Level: beginner
Most verbs have a past tense and past participle with –ed:
worked
played
listened
But many of the most frequent verbs are irregular:
| Base form | Past tense | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been |
| begin | began | begun |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| build | built | built |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| feel | felt | felt |
| find | found | found |
| get | got | got |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hold | held | held |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| leave | left | left |
| lead | led | led |
| let | let | let |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sit | sat | sat |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |
- Irregular verbs
Comments
This is really helpful. Thanks.
hi my name is su maddiq
Thanks
Hi,
In previous lesson exercises, I'm not sure if the listed answers are correct.
1. In November, we’ll have been living in this house for ten years.
Now verb phrase listed as the answer is "will have been", I think it should be "will have been living" if I'm wrong then please explain why 'living' is not considered part of the main verb.
2. Lorena must’ve been really happy to see her sister again after all this time.
In answer 'been' is listed as the Modal verb, I guess this is a mistake, the modal verb is 'must'. isn't it?
Regards
Hi SajadKhan,
We'd like to check your examples but we're not sure which pages they come from. Could you please post the comment on the relevant page and let us know which exercise the examples come from, or else post a link to the page? Then we'll be able to check and correct any errors we find.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Peter,
These are from https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verb-phrases-...
Regards
Hi SajadKhan,
Thank you for the link. You are correct about both questions and I will edit the task accordingly. It may take a little time for the changes to appear in the task but they will be corrected.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Sir, You shock or run by seeing me
You shock or run seeing me.
Which one is appropriate, the one with 'By' or without it ?
Hi SonuKumar,
I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by 'you shock or run', so I'm afraid I can't say.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi SonuKumar,
I'm afraid neither of these is natural. If you mean that the deer ran because it saw a lion, then I'd suggest something like 'Seeing a lion, the deer ran'. I'm not sure if that's what you mean, though.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
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