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all 3 forms are similar

infinitive
bet*
burst
cost
cut
hit
hurt
let
put
read
set
shut

simple past past participle


bet
bet
burst
burst
cost
cost
cut
cut
hit
hit
hurt
hurt
let
let
put
put
read
read
set
set
shut
shut

Infinitive and Simple Past are similar


infinitive
beat

simple past past participle


beat
beaten

Infinitive and past participle are similar


infinitive
come
run
become

simple past
came
ran
became

past participle
come
run
become

Simple Past and past participle are similar


infinitive
bring
build
buy
catch
deal
feed
feel
fight
find
get
hang
have
hear

simple past past participle


brought
brought
built
built
bought
bought
caught
caught
dealt
dealt
fed
fed
felt
felt
fought
fought
found
found
got
got
hung
hung
had
had
heard
heard

hold
keep
lay
lead
leave
lend
light*
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
say
sell
send
shine
shoot
sit
sleep
slide
spend
stand
stick
sweep
swing
teach
tell
think
understand
win

held
kept
laid
led
left
lent
lit
lost
made
meant
met
paid
said
sold
sent
shone
shot
sat
slept
slid
spent
stood
stuck
swept
swung
taught
told
thought
understood
won

held
kept
laid
led
left
lent
lit
lost
made
meant
met
paid
said
sold
sent
shone
shot
sat
slept
slid
spent
stood
stuck
swept
swung
taught
told
thought
understood
won

all 3 forms are different


infinitive
be
begin
blow
break
choose
do
draw
drink

simple past
was/were
began
blew
broke
chose
did
drew
drank

past participle
been
begun
blown
broken
chosen
done
drawn
drunk

drive
eat
fall
fly
forget
freeze
give
go
grow
hide
know
lie
ride
ring
rise
see
shake
show*
sing
sink
speak
spring
steal
swear
swim
take
tear
throw
wake
wear
weave
write

drove
ate
fell
flew
forgot
froze
gave
went
grew
hid
knew
lay
rode
rang
rose
saw
shook
showed
sang
sank
spoke
sprang
stole
swore
swam
took
tore
threw
woke
wore
wove
wrote

driven
eaten
fallen
flown
forgotten
frozen
given
gone
grown
hidden
known
lain
ridden
rung
risen
seen
shaken
shown
sung
sunk
spoken
sprung
stolen
sworn
swum
taken
torn
thrown
woken
worn
woven
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
generation or two.
The following English irregular verbs are now obsolete and use the standard past and
participle forms (-ed).
infinitive
Burn
dream
Learn

simple past
burnt
dreamt
learnt

past
participle
burnt
dreamt
learnt

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