Chart of irregular verbs

First group, with no change

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bet

bet

bet

apostar

cost

cost

cost

costar

cut

cut

cut

cortar

hit

hit

hit

golpear, pegar

hurt

hurt

hurt

lastimar, herir

let

let

let

dejar, permitir

put

put

put

poner

set

set

set

poner, colocar

spread

spread

spread

extender, esparcir

sut

sut

sut

cerrar

quit

quit

quit

renunciar

read

read

read

leer

Second group, final “d” to “t”

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send

sent

sent

enviar, remitir

bend

bent

bent

doblar, inclinar

build

built

built

construir

lend

lent

lent

prestar

spend

spent

spent

gastar, pasar el tiempo

Third group, “i” to “a” in the past

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begin

began

begun

empezar

drink

drank

drunk

beber

forgive

forgave

forgiven

perdonar

give

gave

given

dar, regalar

forbid

forbade

forbidden

prohibir

ring

rang

rung

sonar, tocar

sing

sang

sung

cantar

sit

sat

sat

sentarse

swim

swam

swum

nadar

swing

swang

swung

columpiar

shrink

shrank

shrunk

encoger

sink

sank

sunk

hundir, sumir

stink

stank

stunk

apestar

Fourth group, “l” to “o” in the past

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drive

drove

driven

manejar, conducir

ride

rode

ridden

cabalgar, montar

shine

shone

shone

brillar

win

won

won

ganar

write

wrote

written

escribir

rise

rose

risen

levantarse, surgir

Fifth group, “ea” to “o” in the past

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brake

broke

broken

romper

speak

spoke

spoken

hablar

steal

stole

stolen

robar

swear

swore

sworn

jurar

wear

wore

worn

usar, llevar puesto

Sixth group, “e” to “o” in the past

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forget

forgot

forgotten

olvidar

get

got

gotten

conseguir, obtener

sell

sold

sold

vender

tell

told

told

contra, decir

freeze

froze

frozen

congelar

Seventh group, “o” to “e”

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blow

blew

blown

soplar

grow

grew

grown

crecer

hold

held

held

sostener, detener

know

knew

knew

saber, conocer

throw

threw

thrown

lanzar, arrojar

Eigth group, lose one of the double vowels

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bleed

bled

bled

sangrar

choose

chose

chosen

escoger

feed

fed

fed

alimentar

meet

met

met

conocer, encontrar

Ninth group, lose one vowel and add “t”

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feel

felt

felt

sentir

keep

kept

kept

guardar, conservar

sleep

slept

slept

dormir

Tenth group, ending in “ught”

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bring

brought

brought

traer

buy

bought

bought

comprar

catch

caught

caught

atrapar, alcanzar

fight

fought

fought

luchar

teach

taught

taught

enseñar

think

thought

thought

pensar, creer

Tenth group, different changes

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be, am, is, are

was, were

been

ser, estar

beat

beat

beaten

golpear, vencer, latir

bite

bit

bitten

morder

hide

hid

hidden

esconder

come

came

come

venir

do

did

done

hacer

fly

flew

flown

volar

eat

ate

eaten

comer

mean

meant

meant

significar

draw

drew

drawn

dibujar

fall

fell

fallen

caer

find

found

found

encontrar

go

went

gone

ir

have

had

had

tener, haber

hear

heard

heard

oir

lead

led

led

llevar, conducir

make

made

made

hacer

leave

left

left

dejar, salir, partir

light

lit

lit

encender

lose

lost

lost

perder

pay

paid

paid

pagar

say

said

said

decir

run

ran

run

correr

see

saw

seen

ver

shake

shook

shaken

agitar, estrechar

take

took

taken

tomar, llevar

understand

understood

understood

entender

stand

stood

stood

estar de pie

slide

slid

slid

deslizarse, resbalar

strike

stroke

striken

golpear

bear

bore

born

soportar, aguantar

become

became

become

convertirse

wake

woke

woken

agitar, estrechar

wind

wound

wound

dar cuerda

cling

clang

clung

colgar, adherirse

flee

fled

fled

huir

stick

stuck

stuck

pegarse

hang

hung

hung

colgar

spin

spun

spun

girar, dar vueltas

take

took

taken

tomar, llevar

shake

shook

shaken

agitar, estrechar

take

took

taken

tomar, llevar