irregular verbs

Irregular Verbs

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

Andrew Ernest Ritz () Irregular Verbs May 8, 2011 1 / 88

awake awoke awoken

verb –. (7) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken– (stop sleeping; ”She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock”)


be was been

verb –1. (10742) be – (have the quality of being; (copula, used withan adjective or a predicate noun); ”John is rich”; ”This is not a goodanswer”)


beat beat beaten

verb –1. (18) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish – (comeout better in a competition, race, or conflict; ”Agassi beat Becker inthe tennis championship”; ”We beat the competition”; ”Harvarddefeated Yale in the last football game”)


become became become

verb –1. (327) become, go, get – (enter or assume a certain state orcondition; ”He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”; ”Itmust be getting more serious”; ”her face went red with anger”; ”Shewent into ecstasy”; ”Get going!”)


begin began begun

verb –1. (375) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, setout, commence – (take the first step or steps in carrying out anaction; ”We began working at dawn”; ”Who will start?”; ”Getworking as soon as the sun rises!”; ”The first tourists began to arrivein Cambodia”; ”He began early in the day”; ”Let’s get down to worknow”)


bend bent bent

verb –1. (23) bend, flex – (form a curve; ”The stick does not bend”)


bet bet bet

verb –1. (19) bet, wager – (maintain with or as if with a bet; ”I betshe will be there!”)


bite bit bitten

verb –1. (12) bite, seize with teeth – (to grip, cut off, or tear with oras if with the teeth or jaws; ”Gunny invariably tried to bite her”)


blow blew blown

verb –1. (6) blow – (exhale hard; ”blow on the soup to cool it down”)


break broke broken

verb –1. (15) interrupt, break – (terminate; ”She interrupted herpregnancy”; ”break a lucky streak”; ”break the cycle of poverty”)


bring brought brought

verb –1. (122) bring, convey, take – (take something or somebodywith oneself somewhere; ”Bring me the box from the other room”;”Take these letters to the boss”; ”This brings me to the main point”)


broadcast broadcast broadcast

verb –1. (2) air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit – (broadcast overthe airwaves, as in radio or television; ”We cannot air this X-ratedsong”)


build built built

verb –1. (123) construct, build, make – (make by combiningmaterials and parts; ”this little pig made his house out of straw”;”Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer”)


burn burnt burnt

verb –1. (11) burn, fire, burn down – (destroy by fire; ”They burnedthe house and his diaries”)


buy bought bought

verb –1. (102) buy, purchase – (obtain by purchase; acquire bymeans of a financial transaction; ”The family purchased a new car”;”The conglomerate acquired a new company”; ”She buys for the bigdepartment store”)


catch caught caught

verb –1. (19) catch – (discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly,or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certainstate; ”She caught her son eating candy”; ”She was caughtshoplifting”)


choose chose chosen

verb –1. (80) choose, take, select, pick out – (pick out, select, orchoose from a number of alternatives; ”Take any one of these cards”;”Choose a good husband for your daughter”; ”She selected a pair ofshoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her”)


cut cut cut

verb –1. (58) cut – (separate with or as if with an instrument; ”Cutthe rope”)


dig dug dug

verb –1. (9) dig, delve, cut into, turn over – (turn up, loosen, orremove earth; ”Dig we must”; ”turn over the soil for aeration”)


do did done

verb –1. (526) make, do – (engage in; ”make love, not war”; ”makean effort”; ”do research”; ”do nothing”; ”make revolution”)


draw drew drawn

verb –1. (13) pull, draw, force – (cause to move by pulling; ”draw awagon”; ”pull a sled”)


dream dreamt dreamt

verb –1. (15) dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze – (have adaydream; indulge in a fantasy)


drive drove driven

verb –1. (56) drive – (operate or control a vehicle; ”drive a car orbus”; ”Can you drive this four-wheel truck?”)


drink drank drunk

verb –1. (30) drink, imbibe – (take in liquids; ”The patient mustdrink several liters each day”; ”The children like to drink soda”)


eat ate eaten

verb –1. (61) eat – (take in solid food; ”She was eating a banana”;”What did you eat for dinner last night?”)


