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Using Irregular Verbs

The past tense of verbs is normally formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb:

ask-->asked

However, many common verbs have irregular past forms. Here is a list of some of these verbs. It is useful to memorize this list.

Base form

Past tense

Base form

Past Tense

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become	became	lend	lent
begin	began	let	let
bet	bet	lie	lay
bite	bit	lose	lost
bleed	bled	mean	meant
blow	blew	meet	met
break	broke	pay	paid
bring	brought	put	put
build	built	read	read
buy	bought	ride	rode
catch	caught	ring	rang
choose	chose	rise	rose
come	came	run	ran
cost	cost	say	said
cut	cut	see	saw
dig	dug	sell	sold
do	did	send	sent
drive	drove
eat	ate	shake	shook
fall	fell	shoot	shot
feed	fed	sing	sang
feel	felt	sit	sat
fight	fought	sleep	slept
find	found	speak	spoke
fly	flew	spend	spent
forget	forgot	stand	stood
get	got	steal	stole
give	gave	swim	swam
go	went	take	took
grow	grew	teach	taught
have	had	tear	tore
hear	heard	tell	told
hide	hid	think	thought
hit	hit	throw	threw
hold	held	wear	wore
hurt	hurt	win	won
		write	wrote

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