Page 171 - English Vocabulary in use Elementary (3rd edition)

Irregular verbs

Most verbs in English are regular but some 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 /kt/ cut cut

hurt hurt hurt
let let let
put /pUt/ put put

shut /St/ 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 /peId/ paid
read /ri:d/ read /red/ read /red/

170 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary