By Arnzazu Quintero: Teacher of English

Irregular verbs

PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE MEANINGS

* Could be conjugated as a regular verb

awake (awik) awoke (awuk) awoken (awuken) despertarse, despertar

beat (bit) beat (bit) beaten (biten) golpear, derrotar, batir

become (bikm) became (bikim) become (bikm) convertirse en, llegar a ser, volverse, ponerse

begin (bigun) began (bigan) begun (bign) empezar bite (bit) bit (bit) bitten (bten) morder, picar blow (blu) blew (bl) blown (blown) soplar break (brik) broke (bruk) broken (bruken) romper bring (bring) brought (brot) brought (brot) traer build (bild) built (bilt) built (bilt) construir burn (bern) burnt* (bernt) burnt* (bernt) quemar buy (bi) bought (bot) bought (bot) comprar catch (kach) caught (kot) caught (kot) atrapar, asir, tomarchoose (chus) chose (chus) chosen (chusen) elegir clap (klap) clapt* (klapt) clapt* (klapt) aplaudir come (kam) came (kim) come (kam) venir cost (kost) cost (kost) cost (kost) costar cut (kat) cut (kat) cut (kat) cortar do (du) did (did) done (dan) hacer

draw (dro) drew (dru) drawn (dron) dibujar, extraer, sacar dream (drim) dreamt* (dremt) dreamt* (dremt) soar drink (drink) drank (draank) drunk (drank) beber

drive (driv) drove (druv) driven (drven) conducir, ir en coche, llevar en coche

eat (it) ate (it) eaten (iten) comer fall (fol) fell (fel) fallen (flen) caer, caerse

feed (fid) fed (fed) fed (fed) alimentar/se, dar de comer

feel (fil) felt (felt) felt (felt) sentir/se, palpar, tocar fight (fit) fought (fot) fought (fot) pelear, combatir find (fund) found (fund) found (fund) encontrar

fit (fit) fit* (fit) fit* (fit) encajar, quedar bien, instalar fly (fli) flew (flu) flown (flun) volar forbid (forbd) forbade (forbid) forbidden (forbden) prohibir forget (forgut) forgot (forgt) forgotten (forgten) olvidar forgive (forguv) forgave (forguiv) forgiven (forguven) perdonar

get (get) got (got) got/gotten (goten) conseguir, recibir, ponerse, llegar give (guv) gave (guiv) given (guven) dar go (gu) went (went) gone (gon) ir grow (gru) grew (gru) grown (grun) crecer, cultivar hang (jang) hung (jang) hung (jang) colgar have (jav) had (jad) had (jad) tener hear (jier) heard (jerd) heard (jerd) or hide (jid) hid (jid) hidden (jden) esconder/se hit (jit) hit (jit) hit (jit) golpear, pegar

hold (juld) held (jeld) held (jeld) sostener, celebrar, esperar

By Arnzazu Quintero: Teacher of English

hurt (jert) hurt (jert) hurt (jert) herir, lastimar, doler

keep (kip) kept (kept) kept (kept) mantener, guardar, continuar, criar know (nu) knew (ni) known (nun) saber, conocer

learn (lern) learnt* (lernt) learnt* (lernt) aprender, enterarse

leave (liv) left (left) left (left) irse, dejar, marcharse lend (lend) lent (lent) lent (lent) prestar let (let) let (let) let (let) dejar, permitir lose (lus) lost (lost) lost (lost) perder make (mik) made (mid) made (mid) hacer

mean (min) meant (ment) meant (ment) significar, querer decir, tener la intencin de

meet (mit) met (met) met (met) encontrarse con, conocer pay (pi) paid (pid) paid (pid) pagar put (put) put (put) put (put) poner read (riid) read (red) read (red) leer

ride (rid) rode (rud) ridden (rden) andar en, pasear en, montar

ring (ring) rang (raang) rung (rang) sonar, llamar por telfono rise (ris) rose (rus) risen (rsen) levantarse, subir run (ran) ran (raan) run (ran) correr say (si) said (sed) said (sed) decir see (si) saw (so) seen (sin) ver sell (sel) sold (suld) sold (suld) vender send (send) sent (sent) sent (sent) enviar show (shu) showed (shud) shown (shun) mostrar, exhibir shut (shat) shut (shat) shut (shat) cerrar sing (sing) sang (saang) sung (sang) cantar sit (sit) sat (sat) sat (sat) sentar/se sleep (slip) slept (slept) slept (slept) dormir smell (smel) smelt* (smelt) smelt* (smelt) oler speak (spik) spoke (spuk) spoken (spuken) hablar spend (spend) spent (spent) spent (spent) gastar, pasar

split (split) split (split) splite (split) partir, rajar, dividir

stand (stand) stood (stud) stood (stud) estar de pie, pararse, soportar steal (stil) stole (stul) stolen (stulen) robar

stick (stik) stuck (stak) stuck (stak) pegar, clavar, atascarse, asomar swim (sum) swam (suam) swum (sum) nadar take (tik) took (tuk) taken (tiken) tomar, llevar teach (tich) taught (tot) taught (tot) ensear

tear (ter) tore (tor) torn (torn) desgarrar, romper, arrancar tell (tel) told (tuld) told (tuld) decir, contar think (zink) thought (zot) thought (zot) pensar throw (zru) threw (zr) thrown (zrun) tirar, arrojar understand (anderstand) understood (anderstud) understood (anderstud) entender wake (uik) woke (uuk) woken (uuken) despertar wet (ut) wet* (ut) wet* (ut) mojar win (wn) won (wn) won (wn) ganar write (rit) wrote (rut) written (rten) escribir