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Here is a list of some commonly used irregular verbs.

Past Past
Base form Past tense Base form Past tense
participle participle
be was/were been lie lay lain

begin began begun lose lost lost
break broke broken make made made

cut cut cut mean meant meant
build built built meet met met
choose chose chosen pay paid paid

come came come run ran run
do did done read read read

draw drew drawn say said said
drive drove driven sell sold sold
eat ate eaten send sent sent

feel felt felt shut shut shut

find found found speak spoke spoken
get got got spend spent spent
give gave given stand stood stood

go went gone take took taken
hurt hurt hurt teach taught taught

hold held held tell told told
keep kept kept think thought thought
know knew known wear wore worn

leave left left win won won
lead led led write wrote written

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Rememberemember
There are some irregular verbs whose spellings don’t change, but the pronunciation does.
For example: read

Practice Time 2

Fill in the blank boxes with the past tense and the past participle form of the given verbs. Verbs

1. swim

2. buy

3. write
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