Irregular Verbs Involving Lots of Differences

 By: TOEFL consultant

 The tenses allow the differences in irregular verbs. Here, we present them containing the present (1), the past (2) and the participle (3) formed in differences.

	A	Arise	Arose	Arisen
		Awake	Awoke	Awoken
	B	Be	Was, were	Been
		Bear	Bore	Borne
		Begin	Began	Begun
		Bid	Bade	Bidden
		Bite	Bit	Bitten
		Blow	Blew	Blown
		Break	Broke	Broken
	C	Choose	Chose	Chosen
	D	Do	Did	Done
		Draw	Drew	Drawn
		Drink	Drank	Drunk
		Drive	Drove	Driven
	E	Eat	Ate	Eaten
	F	Fall	Fell	Fallen
		Fly	Flew	Flown
		Forbid	Forbad	Forbidden
		Foresee	Foresaw	Foreseen
		Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
		Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
		Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken
		Freeze	Froze	Frozen
	G	Give	Gave	Given
		Go	Went	Gone
		Grow	Grew	Grown
	H	Hide	Hid	Hidden
	K	Know	Knew	Known
	L	Lie	Lay	Lain
	M	Mistake	Mistook	Mistaken
		Mow	Mowed	Mown
	O	Outdo	Outdid	Outdone
		Outgrow	Outgrew	Outgrown
		Overdo	Overdid	Overdone
		Override	Overrode	Overridden
		Oversee	Oversaw	Overseen
		Overtake	Overtook	Overtaken
		Overthrow	Overthrew	Overthrown
	P	Partake	Partook	Partaken
	R	Ride	Rode	Ridden
		Ring	Rang	Rung
		Rise	Rose	Risen
	S	Saw	Sawed	Sawn
		See	Saw	Seen
		Sew	Sewed	Sewn
		Shake	Shook	Shaken
		Shear	Sheared	Shorn
		Show	Showed	Shown
		Shrink	Shrank	Shrunk
		Sing	Sang	Sung
		Sink	Sank	Sunk
		Slay	Slew	Slain
		Sow	Sowed	Sown
		Speak	Spoke	Spoken
		Spring	Sprang	Sprung
		Steal	Stole	Stolen
		Stink	Stank	Stunk
		Stride	Strode	Stridden
		Strive	Strove	Striven
		Swear	Swore	Sworn
		Swell	Swelled	Swollen
		Swim	Swam	Swum
	T	Take	Took	Taken
		Tear	Tore	Torn
		Thrive	Throve	Thriven
		Throw	Threw	Thrown
		Tread	Trod	Trodden
	U	Undergo	Underwent	Undergone
		Underlie	Underlay	Underlain
		Undertake	Undertook	Undertaken
		Underwrite	Underwrote	Underwritten
		Undo	Undid	Undone
		Wake	Woke	Woken
		Wear	Wore	Worn
		Weave	Wove	Woven
		Withdraw	Withdrew	Withdrawn
		Write	Wrote	Written

References

 

Azar, Betty Schrampfer. 1989. Understanding and Using English Grammar. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc.

Voiles, Price R. 1993. Modern Business English. Singapore: McGraw-Hill Book Co.