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Irregular verbs




             Most verbs in English are regular butsome of the most common verbs in English are irregular.The forms
             here are the infinitive (go, come), the past simple (went, came) and the past participle(gone, come).




              A All forms the same

              cost cost cost

              cut /kʌt/ cut cut


              hurt    hurt hurt

              let   let let

              put/pʊt/ put put


              shut /ʃʌt/ shut       shut



              B Two different forms                                     run    ran run

              beat beat beaten                                          say said /sed/ said


              become became become                                      sell sold     sold

              bring brought brought                                     shine shone        shone

              buy bought        bought                                  shoot shot       shot


              catch caught caught                                       sit sat     sat

              come came come                                            sleep slept      slept

              feel felt     felt                                        spend spent spent

              fight fought fought                                       stand stood stood

              find found found                                          teach taught taught


              get got      got                                          tell told     told

              have had        had                                       think    thought     thought

              hear heard heard                                          win won        won


              keep kept       kept                                      understand understood understood

              leave left      left

              learn learnt learnt

              lose lost      lost

              make made made


              meet met        met


              pay paid /peɪd/        paid

              read /riːd/ read /red/ read /red/






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