158 Verbs Irregular verbs Irregular verbs can be difficult to remember. Try remembering them in groups with similar sounds, conjugation pattems, or spellings. Simple past and Past participle are thesame pean Bnooees Sica bring Drought /bot brought buy bought bought catch: caught /ou caught fight fought fought teach taught taught think thought thought feed fed fed feel felt felt keep kept sept leave lett lett mean meant fmint/ meant meet met met sleep slept slept by laid bie pay paid paid sel sold sold tell told told send sent sent spend spent spent stand stood /stud/ stood understand understood -—_understood lose lost lost shoot shot shot can could could will would would bai bit bak buit find found flavnd/ found hang hung bung have had had hear heard nndy heard hotd held held make made made sy said fed said sit sat sat swing swung /swan/ swung win won jwan/ won Base form and Past participle are the same Eain as Berens become became become come came come No changes across the three forms Peon Enea cost cost cost cut cut cut hit hit hit let let fet put put /pot/ put auit quit fawat/ quit set set set spiit split split ‘Special cases ae Sane even be was / were been draw drew fdr! ‘drawn /dron/ fly flew /th/ flown /floony lie lay lain read ead /red/ read /red/ Simple past +-en Pein pereend Berens beat ‘beat beaten bite bit bitten break broke broken choose chose chosen forget forgot forgotten freeze froze frozen get got got / gotten speak spoke spoken steal stole stolen wake wore wokenSimple past + -en beat beat bite bit break broke choose chose forget forgot freeze froze get got speak spoke steal stole wake woke Base form + -en ca imple pas drive drove eat ate fall fell give gave ride rode see. saw /s9/ shake shook take took write wrote Base form ending in 0+ -ne es do did 90 went Bien beaten bitten tes Sars driven /drwvan/ eaten fallen given ridden jridany Verbs i-a-u Peto eas begin began drink drank drunk ring rang tung sing sang sung swim swam, swum ow -ew-own en Se blow blew /biv:/ grow grew know knew throw thew ear - ore - orn en Sid swear swore tear (tr) tore wear wore 159