Common irregular verbs 46 - 71

Study the irregular verbs carefully

Get familiar with the words in this list first before moving on to the exercises. If you manage to understand the definition of the irregular verbs, you can begin the exercises.There's no rule to easily remind the differences, you just have to study them very hard to use them properly!

	Base form*	Past Simple**	Past Participle***	Definition	Example Sentence
1	meet	met	met	to come together with someone intentionally.	The day she met him he was riding a horse.
2	pay	paid	paid	to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided.	She's working as a night nurse to pay for her holidays.
3	put	put	put	1) to move something or someone into the stated place, position, or direction, or 2) to write something.	Simone put a hand on the child's head.
4	read	read	read	1) to look at words or symbols and understand what they mean. 2) to say the words that are printed or written.	I have already read that book.
5	ride	rode	ridden	1) to sit on something such as a bicycle, motorbike, or horse and travel along on it controlling its movements. 2) to travel in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or train.	Have you ever ridden a horse?
6	ring	rang	rung	(1) to make a phone call to someone or, (2) to (cause to) make the sound of a bell.	He hung up the telephone and it rang again immediately.
7	run	ran	run	(of people and some animals) to move along, faster than walking, by taking quick steps in which each foot is lifted before the next foot touches the ground.	His knee started hurting after he ran only one mile.
8	say	said	said	1) to pronounce words or sounds, to express a thought, opinion, or suggestion, or to state a fact or instruction, or, 2) to think or believe.	"I see you soon!", he said to his girlfriend.
9	see	saw	seen	1) to be conscious of what is around you by using your eyes, or 2) to watch a film, television program, etc.	The last time I saw him he did not have a beard!
10	sell	sold	sold	1) to give something to someone else in return for money, or 2) to be bought in the way or quantities that are mentioned; to be sold at the price mentioned.	He sold the watch of his grandmother when he needed the money.
11	send	sent	sent	1) to cause something to go from one place to another, especially by post or email, or 2) to cause or order someone to go and do something.	Have you sent a letter to your aunt when she turned 50?
12	show	showed	shown	1) to make it possible for something to be seen, or 2) to record or express a number of measurements, or 3) to explain something to someone, by doing it or by giving instruction or examples.	Could you show me how to set up my laptop?
13	shut	shut	shut	1) to (cause to) close something, or 2) to (cause to) stop operating or being in service, either temporarily or permanently.	I am trying to shut the window, but it appears to be broken.
14	sing	sang	sung	to make musical sounds with the voice, usually a tune with words.	She had not sung since the surgery.
15	sink	sank	sunk	to (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance.	It took a few seconds for the import of his words to sink in.
16	speak	spoke	spoken	to say words, to use the voice, or to have a conversation with someone.	Did you speak to Shane before making this decision?
17	spend	spent	spent	1) to give money as a payment for something, or 2) to use time doing something or being somewhere.	He spent enough time in the woods to be able to climb a tree.
18	stand	stood	stood	to be in a vertical state or to put into a vertical state, especially (of a person or animal) by making the legs straight.	If you don't stand up, the old man cannot take a seat.
19	teach	taught	taught	to give someone knowledge or to train someone; to instruct.	He taught History for most of his career.
20	think	thought	thought	1) to believe something or have an opinion or idea, or 2) to use the brain to decide to do something.	He never thought he could jump off the cliff.
21	throw	threw	thrown	to send something through the air with force, especially by a sudden movement of the arm.	He threw the ball to his teammate.
22	wake	woke	woken	to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping.	I woke up with a headache.
23	wear	wore	worn	to have clothing, jewelry, etc. on your body.	He'd worn either walking shoes or running shoes.
24	win	won	won	to achieve the first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight, etc.:	Cliff won the first prize in the first competition of this year.
25	write	wrote	written	1) to make marks that represent letters, words, or numbers on a surface, such a paper or a computer screen, using a pen, pencil, or keyboard, or to use this method to records thoughts, facts, or messages, or 2) to send a letter or message to someone, giving them information or expressing your thoughts or feelings.	Hefner hasn't written a single postcard in ten years.

*Base form: the root form of a verb is the base form. It's the form that's listed in the dictionary. It is the version of the verb without any endings (such as -s, -ing, and ed).

Could you sing that tune ones again?

**Past Simple: 2nd form of the verb, to talk about a completed action in a time before now.

Example: That was the last time I spoke to her.

***Past Participle: 3rd form of the verb, to talk about a completed action but important now.

Example: I've paid off my intuition money with the money I got from my parents.

Common irregular verbs 46 - 71

Common irregular verbs 46 - 71

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