The Past Simple Tense
Irregular Verbs
Some verbs are irregular. We do not add ed. They have different verb forms:
| Infinitive | Past Simple Verb Form (V2) |
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| become | became |
| begin | begun |
| bet | bet |
| blow | blew |
| break | broke |
| bring | brought |
| build | built |
| buy | bought |
| catch | caught |
| choose | chose |
| come | came |
| cost | cost |
| cut | cut |
| do | did |
| draw | drew |
| drink | drank |
| drive | drove |
| eat | ate |
| fall | fell |
| feed | fed |
| feel | felt |
| find | found |
| fly | flew |
| forget | forgot |
| get | got |
| give | gave |
| go | went |
| grow | grew |
| have | had |
| hear | heard |
| hide | hid |
| hit | hit |
| hold | held |
| keep | kept |
| know | knew |
| learn | learned/learnt (AmE/BrE) |
| leave | left |
| lend | lent |
| let | let |
| lose | lost |
| make | made |
| meet | met |
| pay | paid |
| put | put |
| read | read |
| ride | rode |
| ring | rang |
| run | ran |
| say | said |
| see | saw |
| sell | sold |
| send | sent |
| shake | shook |
| shoot | shot |
| sing | sang |
| sit | sat |
| sleep | slept |
| speak | spoke |
| spell | spelled/spelt (AmE/BrE) |
| spend | spent |
| stand | stood |
| steal | stole |
| swim | swam |
| take | took |
| teach | taught |
| tell | told |
| think | thought |
| throw | threw |
| understand | understood |
| wake | woke |
| wear | wore |
| win | won |
| write | wrote |
| Tip! |
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| * learned and spelled are American English (AmE). |
| * learnt and spelt are British English (BrE). |
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