LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS BLACK AND WHITE

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS
FIRST GROUPS: (The “en” groups)

A-

The P.Ps have more things in common with the infinitive .

INFINITIVE
to ride
to rise
to see
to shake
to take
to write
INFINITIVE

PAST
rode
rose
saw
shook
took
wrote
PAST

to be
to drive
to eat
to fall
to freeze
to forgive

to give

was/were
drove
ate
fell
froze
forgave
gave

B-

been
driven
eaten
fallen
frozen
forgiven
given

The P. Ps have more things in common with the past .

INFINITIVE

PAST

to beat
to bite
to break
to choose

to forget
INFINITIVE

beat
bit
broke
chose
forgot
PAST

to hide
to speak
to steal
to wake

hid
spoke
stole
woke

C-

P. PARTICIPLE
ridden
risen
seen
shaken
taken
written
P. PARTICIPLE

P. PARTICIPLE
beaten
bitten
broken
chosen
forgotten
P. PARTICIPLE
hidden
spoken
stolen
woken

Just “n”

INFINITIVE

PAST

to swear
to tear
INFINITIVE

swore
tore
PAST

P. PARTICIPLE
sworn
torn

P. PARTICIPLE


to wear
to know

wore
knew

worn
known

SECOND GROUP: “The Never Changing Group”
The infinitive, the past and the P. Ps are just alike.
INFINITIVE

PAST

to cost
to cut
to hit
to hurt
to let
INFINITIVE

cost
cut
hit
hurt
let

PAST

to set
to spread
to split
to shut
to put

set
spread
split
shut
put

P. PARTICIPLE
cost
cut
hit
hurt
let
P. PARTICIPLE
set
spread
split
shut
put

THIRD GROUP: “The All Changing Group”
INFINITIVE
to lie

PAST
lay

PAST PARTICIPLE
lain

FOURTH GROUPS: “The Simple Past coincides with the P. Ps”
A-

UGHT

INFINITIVE

PAST

to bring
to buy
to catch
INFINITIVE

brought
bought
caught
PAST

to fight
to teach
to think

fought
taught
thought

BINFINITIVE

PAST

P. PARTICIPLE

P. PARTICIPLE
brought
bought
caught
P. PARTICIPLE
fought
taught
thought


to say
to pay
to lay
to make
to feed
to read
to hear
to hold
to lead
to sell

to stand
to understand
to get
to shine

said
paid
laid
made
fed
read /red/
heard
held
led
sold
stood
understood
got
shone

said
paid
laid
made
fed
read /red/
heard
held
led
sold

stood
understood
got
shone

INFINITIVE

PAST

P. PARTICIPLE

to tell
to lose
to shoot
to have
to sit
to light
to find
to stick
to sting
to strike
to hang
to dig
to win

told
lost
shot
had
sat

lit
found
stuck
stung
stroke
hung
dug
won

told
lost
shot
had
sat
lit
found
stuck
stung
stroke
hung
dug
won

INFINITIVE
to bend
to build
to burn
to dream
to feel
to keep

to learn
to leave
to lend
to mean

PAST
bent
built
burnt
dreamt
felt
kept
learnt
left
lent
meant

P. PARTICIPLE
bent
built
burnt
dreamt
felt
kept
learnt
left
lent
meant

INFINITIVE

PAST

P. PARTICIPLE

B-

C-

C-


to meet
to send
to sleep
to smell
to spell
to spend
to spill
to spoil
to sweep

met
sent
slept
smelt
spelt
spent
spilt
spoilt

swept

met
sent
slept
smelt
spelt
spent
spilt
spoilt
swept

FIFTH GROUPS:
A- The “ne” group.
INFINITIVE
to do
INFINITIVE
to go

PAST
did
PAST
went

PAST PARTICIPLE
done
PAST PARTICIPLE
gone

B- The “wn” group.

INFINITIVE
to blow
to draw
to fly
INFINITIVE
to grow
to throw

PAST
blew
drew
flew
PAST
grew
threw

PAST PARTICIPLE
blown
drawn
flown
PAST PARTICIPLE
grown
thrown

SIXTH GROUPS: The “vowel” groups
A- O A O
INFINITIVE
to become
INFINITIVE
to come

PAST
became
PAST
came

PAST PARTICIPLE
become
PAST PARTICIPLE
come

PAST
ran
PAST
began
drank
sank

PAST PARTICIPLE
run
PAST PARTICIPLE
begun
drunk
sunk

B- U A U
INFINITIVE
to run
INFINITIVE
to begin

to drink
to sink

INFINITIVE
to sing

PAST
sang

PAST PARTICIPLE
sung


to swim
to ring

C- I A

swam
rang

U

swum
rung