ENGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS – SOUND PATTERNS

Base form Past simple Past participle Meaning-AI -O -I

Arise Arose arisenDrive Drove DrivenRide Rode RiddenRise Rose Risen Strive Strove Striven Write Wrote Written

-I -O -IBe Was/were BeenSee Saw Seen

-I -EI -IBeat Beat BeatenEat Ate EatenForbid Forbade ForbiddenForgive Forgave ForgivenGive Gave given

-E -E -EBend Bent Bent Bet Bet betLend Lent Lent Let Let Let Send Sent Sent Set Set Set Shed Shed Shed Smell Smelt Smelt Spell Spelt Spelt Spend Spent Spent Spread Spread Spread

-A/AI -A -ABroadcast Broadcast Broadcast Cast Cast Cast Forecast Forecast Forecast Cut Cut Cut Shine Shone Shone Shut Shut Shut

-I -I -IBeat Beat BeatenBuild Built Built Hit Hit Hit Knit Knit Knit Spill Spilt Spilt Split Split Split

-Ə -Ə -ƏBurst Burst BurstBurn Burnt Burnt Hurt Hurt Hurt

-EI -EI -EILay Laid Laid Make Made Made Pay Paid Paid

-AI -I -IBite Bit BittenHide Hid hidden

-OW/O/AI -U/IU OUKnow Knew KnownBlow Blew Blown Draw Drew Drawn Fly Flew Flown Grow Grew GrownShow Showed Shown Throw Threw Thrown

-I -AE/E ABegin Began BegunDrink Drank DrunkRing Rang RungSing Sang Sung Swim Swam Swum Shrink Shrank ShrunkSpring Sprang Sprung

-AI -I -ILight Lit Lit Slide Slid Slid

-U -O -OShoot Shot Shot Lose Lost Lost Choose Chose Chosen

-I -E -EBleed Bled Bled Breed Bred BredFeed Fed Fed Feel Felt Felt Flee Fled Fled Keep Kept Kept Lead Led LedMean Meant Meant Meet Met Met Read Read Read Sit Sat Sat Sleep Slept Slept Speed Sped Sped

-EI/I/E -OU/O -OU/OAwake Awoke Awoken Bear Bore Born Break Broke Broken Freeze Froze Frozen

Speak Spoke Spoken Swear Swore Sworn Steal Stole Stolen Wear Wore Worn Wake Woke Woken

-OT -OTBuy Bought Bought Bring Brought Brought Catch Caught Caught Fight Fought Fought Tear Tore Torn Teach Taught Taught Think Thought Thought

-AI -AU -AUBind Bound Bound Find Found Found Wind Wound Wound

-E -OU -OUSell Sold SoldTell Told Told

-A -EI -ABecome Became BecomeCome Came ComeOvercome Overcame Overcome