crept – crept
- Deal – dealt – dealt
- Feed – fed – fed
- Feel – felt – felt
- Fight – fought – fought
- Find – found – found
- Flee – fled – fled
- Light – lit – lit
- Lose – lost – lost
- Make – made – made
- Mean – meant – meant
- Meet – met – met
- Pay – paid – paid
- Read – read – read (pronounced “red”)
- Say – said – said
- Sell – sold – sold
- Send – sent – sent
- Shine – shone – shone
- Shoot – shot – shot
- Sit – sat – sat
- Sleep – slept – slept
- Slide – slid – slid
- Spend – spent – spent
- Stand – stood – stood
- Steal – stole – stolen
- Stick – stuck – stuck
- Strike – struck – struck
- Sweep – swept – swept
- Teach – taught – taught
- Tell – told – told
- Think – thought – thought
- Understand – understood – understood
- Weep – wept – wept
- Win – won – won
- Wind – wound – wound
- Have – had – had
- Hear – heard – heard
- Grind – ground – ground
- Hold – held – held
- Keep – kept – kept
- Lay – laid – laid
- Lead – led – led
- Leave – left – left
- Spin – spun – spun
- Lend – lent – lent
- Leap – leapt – leapt
- Run – ran – run
Set 6: AB/CB/C Mixed Forms
- Be – was/were – been
- Bear – bore – borne/born
- Dream – dreamed/dreamt – dreamed/dreamt
- Get – got – gotten/got
- Kneel – knelt/kneeled – knelt/kneeled
- Learn – learned/learnt – learned/learnt
- Melt – melted – melted/molten
- Hang – hung / hanged – hung / hanged
- Spill – spilled/spilt – spilled/spilt
