Learn irregular verbs effectively.
Here you will find irregular verbs listed to their forms. So you can learn them more effectively.
Question: Must I write -ought or -aught?
Answer: If in the infinitive is an -a, write -aught, otherwise -ought.
all 3 forms are similar infinitive simple past past participle bet* bet bet burst burst burst cost cost cost cut cut cut hit hit hit hurt hurt hurt let let let put put put read read read set set set shut shut shut
Infinitive and Simple Past are similar infinitive simple past past participle beat beat
beaten
Infinitive and past participle are similar infinitive simple past past participle come
came come run
ran run become
became become
Simple Past and past participle are similar infinitive simple past past participle
bring brought brought
build built built
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
deal dealt dealt
feed fed fed
feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
get got got
hang hung hung
have had had
hear heard heard
hold held held
keep kept kept
lay laid laid
lead led led
leave left left
lend lent lent
light* lit lit
lose lost lost
make made made
mean meant meant
meet met met
pay paid paid
say said said
sell sold sold
send sent sent
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
slide slid slid
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
stick stuck stuck
sweep swept swept
swing swung swung
teach taught taught
tell told told
think thought thought
understand understood understood
win won won
all 3 forms are different infinitive simple past past participle
be
was/were
been
begin
began
begun
blow
blew
blown
break
broke
broken
choose
chose
chosen
do
did
done
draw
drew
drawn
drink
drank
drunk
drive
drove
driven
eat
ate
eaten
fall
fell
fallen
fly
flew
flown
forget
forgot
forgotten
freeze
froze
frozen
give
gave
given
go
went
gone
grow
grew
grown
hide
hid
hidden
know
knew
known
lie
lay
lain
ride
rode
ridden
ring
rang
rung
rise
rose
risen
see
saw
seen
shake
shook
shaken
show*
showed
shown
sing
sang
sung
sink
sank
sunk
speak
spoke
spoken
spring
sprang
sprung
steal
stole
stolen
swear
swore
sworn
swim
swam
swum
take
took
taken
tear
tore
torn
throw
threw
thrown
wake
woke
woken
wear
wore
worn
weave
wove
woven
write
wrote
written
* regular form (+ -ed) also possible.
Some of the verbs in our table are merely prefixed forms of an irregular verb. Thus, if you learn only a single irregular verb, you can be certain that any other prefixed variant on that verb is irregular in the exact same manner. Look at the following examples:
bid - forbid
cast - broadcast - forecast
go - forego - undergo
get - forget
stand - understand - withstand
tell - foretell
take - overtake - undertake
The trend, in English, and especially in American English, is to standardize the irregular verbs. We do not foresee all the irregular verbs ever being standardized, but some of the more minor variations in less commonly used words will probably disappear in the next genration or two.
The following English irregular verbs are now obsolete and use the standard past and participle forms (-ed). infinitive simple past past participle
burn
burnt
burnt
dream
dreamt
dreamt
learn
learnt
learnt