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.
