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This support has been developed as part of my revisions for exams First Certificate in English.
Common Mistakes
We have already studied irregular verbs in English. There are many errors which are
commonly made while using irregular verbs. In this lesson, we are going to study the most
common errors with these tricky verbs!
When using the verb “to go” in the past simple, many English learners will incorrectly say
they “goed” to a place. This is incorrect. Instead, they should say “went”. It is also important
to remember that the past particle of the verb is “gone”.
The past participle of the verbs is sometimes the same as the past simple form of the verb.
Other times it isn’t. This can make learning the irregular verbs in English really complicated
for English learners. In the following paragraphs, we will give examples of the verbs which
must be taken into account when learning English in order to not get confused and make
mistakes!
Some irregular verbs have the same form for the past simple as for the past participle. They
include:
buy – bought
bring – brought
catch – caught
feel –felt
find – found
have – had
meet – met
leave – left
say – said
think – thought
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While irregular verbs can be very confusing, there are a few irregular verbs which are much
simpler than they seem! For example, the following verbs are some of the most used verbs
that do not change at all in the past simple or past participle forms:
beat, bet, cut, hit, let, put, read, shut
It is quite common for English learners to follow the rules used for regular verbs when using
the aforementioned verbs. However, it is important that you work to memorize the irregular
verbs!
IRREGULAR VERBS
Common Mistakes – Text
Last weekend, I went on a fishing trip with my best friend. Before leaving our home town, we
bought new fishing poles to bring with us. We even brought a boat with us. We felt like we
were ready to catch any sort of fish in the lake.
We set out from our hometown late the night before we were due to arrive at the cabin. It
took us hours to get there, but when we finally found the place we had reserved, we were
thankful. We slept for ten hours! We were rested and ready to go by the time the sun came
up.
My friend caught the first fish of the day. It was an enormous trout! Although we like trout, we
were fishing in a lake that was very well known for its excellent salmon and we cut the trout
off the line and let it go.
We spent another three hours on the lake without catching anything. We were getting really
tired when all of a sudden my friend said he thought he felt something tug on his line!
Excited, he started to reel in the line. Once the fish got closer to the surface, we saw that he
had caught what looked like one of the biggest salmon we had seen in years!
We felt very lucky. It’s not often that you catch a spectacular fish like this! We were very
happy. Although I didn’t catch anything, we went home with a great story to tell our friends
and family.
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