REGULAR VERBS blush complain

boast complete
boil concentrate
A bolt concern
bomb confess
accept book confuse
add bore connect
admire borrow consider
admit bounce consist
advise bow contain
afford box continue
agree brake copy
alert branch correct
allow breathe cough
amuse bruise count
analyse brush cover
announce bubble crack
annoy bump crash
answer burn crawl
apologise bury cross
appear buzz crush
applaud cry
appreciate C cure
approve curl
argue calculate curve
arrange call cycle
arrest camp
arrive care D
ask carry
attach carve dam
attack cause damage
attempt challenge dance
attend change dare
attract charge decay
avoid chase deceive
cheat decide
B check decorate
cheer delay
Back chew delight
bake choke Deliver
balance chop depend
ban claim describe
bang clap desert
bare clean deserve
bat clear destroy
bathe clip detect
battle close develop
beam coach disagree
beg coil disappear
behave collect disapprove
belong colour disarm
bleach comb discover
bless command dislike
blind communicate divide
blink compare double
blot compete doubt
drag flow identify
drain flower ignore
dream fold imagine
Dress follow impress
drip fool improve
drop force include
drown form increase
drum found influence
dry frame inform
dust frighten inject
fry injure
E instruct
G intend
Earn interest
educate Gather interfere
embarrass gaze interrupt
employ glow introduce
empty glue invent
encourage grab invite
end grate irritate
enjoy grease itch
enter greet
entertain Grin J
escape grip
examine groan Jail
excite guarantee Jam
excuse guard jog
exercise guess join
exist guide Joke
expand Judge
expect H juggle
explain jump
explode hammer
extend hand K
handle
F hang kick
happen kill
face harass kiss
fade harm kneel
fail hate Knit
fancy haunt Knock
fasten head Knot
fax heal
fear heap L
fence heat
fetch help label
file hook land
fill hop last
film hope laugh
fire hover launch
fit hug learn
fix hum level
flap hunt license
flash hurry lick
float lie
flood I lighten
like occur produce
list offend program
listen offer promise
live open protect
load order provide
lock overflow pull
long owe pump
look own punch
love puncture
P punish
M push
pack
man paddle Q
manage paint
march park question
mark part queue
marry pass
match paste R
mate pat
matter pause race
measure peck radiate
meddle pedal rain
melt peel raise
memorise peep reach
mend perform realise
mess up permit receive
milk phone recognise
mine pick record
miss pinch reduce
mix pine reflect
moan place refuse
moor plan regret
mourn plant reign
move play reject
muddle please rejoice
mug plug relax
multiply point release
murder poke rely
polish remain
N pop remember
possess remind
nail post remove
name pour repair
need practise repeat
nest pray replace
nod preach reply
note precede report
notice prefer reproduce
number prepare request
present rescue
O preserve retire
press return
obey pretend rhyme
object prevent rinse
observe prick risk
obtain print rob
rock snow telephone
roll soak tempt
rot soothe terrify
rub sound test
ruin spare thank
rule spark thaw
rush sparkle tick
spell tickle
S spill tie
spoil time
sack spot tip
sail spray tire
satisfy sprout touch
save squash tour
saw squeak tow
scare squeal trace
scatter squeeze trade
scold stain train
scorch stamp transport
scrape stare trap
scratch start travel
scream stay treat
screw steer tremble
scribble step trick
scrub stir trip
seal stitch trot
search stop trouble
separate store trust
serve strap try
settle strengthen tug
shade stretch tumble
share strip turn
shave stroke twist
shelter stuff type
shiver subtract
shock succeed U
shop suck
shrug suffer undress
sigh suggest unfasten
sign suit unite
signal supply unlock
sin support unpack
sip suppose untidy
ski surprise Use
skip surround
slap suspect V
slip suspend
slow switch vanish
smash visit
smell T
smile W
smoke talk
snatch tame wail
sneeze tap wait
sniff taste walk
snore tease wander
want
warm
warn
wash
waste
watch
water
wave
weigh
welcome
whine
whip
whirl
whisper
whistle
wink
wipe
wish
wobble
wonder
work
worry
wrap
wreck
wrestle
wriggle