fall fell fallen

verb –1. (43) fall – (descend in free fall under the influence ofgravity; ”The branch fell from the tree”; ”The unfortunate hiker fellinto a crevasse”)


feel felt felt

verb –1. (181) feel, experience – (undergo an emotional sensatio n orbe in a particular state of mind; ”She felt resentful”; ”He felt regret”)


fight fought fought

verb –1. (112) contend, fight, struggle – (be engaged in a fight; carryon a fight; ”the tribesmen fought each other”; ”Sibling s are alwaysfighting”; ”Militant groups are contending for control of the country”)


find found found

verb –1. (159) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter – (come upon,as if by accident; meet with; ”We find this idea in Plato”; ”I happenedupon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here”; ”Shechanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day”)


fly flew flown

verb –1. (33) fly, wing – (travel through the air; be airborne; ”Mancannot fly”)


forget forgot forgotten

verb –1. (61) forget, bury – (dismiss from the mind; stopremembering; ”I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”)


forgive forgave forgiven

verb –1. (24) forgive – (stop blaming or grant forgiveness; ”I forgavehim his infidelity”; ”She cannot forgive him for forgetting herbirthday”)


freeze froze frozen

verb –1. (5) freeze, stop dead – (stop moving or become immobilized; ”When he saw the police car he froze”)


get got gotten

verb –1. (235) get, acquire – (come into the possession of somethingconcrete or abstract; ”She got a lot of paintings from her uncle”;”They acquired a new pet”; ”Get your results the next day”; ”Getpermission to take a few days off from work”)


give gave given

verb –1. (179) give – (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physicalsense; ”She gave him a black eye”; ”The draft gave me a cold”)


go went gone

verb –1. (343) travel, go, move, locomote – (change location; move,travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; ”How fast does your new cargo?”; ”We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”; ”The policeme nwent from door to door looking for the suspect”; ”The soldiers movedtowards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”; ”newstravelled fast”)


grow grew grown

verb –1. (70) turn, grow – (pass into a condition gradually, take on aspecific property or attribute; become; ”The weather turned nasty”;”She grew angry”)


hang hung hung

verb –1. (35) hang – (be suspended or hanging; ”The flag hung onthe wall”)


hear heard heard

verb –1. (275) hear – (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)


hide hid hidden

verb –1. (28) hide, conceal – (prevent from being seen or discovered;”Muslim women hide their faces”; ”hide the money”)


hit hit hit

verb –1. (25) hit – (cause to move by striking; ”hit a ball”)


hold held held

verb –1. (79) keep, maintain, hold – (keep in a certain state,position, or activity; e.g., ”keep clean”; ”hold in place”; ”She alwaysheld herself as a lady”; ”The students keep me on my toes”)


hurt hurt hurt

verb –1. (8) ache, smart, hurt – (be the source of pain)


keep kept kept

verb –1. (206) keep, maintain, hold – (keep in a certain state,position, or activity; e.g., ”keep clean”; ”hold in place”; ”She alwaysheld herself as a lady”; ”The students keep me on my toes”)


know knew known

verb –1. (585) know, cognize, cognise – (be cognizant or aware of afact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge orinformation about; ”I know that the President lied to the people”; ”Iwant to know who is winning the game!”; ”I know it’s time”)


lay laid laid

verb –1. (24) put, set, place, pose, position, lay – (put into a certainplace or abstract location; ”Put your things here”; ”Set the traydown”; ”Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children”; ”Placeemphasis on a certain point”)


lead led led

verb –1. (40) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide – (take somebodysomewhere; ”We lead him to our chief”; ”can you take me to themain entrance?”; ”He conducted us to the palace”)


learn learnt learnt

verb –1. (90) learn, larn, acquire – (gain knowledge or skills; ”Shelearned dancing from her sister”; ”I learned Sanskrit”; ”Childrenacquire language at an amazing rate”)


leave left left

verb –1. (146) leave, go forth, go away – (go away from a place; ”Atwhat time does your train leave?”; ”She didn’t leave until midnight”;”The ship leaves at midnight”)


lend lent lent

verb –1. (7) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring – (bestow aquality on; ”Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”;”The music added a lot to the play”; ”She brings a specialatmosphere to our meetings”; ”This adds a light note to theprogram”)


let let let

verb –1. (219) let, allow, permit – (make it possible through aspecific action or lack of action for something to happen; ”Thispermits the water to rush in”; ”This sealed door won’t allow the watercome into the basement”; ”This will permit the rain to run off”)


lie lay lain

verb –1. (88) lie – (be located or situated somewhere; occupy acertain position)


lose lost lost

verb –1. (123) lose – (fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have,either physically or in an abstract sense; ”She lost her purse when sheleft it unattended on her seat”)


make made made

verb –1. (508) make, do – (engage in; ”make love, not war”; ”makean effort”; ”do research”; ”do nothing”; ”make revolution”)


mean meant meant

verb –1. (93) mean, intend – (mean or intend to express or convey;”You never understand what I mean!”; ”what do his words intend?”)


meet met met

verb –1. (49) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see– (come together; ”I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; ”How niceto see you again!”)


