Halina Lewandowska

IRREGULAR VERBS

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the same
bet

bet

bet

bid

bid

bid

broadcast

broadcast

broadcast

burst

burst

burst

cast

cast

cast

cost

cost

cost

hit

hit

hit

hurt

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hurt

knit

knit

knit

let

let

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put

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put

read

read

read

rid

rid

rid

set

set

set

shed

shed

shed

shut

shut

shut

slit

slit

slit

split

split

split

spread

spread

spread

thrust

thrust

thrust

upset

upset

upset

wet

wet

wet

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1V – 2V – 1V
become

became

become

come

came

come

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1V – 2V – 2V
abide

abode

abode

behold

beheld

beheld

cling

clung

clung

dig

dug

dug

fling

flung

flung

get

got

got

hang

hung

hung

hold

held

held

run

ran

run

shine

shone

shone

shoot

shot

shot

sit

sat

sat

sling

slung

slung

slink

slunk

slunk

spin

spun

spun

spit

spat

spat

Halina Lewandowska

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

strike

struck

struck

!

string

strung

strung

swing

swung

swung

tell

told

told

!

tread

trod

trod

win

won

won

wring

wrung

wrung

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1V – 2V – 1V-en
arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke

awaked

! -ed

befall

befell

befallen

crow

crew

crowed

! -ed

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

!

fall

fell

fallen

forgive

forgave

forgiven

forsake

forsook

forsaken

give

gave

given

rise

rose

risen

see

saw

seen

!

shake

shook

shaken

take

took

taken

thrive

throve

thriven

undertake

undertook

undertaken

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1V – 2V – 2V-en
break

broke

broken

freeze

froze

frozen

speak

spoke

spoken

steal

stole

stolen

wake

woke

woken

weave

wove

woven

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C-e – C – CC-en
bite

bit

bitten

chide

chid

chidden

hide

hid

hidden

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V1C (e) – V2C – V1CC-en
beget

begot

begotten

bid

bade

bidden

forbid

forbade

forbidden

forget

forgot

forgotten

write

wrote

written

ride

rode

ridden

Halina Lewandowska

smite

smote

smitten

stride

strode

stridden

shake

shook

shaken

!

write

wrote

written

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Vw – Vwed – Vwn
hew

hewed

hewn

mow

mowed

mown

saw

sawed

sawn

sew

sewed

sewn

show

showed

shown

sow

sowed

sown

strew

strewed

strewn

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Vw – ew – Vwn
blow

blew

blown

draw

drew

drawn

fly

flew

flown

!

grow

grew

grown

know

knew

known

throw

threw

thrown

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i – a – u
begin

began

begun

drink

drank

drunk

ring

rang

rung

shrink

shrank

shrunk

sing

sang

sung

sink

sank

sunk

spring

sprang

sprung

stink

stank

stunk

swim

swam

swum

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ind – ound – ound
bind

bound

bound

find

found

found

grind

ground

ground

wind

wound

wound

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ear – ore – orn
bear

bore

born

forbear

forbore

forborne

shear

shore

shorn

swear

swore

sworn

tear

tore

torn

wear

wore

worn

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* – ought – ought

Halina Lewandowska

beseech

besought

besought

bring

brought

brought

buy

bought

bought

fight

fought

fought

seek

sought

sought

think

thought

thought

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* – aught – aught
catch

caught

caught

teach

taught

taught

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ee – e – e
bleed

bled

bled

breed

bred

bred

creep

crept

crept

flee

fled

fled

keep

kept

kept

!

kneel

knelt

knelt

!

meet

met

met

speed

sped

sped

sweep

swept

swept

weep

wept

wept

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d – t – d
bend

bent

bent

build

built

built

gild

gilt

gilt

gird

girt

girt

lend

lent

lent

rend

rent

rent

send

sent

sent

spend

spent

spent

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* – t/d – t /d
deal

dealt

dealt

dream

dreamt

dreamt

hear

heard

heard

lean

leant

leant

leap

leapt

leapt

learn

learnt

learnt

mean

meant

meant

sleep

slept

slept

!

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ll – lt – lt
dwell

dwelt

dwelt

smell

smelt

smelt

spell

spelt

spelt

spill

spilt

spilt

Halina Lewandowska

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ay – aid – aid
lay

laid

laid

pay

paid

paid

say

said

said

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eave – eft – eft
cleave

cleft

cleft

leave

left

left

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pozostałe
be

was

been

beat

beat

beaten

bereave

bereaved

bereft

can

could

be able to

do

did

done

go

went

gone

lie

lay

lain

slay

slew

slain

swell

swelled

swollen

o 2&3- the same

clothe

clad

clad

dare

durst

durst

light

lit

lit

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

sell

sold

sold

shoe

shod

shod

slide

slid

slid

stand

stood

stood

understand

understood

understood