Irregular Verbs

NoNonsense English - IRREGULAR VERBS

INFINITIVE	PAST	PAST PART.	TRADUCTION	CATEGORY
awake	awoke	awoken	éveiller	4a
arise	arose	arisen	se lever	4a
be	was	been	être	4a
beat	beat	beaten	battre	4a
become	became	become	devenir	3
begin	began	begun	commencer	4b
bend	bent	bent	plier	2b
bet	bet	bet	gager	1
bite	bit	bitten	mordre	4a
bleed	bled	bled	saigner	2c
blow	blew	blown	souffler	4a
break	broke	broken	casser	4a
bring	brought	brought	apporter	2a
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	diffuser	1
build	built	built	bâtir	2b
burn	burnt	burnt	brûler	2b
buy	bought	bought	acheter	2a
catch	caught	caught	attraper	2a
choose	chose	chosen	choisir	4a
come	came	come	venir	3
cost	cost	cost	coûter	1
cut	cut	cut	couper	1
deal	dealt	dealt	agir	2b
dig	dug	dug	creuser	2c
do	did	done	faire	4a
draw	drew	drawn	dessiner	4a
dream	dreamt	dreamt	rêver	2b
drink	drank	drunk	boire	4b
drive	drove	driven	conduire	4a
eat	ate	eaten	manger	4a
fall	fell	fallen	tomber	4a
feed	fed	fed	nourrir	2c
feel	felt	felt	se sentir	2b
fight	fought	fought	lutter	2a
find	found	found	trouver	2c
fit	fit	fit	convenir à	1
fly	flew	flown	voler	4a
forbid	forbade	forbidden	interdire	4a
forget	forgot	forgotten	oublier	4a
forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardonner	4a
freeze	froze	frozen	geler	4a
get	got	got/gotten	recevoir	4a
give	gave	given	donner	4a
go	went	gone	aller	4a
grind	ground	ground	moudre	2c
grow	grew	grown	cultiver	4a
hang	hung	hung	suspendre	2c
have	had	had	avoir	2b
hear	heard	heard	entendre	2b
hide	hid	hidden	cacher	4a
hit	hit	hit	frapper	1
hold	held	held	tenir	2c
hurt	hurt	hurt	blesser	1
keep	kept	kept	garder	2b
know	knew	known	connaître	4a
lay	laid	laid	placer	2b
lead	led	led	mener	2c
leave	left	left	quitter	2b
lend	lent	lent	prêter	2b
let	let	let	laisser	1
lie	lay	lain	se coucher	4a
light	lit	lit	allumer	2b
lose	lost	lost	perdre	2b
make	made	made	faire	2b
mean	meant	meant	signifier	2b
meet	met	met	rencontrer	2c
pay	paid	paid	payer	2b
put	put	put	mettre	1
quit	quit	quit	cesser	1
read	* read	* read	lire	1
ride	rode	ridden	promener à	4a
ring	rang	rung	sonner	4b
rise	rose	risen	se lever	4a
run	ran	run	courir	3
say	said	said	dire	2b
see	saw	seen	voir	4a
sell	sold	sold	vendre	2b
send	sent	sent	envoyer	2b
set	set	set	poser	1
sew	sewed	sewn	coudre	4a
shake	shook	shaken	secouer	4a
shine	shone	shone	briller	2c
shoot	shot	shot	tirer	2c
show	showed	shown	montrer	4a
shrink	shrank	shrunk	rétrécir	4b
shut	shut	shut	fermer	1
sing	sang	sung	chanter	4b
sink	sank	sunk	couler	4b
sit	sat	sat	s'asseoir	2c
sleep	slept	slept	dormir	2b
slide	slid	slid	glisser	2c
speak	spoke	spoken	parler	4a
spend	spent	spent	dépenser	2b
spit	spat	spat	cracher	2c
split	split	split	se diviser	1
spread	spread	spread	étendre	1
spring	sprang	sprung	bondir	4b
stand	stood	stood	se tenir	2b
steal	stole	stolen	voler	4a
stick	stuck	stuck	coller	2c
sting	stung	stung	piquer	2c
stink	stank	stunk	puer	4b
strike	struck	struck	frapper	2c
swear	swore	sworn	jurer	4a
sweep	swept	swept	ballayer	2b
swim	swam	swum	nager	4b
swing	swung	swung	balancer	2c
take	took	taken	prendre	4a
teach	taught	taught	enseigner	2a
tear	tore	torn	déchirer	4a
tell	told	told	raconter	2b
think	thought	thought	penser	2a
throw	threw	thrown	jeter	4a
understand	understood	understood	comprendre	2b
wake	woke	woken	réveiller	4a
wear	wore	worn	porter	4a
weave	wove	woven	tisser	4a
weep	wept	wept	pleurer	2b
win	won	won	gagner	2c
wind	wound	wound	enrouler	2c
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	retirer	4a
write	wrote	written	écrire	4a

Notes:

The pronunciation of read is:

-"red" for the past and the past participial forms.

The categories listed in the righthand column are useful as a mnemonic device. The student is suggested to rewrite the list of irregular verbs by category.

The categories are as follows:

Category	Infinitive	Past	Past Participle
1	A	A	A
2	A	B	B
(2a)	root form	-ght	-ght
(2b)	root form	final consonant change	final consonant change
(2c)	root form	vowel change	vowel change
3	A	B	A
4	A	B	C
(4a)	root form	vowel change or final (e)d added	-n
(4b)	root form (-i-)	-a-	-u-

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