/

beat  /biːt /bɪˈkʌm/

become  ɪn/
ɪˈɡ
begin  /b
t/
bite  /baɪ ɪk/
break  /b ŋ/
re
rɪ
Irregular verbs
bring  /b /
ɪld
build  /b

Infinitive Past simple Past Participle Translation

be /biː/ was, were /wɒz, wɜː(r)/ been /biːn/

beat /biːt/ beat /biːt/ beaten /ˈbiːt(ə)n/
become /bɪˈkʌm/ became /bɪˈkeɪm/ become /bɪˈkʌm/
begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ began /bɪˈɡæn/ begun /bɪˈɡʌn/
bite /baɪt/ bit /bɪt/ bitten /ˈbɪt(ə)n/
break /breɪk/ broke /brəʊk/ broken /ˈbrəʊkən/
bring /brɪŋ/ brought /brɔːt/ brought /brɔːt/
build /bɪld/ built /bɪlt/ built /bɪlt/
buy /baɪ/ bought /bɔːt/ bought /bɔːt/
catch /kætʃ/ caught /kɔːt/ caught /kɔːt/
choose /tʃuːz/ chose /tʃəʊz/ chosen /ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n/
come /kʌm/ came /keɪm/ come /kʌm/
cost /kɒst/ cost /kɒst/ cost /kɒst/
cut /kʌt/ cut /kʌt/ cut /kʌt/
do /duː/ did /dɪd/ done /dʌn/
draw /drɔː/ drew /druː/ drawn /drɔːn/
dream /driːm/ dreamt, dreamed /dremt, driːmd/ dreamt, dreamed /dremt, driːmd/
drink /drɪŋk/ drank /dræŋk/ drunk /drʌŋk/
drive /draɪv/ drove /drəʊv/ driven /ˈdrɪv(ə)n/
eat /iːt/ ate /eɪt/ eaten /ˈiːt(ə)n/
fall /fɔːl/ fell /fel/ fallen /ˈfɔːlən/
feed /fiːd/ fed /fed/ fed /fed/
feel /fiːl/ felt /felt/ felt /felt/
fight /faɪt/ fought /fɔːt/ fought /fɔːt/
find /faɪnd/ found /faʊnd/ found /faʊnd/
fly /flaɪ/ flew /fluː/ flown /fləʊn/
forget /fə(r)ˈɡet/ forgot /fə(r)ˈɡɒt/ forgotten /fə(r)ˈɡɒt(ə)n/
get /ɡet/ got /ɡɒt/ got /ɡɒt/
give /ɡɪv/ gave /ɡeɪv/ given /ˈɡɪv(ə)n/
go /ɡəʊ/ went /went/ gone /ɡɒn/
grow /ɡrəʊ/ grew /ɡruː/ grown /ɡrəʊn/
have /hæv/ had /hæd/ had /hæd/
hear /hɪə(r)/ heard /hɜː(r)d/ heard /hɜː(r)d/
hide /haɪd/ hid /hɪd/ hidden /ˈhɪd(ə)n/
hit /hɪt/ hit /hɪt/ hit /hɪt/
hold /həʊld/ held /held/ held /held/
hurt /hɜː(r)t/ hurt /hɜː(r)t/ hurt /hɜː(r)t/
keep /kiːp/ kept /kept/ kept /kept/
know /nəʊ/ knew /njuː/ known /nəʊn/
learn /lɜː(r)n/ learnt, learned /lɜː(r)nt, lɜː(r)nd/ learnt, learned /lɜː(r)nt, lɜː(r)nd/
leave /liːv/ left /left/ left /left/
lend /lend/ lent /lent/ lent /lent/
let /let/ let /let/ let /let/
lose /luːz/ lost /lɒst/ lost /lɒst/

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 Infinitive Past simple Past Participle Translation

make /meɪk/ made /meɪd/ made /meɪd/

mean /miːn/ meant /ment/ meant /ment/
meet /miːt/ met /met/ met /met/
pay /peɪ/ paid /peɪd/ paid /peɪd/
put /pʊt/ put /pʊt/ put /pʊt/
read /riːd/ read /red/ read /red/
ring /rɪŋ/ rang /ræŋ/ rung /rʌŋ/
run /rʌn/ ran /ræn/ run /rʌn/
say /seɪ/ said /sed/ said /sed/
see /siː/ saw /sɔː/ seen /siːn/
sell /sel/ sold /səʊld/ sold /səʊld/
send /send/ sent /sent/ sent /sent/
shine /ʃaɪn/ shone /ʃoʊn/ shone /ʃoʊn/
shoot /ʃuːt/ shot /ʃɒt/ shot /ʃɒt/
show /ʃəʊ/ showed /ʃəʊd/ shown /ʃəʊn/
shut /ʃʌt/ shut /ʃʌt/ shut /ʃʌt/
sing /sɪŋ/ sang /sɒŋ/ sung /sæŋ/
sit /sɪt/ sat /sæt/ sat /sæt/
sleep /sliːp/ slept /slɛpt/ slept /slɛpt/
speak /spiːk/ spoke /spəʊk/ spoken /ˈspəʊkən/
spell /spel/ spelt /spelt/ spelt /spelt/
spend /spend/ spent /spent/ spent /spent/
stand /stænd/ stood /stʊd/ stood /stʊd/
steal /stiːl/ stole /stəʊl/ stolen /stəʊl(ə)n/
swim /swɪm/ swam /swæm/ swum /swʌm/
take /teɪk/ took /tʊk/ taken /ˈteɪkən/
teach /tiːtʃ/ taught /kɔːt/ taught /kɔːt/
tell /tel/ told /təʊld/ told /təʊld/
think /θɪŋk/ thought /θɔːt/ thought /θɔːt/
throw /θrəʊ/ threw /θruː/ thrown /θrəʊn/
understand /ˌʌndə(r)ˈstænd/ understood /ˌʌn dərˈstʊd/ understood /ˌʌn dərˈstʊd/
wake /weɪk/ woke /woʊk/ woken /ˈwoʊ kən/
wear /weə(r)/ wore /wɔː(r)/ worn /wɔː(r)n/
win /wɪn/ won /wʌn/ won /wʌn/
write /raɪt/ wrote /rəʊt/ written /ˈrɪt(ə)n/

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