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Irregular Verbs in English*

Marianne Raynaud and Catherine Alhinc

Type 1: The same form for the simple past and the past participle

roup 1 ! 1 "# $erbs%

The simple past and the past participle are exactly the same and end with d. The

infinitive is always pronounced [i:] like the letter E, while the simple past and past

participle are pronounced [e] like in the word ed!e.

"lever to breed bred bred

lire to read read read

mener, conduire to lead led lednourrir, alimenter to feed fed fed

traiter #affaires$ to deal dealt dealt

roup 1 ! & "1' $erbs%

The simple past and the past participle are exactly the same and end with t. The infinitive

is always pronounced [i:] like the letter E, while the simple past and past participle are

pronounced [e] like in the word ed!e.

#se$ sentir to feel felt felt

%alayer to s(eep s(ept s(ept%ondir to leap leapt leapt

dormir to sleep slept slept

!arder to )eep )ept )ept

pleurer to (eep (ept (ept

&uitter, laisser to lea$e left left

ramper to creep crept crept

rencontrer to meet met met

si!nifier, vouloir dire to mean meant meant

roup & 1 "+ $erbs%

The simple past and past participles are exactly the same and are formed %y chan!in! thelast consonant to a d or to de.

avoir to ha$e had had

faire to ma)e made made

dire to say said said

mettre, "tendre to lay laid laid

payer to pay paid paid

entendre to hear heard heard

!lisser to slide slid slid

*There are additional irregular verbs, but many of these now have common regular forms.

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The simple past and past participles are exactly the same and are formed by changing the

last consonant to t.

d"penser, passer to spend spent spent

#se$ cour%er to bend bent bent

pr-ter to lend lent lent

envoyer to send sent sentsentir #odorat$ to smell smelt smelt

%rler to burn burnt burnt

construire to build built built

The verbs below (also in group 2 have both regular and irregular forms ending in t.

They appear in !as "t #ove$ as irregular verbs.

"n these tables the verbs mar%ed with an asteris% have both regular and irregular forms.

"n the story !as "t #ove$ they have irregular forms.

apprendre to learn * learnt learntr-ver to dream * dreamt dreamt

d"verser to spill * spilt spilt

!/cher to spoil * spoilt spoilt

roup , 1 "+ $erbs%

The simple past and past participles are the same and are formed by changing the last

consonant to ght pronounced &t&.

apporter, amener to bring brought brought

attraper to catch caught caught

penser, r"fl"chir to thin) thought thought

acheter to buy bought bought

com%attre, se %attre to fight fought fought

chercher to see) sought sought

ensei!ner to teach taught taught

roup - A "11 $erbs%

The simple past and past participles are the same and are formed by changing the last

consonant to d.

dire, raconter to tell told told

vendre to sell sold sold

attacher, tenir, lier #contrat$ to bind bound bound

trouver to find found found

moudre, hacher to grind ground ground

enrouler to (ind (ound (ound

se tenir de%out to stand stood stood

comprendre to understand understood understood

tenir contre, endurer to (ithstand (ithstood (ithstoodtenir to hold held held


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retenir to (ithhold (ithheld (ithheld

roup - . ! 1 "1' $erbs%

The simple past and past participles are the same and end in t, c%, n or ne.

ac&u"rir, o%tenir to get got got / gotten "0%

perdre to lose lost lost

%riller to shine shone shone

tirer #fusil$, chasser to shoot shot shot-tre assis to sit sat sat

cracher to spit spit / spat spit / spat

coller to stic) stuc) stuc)

frapper to stri)e struc) struc)

#se$%alancer to s(ing s(ung s(ung

tordre (ring (rung (rung

!a!ner to (in (on (on

roup - . ! & "2 $erbs%

The simple past and past participle are once more the same and end in g or ng.

creuser to dig dug clung

s1accrocher 2 to cling clung dug

lancer, #se$ 3eter to fling flung flung

-tre suspendu, pendre to hang hung / hanged hung / hanged

lancer, 3eter to sling slung slung

tourner, filer #tissa!e$ to spin spun spun

pi&uer #insecte, sensation$ to sting stung stung

accrocher #!uirlande$ to string strung strung

Type II: Three different forms

roup # "11 $erbs%

The simple past and past participles are different. These ver%s all have infinitives endin! in

ow except fly, draw, withdraw and sew. 4ll %ut the last 5 ver%s form the simple

past %y chan!in! the main sylla%le to ew. 6our ver%s have re!ular simple past tenses %ut

irre!ular past participles: show, sew, mow and sow. 6or all the ver%s in !roup 7

the past participle is formed %y addin! n to the infinitive.

