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3. Grouping irregulars so there is less to learn / agrupando los irregulares para que haya menos que aprender

Aprende los verbos irregulares – introducción 3. Grouping irregulars so there is less to learn / agrupando los irregulares para que haya menos que aprender

Here is a trick to help you navigate the wonderful world of irregular verbs

Grouping irregular verbs

Did you know that irregular verbs have patterns? Fight, bring and think are very, very similar. Fought / brought and thought.

What do they have in common? Yes: -ought

They all end in -ought

Here are some useful groups for you.

¿Sabías que los irregulares también tienen patrones? Fight, bring and think Son muy similares. Fought / brought and thought.

Tienen la terminación -ought

Aquí tienes los grupos.

Irregular verb groups! A great secret – Un gran secreto

LOS VERBOS IRREGULARES COMUNES ESTÁN EN NEGRITA – COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS ARE IN BOLD

No change – sin cambio

Bet	cast	burst	quit	spread
Wet	forecast	cut	rid	thrust
Set	Broadcast	hit	shed
Let	bid	hurt	shut
Cost	wed	put	split

Verbs ending in “d” and change to “t” in Simple Past and Past Participle

bend	bent	bent
send	sent	sent
build	built	built
spend	spent	spent
lend	lent	lent

Vowel Change in all Three Forms short i > æ > short u / i > a > u

Sink	sank	sunk
spring	Sprang	sprung
stink	stank	stunk
swim	swam	swum
sing	sang	sung
ring	rang	rung
shrink	shrank	shrunk
begin	began	begun
drink	drank	drunk

Same Vowel Change in Simple Past and Past Participle short i > short u

Hang and strike are the odd ones out here.

win	won	won
cling	clung	clung
dig	dug	dug
hang	hung	hung
fling	flang	flung
sling	slang	slung
Spin	spun	spun
swing	swung	swung
sting	stung	stung
stick	stuck	stuck
strike	struck	struck

Same Vowel Change in Past and Present Participle long i > au

wind	wound	wound
grind	ground	ground
find	found	found
bind	bound	bound

Same Change in Past and Present Participle

bring	brought	brought
catch	caught	caught
Buy	bought	bought
seek	sought	sought
teach	taught	taught
think	thought	thought
fight	fought	fought

Same Vowel in Past and Present Participle (long o)

Past Participle ends in n or en

Weave	wove	woven
wear	worn	worn
swear	swore	sworn
tear	tore	torn
steal	stole	stolen
freeze	froze	frozen
choose	chose	chosen
break	broke	broken
speak	spoke	spoken
wake	woke	woken

Same Vowel Change in Simple Past and Past Participle long e > short e

feel	felt	felt
keep	kept	kept
Leave	left	left
speed	sped	sped
sweep	swept	swept
weep	wept	wept
lead	led	led
mean	meant	meant
Deal	Dealt	Dealt
Bleed	bled	bled
Breed	Bred	Bred
creep	crept	crept
Read	read	read
Sleep	slept	slept
Meet	Met	met
feed	fed	fed

Simple past “-ew” > past participle “-own”

blow	blew	blown
draw	drew	drawn
fly	flew	flown
grow	grew	grown
know	knew	known
show	showed	shown
throw	threw	thrown

All past participle ends in “-en”

drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
bite	bit	bitten
break	broke	broken
beat	beat	beaten
choose	chose	chosen
forget	forgot	forgotten
give	gave	given
hide	hid	hidden
steal	stole	stolen
ride	rode	ridden
shake	shook	shaken
take	took	taken
wake	woke	woken
write	wrote	written
speak	spoke	spoken

No pattern – these verbs are essential

be	was/were	been
go	went	gone
do	did	done

The come group

become	became	become
run	ran	run
Come	came	come

Don’t be afraid – que no tengas miedo

Existen muchos verbos, pero ya los tenemos organizados. Te voy a enseñar como podrías plantearte aprendértelos, y al final tenemos un quiz.

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