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Irregular verbs
Match each base form to its past simple and past participle.
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Irregular verbs
Irregular verbs: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it. The remaining questions are in the answer key below.
- 01
cut → cut: cut
- 02
put → put: put
- 03
let → let: let
- 04
cost → cost: cost
- 05
buy → bought: bought
Answer key: all 24 questions
- 01cut → cut: cut
- 02put → put: put
- 03let → let: let
- 04cost → cost: cost
- 05buy → bought: bought
- 06bring → brought: brought
- 07think → thought: thought
- 08teach → taught: taught
- 09sell → sold: sold
- 10tell → told: told
- 11keep → kept: kept
- 12leave → left: left
- 13find → found: found
- 14sit → sat: sat
- 15go → went: gone
- 16do → did: done
- 17see → saw: seen
- 18eat → ate: eaten
- 19take → took: taken
- 20give → gave: given
- 21write → wrote: written
- 22know → knew: known
- 23break → broke: broken
- 24drink → drank: drunk
The rule behind it
- English irregular verbsEnglish has around 180 irregular verbs, but roughly sixty carry almost all ordinary use.
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