souffler to blo( ble( blo(npousser, cro8tre to gro( gre( gro(n

savoir, conna8tre to )no( )ne( )no(n

3eter, lancer to thro( thre( thro(n

voler, piloter #avion$ to fly fle( flo(n

tirer, dessiner to dra( dre( dra(n

se retirer to (ithdra( (ithdre( (ithdra(n

tondre #la pelouse$ to mo( mo(ed mo(n / mo(ed

montrer to sho( sho(ed sho(n / sho(ed

coudre to se(* se(ed se(n / se(ed

semer to so(* so(ed so(n / so(ed


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e careful, the ver%s sow and sew are pronounced exactly the same way ;s


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The simple past and past participles are different. These are very common verbs.

-tre to be (as been

voir to see sa( seen

aller, partir to go (ent gone

faire to do did done

commencer to begin began begun

roup 5 ! & "- $erbs%

The simple past and past participle differ, but the past participle is li%e the infinitive.

venir to come came come

devenir to become became become

surmonter to o$ercome o$ercame o$ercome

courir to run ran run

roup 5 ! , "- $erbs%.The simple past and past participle are different. The simple past is formed by changing

the central vowel sound ea to o pronounced && and adding e after the final

consonant. The past participle is formed by changing the final e to n.

3urer, pr-ter serment to s(ear s(ore s(orn

porter, supporter to bear bore born

porter #v-tements, parfum,

etc.$

to (ear (ore (orn

d"chirer to tear tore torn

roup 5 ! - "5 $erbs%.The simple past and past participle are different. The simple past is formed by changing

the central vowel sound i to a pronounced &-&. The past participle is formed by

changing the central vowel sound to u pronounced &&.

sauter, %ondir to spring sprang sprung

sonner, t"l"phoner to ring rang rung

chanter to sing sang sung

%oire to drin) dran) drun)

r"tr"cir to shrin) shran) shrun)

couler, som%rer to sin) san) sun) sentir mauvais to stin) stan) stun)

na!er to s(im s(am s(um

roup 5 ! # "& $erbs%.

The simple past and past participle are different. The past participle ends in ain, which is

pronounced;?n;.

-tre "tendu to lie* lay lain

tuer, massacrer to slay sle( slain

*/erethe verb to lie means to be in a hori0ontal position. The verb to lie, whichmeans not to tell the truth is a regular verb.


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Type III: The same form for the infiniti$e6 the simple past and the past participle


The central vowel sound is;@;

laisser, permettre to let let let

parier to bet bet betinstaller, poser to set set set

perdre #feuilles, cheveux$ to shed shed shed

"taler, "tendre to spread spread spread

roup 2 ! & "- $erbs%

The central vowel sound is&1&.

frapper to hit hit hit

faire une offre to bid bid bid

fendre, couper droit to slit slit slits"parer, scinder, fendre to split split split

a%andonner, -tre "limin" to 7uit 7uit 7uit

roup 2 ! , ", $erbs%

The central vowel sound is&&.

couper to cut cut cut

fermer to shut shut shut

enfoncer, porter un coup to thrust thrust thrust

roup 2 ! - "& $erbs%

The central vowel sound is&&.

%lesser, faire mal to hurt hurt hurt

"clater to burst burst burst

roup 2 ! # ", $erbs%

The central vowel sound in the final syllable is&-&.

lancer to cast cast cast

pr"voir to forecast forecast forecastdiffuser #radio, TA, etc.$ to broadcast broadcast broadcast

roup 2 ! 3 "& $erbs%

The central vowel sound is & o& or &&.o

poser, mettre to put put put

coter to cost cost cost

Bf you now know the entire list you have learnt one hundred and forty)ei!ht irre!ular ver%s

and their tenses. 'on!ratulations on your efforts to speak correct En!lishC

Darianne aynaud and 'atherine 4lhinc


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