pay paid paid

verb –1. (138) pay – (give money, usually in exchange for goods orservices; ”I paid four dollars for this sandwich”; ”Pay the waitress,please”)


put put put

verb –1. (138) put, set, place, pose, position, lay – (put into acertain place or abstract location; ”Put your things here”; ”Set thetray down”; ”Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children”;”Place emphasis on a certain point”)


read read read

verb –1. (115) read – (interpret something that is written or printed;”read the advertisement”; ”Have you read Salman Rushdie?”)


ride rode ridden

verb –1. (53) ride, sit – (sit and travel on the back of animal, usuallywhile controlling its motions; ”She never sat a horse!”; ”Did you everride a camel?”; ”The girl liked to drive the young mare”)


ring rang rung

verb –1. (15) ring, peal – (sound loudly and sonorously; ”the bellsrang”)


rise rose risen

verb –1. (26) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise –(move upward; ”The fog lifted”; ”The smoke arose from the forestfire”; ”The mist uprose from the meadows”)


run ran run

verb –1. (106) run – (move fast by using one’s feet, with one foot offthe ground at any given time; ”Don’t run–you’ll be out of breath”;”The children ran to the store”)


say said said

verb –1. (1861) state, say, tell – (express in words; ”He said that hewanted to marry her”; ”tell me what is bothering you”; ”state youropinion”; ”state your name”)


see saw seen

verb –1. (613) see – (perceive by sight or have the power to perceiveby sight; ”You have to be a good observer to see all the details”;”Can you see the bird in that tree?”; ”He is blind–he cannot see”)


sell sold sold

verb –1. (73) sell – (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent;”He sold his house in January”; ”She sells her body to survive andsupport her drug habit”)


send sent sent

verb –1. (79) send, direct – (cause to go somewhere; ”The explosionsent the car flying in the air”; ”She sent her children to camp”; ”Hedirected all his energies into his dissertation”)


show showed shown

verb –1. (136) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate – (give anexhibition of to an interested audience; ”She shows her dogsfrequently”; ”We will demo the new software in Washington”)


shut shut shut

verb –1. (10) close, shut – (move so that an opening or passage isobstructed; make shut; ”Close the door”; ”shut the window”)


sing sang sung

verb –1. (46) sing – (deliver by singing; ”Sing Christmas carols”)


sit sat sat

verb –1. (134) sit, sit down – (be seated)


sleep slept slept

verb –1. (58) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z’s, catch some Z’s – (beasleep)


speak spoke spoken

verb –1. (86) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise –(express in speech; ”She talks a lot of nonsense”; ”This depressedpatient does not verbalize”)


spend spent spent

verb –1. (98) spend, pass – (pass time in a specific way; ”how areyou spending your summer vacation?”)


stand stood stood

verb –1. (169) stand, stand up – (be standing; be upright; ”We hadto stand for the entire performance!”)


swim swam swum

verb –1. (12) swim – (travel through water; ”We had to swim for 20minutes to reach the shore”; ”a big fish was swimming in the tank”)


take took taken

verb –1. (92) take – (carry out; ”take action”; ”take steps”; ”takevengeance”)


teach taught taught

verb –1. (86) teach, learn, instruct – (impart skills or knowledge to;”I taught them French”; ”He instructed me in building a boat”)


tear tore torn

verb –1. (19) tear, rupture, snap, bust – (separate or cause toseparate abruptly; ”The rope snapped”; ”tear the paper”)


tell told told

verb –1. (196) state, say, tell – (express in words; ”He said that hewanted to marry her”; ”tell me what is bothering you”; ”state youropinion”; ”state your name”)


think thought thought

verb –1. (274) think, believe, consider, conceive – (judge or regard;look upon; judge; ”I think he is very smart”; ”I believe her to be verysmart”; ”I think that he is her boyfriend”; ”The racist conceives suchpeople to be inferior”)


throw threw thrown

verb –1. (53) throw – (propel through the air; ”throw a frisbee” )


understand understood understood

verb –1. (110) understand – (know and comprehend the nature ormeaning of; ”She did not understand her husband”; ”I understandwhat she means”)


wake woke woken

verb –1. (7) wake – (be awake, be alert, be there)


wear wore worn

verb –1. (83) wear, have on – (be dressed in; ”She was wearingyellow that day”)


win won won

verb –1. (71) win – (be the winner in a contest or competition; bevictorious; ”He won the Gold Medal in skating”; ”Our home teamwon”; ”Win the game”)


write wrote written

verb –1. (112) write, compose, pen, indite – (produce a literary work;”She composed a poem”; ”He wrote four novels”)


irregular verbs

Education

bent verb

burnt verb

bought verb

awoken verb

blown verb

broke broken verb

bet betverb

blow exhale hard blow