x-ray

yawn
yell

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IRREGULAR VERBS
awake awoke awoken
be was, were been
bear bore born
beat beat beat
become became become
begin began begun
bend bent bent
beset beset beset
bet bet bet
bid bid/bade bid/bidden
bind bound bound
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
breed bred bred
bring brought brought
broadcast broadcast broadcast
build built built
burn burned/burnt burned/burnt
burst burst burst
buy bought bought
cast cast cast
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
cling clung clung
come came come
cost cost cost
creep crept crept
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
dive dived/dove dived
do did done
draw drew drawn
dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt
drive drove driven
drink drank drunk
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feed fed fed
feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
fit fit fit
flee fled fled
fling flung flung
fly flew flown
forbid forbade forbidden
forget forgot forgotten
forego (forgo) forewent foregone
forgive forgave forgiven
forsake forsook forsaken
freeze froze frozen
get got gotten
give gave given
go went gone
grind ground ground
grow grew grown
hang hung hung
LIE versus LAY

Lie vs. Lay usage

Present Past Past Participle
lie, lying (to tell a falsehood) I lied to my mother. I have lied under oath.
lie, lying (to recline) I lay on the bed because I was tired. He has lain in the grass.
lay, laying (to put, place) I laid the baby in her cradle. We have laid the dishes on the table.

Example sentences:

After laying down his weapon, the soldier lay down to sleep.
Will you lay out my clothes while I lie down to rest?

SIT versus SET

Sit vs. Set usage

Present Past Past Participle
sit (to be seated or come to resting
I sat in my favorite chair. You have sat there for three hours.
position)
set (to put or place) I set my glass on the table. She has set her books on my desk again.

Example sentences:

Let's set the table before we sit down to rest.

RISE versus RAISE

Rise vs. Raise usage

Present Past Past Participle
rise (steady or customary upward He has risen to a position of
The balloon rose into the air.
movement) power.
They raised their hands because they I have raised the curtain many
raise (to cause to rise)
knew the answer. times.

Example sentences:

The boy raised the flag just before the sun rose.

Irregular verbs are an important feature of English. We use irregular verbs a lot when speaking, less when
writing. Of course, the most famous English verb of all, the verb "to be", is irregular.
 Base Form Past Simple Past Participle

With regular verbs, the rule is simple...

The past simple and past participle always end in -ed: finish finished finished

stop stopped stopped

work worked worked

But with irregular verbs, there is no rule...

Sometimes the verb changes completely: sing sang sung

Sometimes there is "half" a change: buy bought bought

Sometimes there is no change: cut cut cut

base form past simple past participle

awake awoke awoken

be was, were been

beat beat beaten

become became become

begin began begun

bend bent bent

bet bet bet

bid bid bid

bite bit bitten

blow blew blown

break broke broken

bring brought brought

broadcast broadcast broadcast

build built built

burn burned/burnt burned/burnt

 buy bought bought

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

come came come

cost cost cost

cut cut cut

dig dug dug

do did done

draw drew drawn

dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt

drive drove driven

drink drank drunk

eat ate eaten

fall fell fallen

feel felt felt

fight fought fought

find found found

fly flew flown

forget forgot forgotten

forgive forgave forgiven

freeze froze frozen

get got gotten

give gave given

go went gone

grow grew grown

hang hung hung

have had had

hear heard heard

hide hid hidden

hit hit hit

hold held held

hurt hurt hurt

keep kept kept

know knew known

lay laid laid

lead led led

learn learned/learnt learned/learnt

leave left left

lend lent lent

let let let

lie lay lain

lose lost lost

make made made

mean meant meant

meet met met

pay paid paid

put put put

read read read

ride rode ridden

ring rang rung

rise rose risen

run ran run

say said said

see saw seen

 sell sold sold

send sent sent

show showed showed/shown

shut shut shut

sing sang sung

sit sat sat

sleep slept slept

speak spoke spoken

spend spent spent

stand stood stood

swim swam swum

take took taken

teach taught taught

tear tore torn

tell told told

think thought thought

throw threw thrown

understand understood understood

wake woke woken

wear wore worn

win won won

write wrote written

English regular verbs change their form very little (unlike irregular verbs). The past tense and past participle
of regular verbs end in -ed, for example:

work, worked, worked

But you should note the following points:

1. Some verbs can be both regular and irregular, for example:

 learn, learned, learned
learn, learnt, learnt

2. Some verbs change their meaning depending on whether they are regular or irregular, for example "to
hang":

regular hang, hanged, to kill or die, by dropping with a rope around the neck
hanged

irregular hang, hung, hung to fix something (for example, a picture) at the top so that the lower part
is free

3. The present tense of some regular verbs is the same as the past tense of some irregular verbs:

regular found, founded, founded

irregular find, found, found