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