Irregular Verbs

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Irregular verbs in English are common. Unfortunately, using them correctly takes memorization. Fortunately, many irregular verbs follow a pattern. Throughout the semester, you will complete exercises that will help you memorize these irregular verbs. Use this table as a reference.

5.2.1. Group 1

Table 22 Group 1 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
bet	bet	bet	betting
cost	cost	cost	costing
cut	cut	cut	cutting
hit	hit	hit	hitting
hurt	hurt	hurt	hurting
let	let	let	letting
put	put	put	putting
shut	shut	shut	shutting

5.2.2. Group 2

Table 23 Group 2 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
ring	rang	rung	ringing
sing	sang	sung	singing
drink	drank	drunk	drinking
sink	sank	sunk	sinking
swim	swam	swum	swimming
begin	began	begun	beginning

5.2.3. Group 3

Table 24 Group 3 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
know	knew	known
grow	grew	grown	growing
blow	blew	blown	blowing
throw	threw	thrown	throwing
fly	flew	flown	flying
show	showed	shown	showing
draw	drew	drawn	drawing

5.2.4. Group 4

Table 25 Group 4 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
think	thought	thought	thinking
teach	taught	taught	teaching
buy	bought	bought	buying
fight	fought	fought	fighting
catch	caught	caught	catching
bring	brought	brought	brining

5.2.5. Group 5

Table 26 Group 5 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
give	gave	given	giving
write	wrote	written	writing
take	took	taken	taking
fall	fell	fallen	falling
drive	drove	driven	driving
eat	ate	eaten	eating
ride	rode	ridden	riding
rise	rose	risen	rising
forgive	forgave	forgiving	forgiving

5.2.6. Group 6

Table 27 Group 6 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
steal	stole	stolen	stealing
speak	spoke	spoken	speaking
choose	chose	chosen	choosing
break	broke	broken	breaking
freeze	froze	frozen	freezing
get	got	gotten	getting
forget	forgot	forgotten	forgetting
bite	bit	bitten	biting
hide	hid	hidden	hiding
beat	beat	beaten	beating
prove	proved	proven	proving

5.2.7. Group 7

Table 28 Group 7 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
send	sent	sent	sending
spend	spent	spent	spending
lend	lent	lent	lending
build	built	built	building
lose	lost	lost	losing
mean	meant	meant	meaning

5.2.8. Group 8

Table 29 Group 8 Irregular Verbs
Base form	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
pay	paid	paid	paying
say	said	said	saying
sell	sold	sold	selling
tell	sold	told	telling
stand	stood	stood	standing
sleep	slept	slept	sleeping
keep	kept	kept	keeping
feel	felt	felt	feeling

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