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| Item | Match | Pronunciation | Comments |
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| be | was/were - been | /bi: - wɒz-wɜ:* - bɪn/ | |
| give | gave - given | /gɪv - geɪv - gɪvən/ | |
| keep | kept - kept | /ki:p - kept - kept/ | |
| show | showed - shown | /ʃəʊ - ʃəʊd - ʃəʊn/ | |
| shoot | shot - shot | /ʃu:t - ʃɒt - ʃɒt/ | |
| wake | woke - woken | /weɪk - wəʊk - wəʊkən/ | |
| leave | left - left | /li:v - left - left/ | |
| find | found - found | /faɪnd - faʊnd - faʊnd/ | |
| understand | understood - understood | /ʌndə*stænd - ʌndə*stʊd - ʌndə*stʊd/ | |
| say | said - said | /seɪ - sed - sed/ | |
| steal | stole - stolen | /sti:l - stəʊl - stəʊlən/ | |
| hold | held - held | /həʊld - held - held/ |
To hold something is to have it in your hand. To hold someone is to embrace them, to hug them, to put your arms around them. |
| blow | blew - blown | /bləʊ - blu: - bləʊn/ | |
| fight | fought - fought | /faɪt - fɔ:t - fɔ:t/ | |
| bite | bit - bitten | /baɪt - bɪt - bɪtən/ | |
| send | sent - sent | /send - sent - sent/ | |
| spend | spent - spent | /spend - spent - spent/ | |
| write | wrote - written | /raɪt - rəʊt - rɪtən/ | |
| sit | sat - sat | /sɪt - sæt - sæt/ | |
| light | lit - lit | /laɪt - lɪt - lɪt/ |
also as a regular verb: LIGHT - LIGHTED - LIGHTED (both forms, regular and irregular, are very common) |
| meet | met - met | /mi:t - met - met/ | |
| become | became - become | /bɪkʌm - bɪkeɪm - bɪkʌm/ | |
| cut | cut - cut | /kʌt - kʌt - kʌt/ | |
| bring | brought - brought | /brɪŋ - brɔ:t - brɔ:t/ | |
| catch | caught - caught | /kætʃ - kɔ:t - kɔ:t/ |
You TAKE something which is still, but CATCH something which is moving: to take a pen, to catch a fly, to take an apple, to catch the bus. |
| put | put - put | /pʊt - pʊt - pʊt/ | |
| speak | spoke - spoken | /spi:k - spəʊk - spəʊkən/ | |
| tear | tore - torn | /teə* - tɔ:* - tɔ:*n/ | |
| hear | heard - heard | /hɪə* - hɜ:*d - hɜ:*d/ | |
| read | read - read | /ri:d - red - red/ | |
| begin | began - begun | /bəgɪn - bəgæn - bɪgʌn/ | |
| smell | smelt - smelt | /smel - smelt - smelt/ | |
| drink | drank - drunk | /drɪŋk - dræŋk - drʌnk/ | |
| choose | chose - chosen | /tʃu:z - tʃəʊz - tʃəʊzən/ | |
| fly | flew - flown | /flaɪ - flu: - fləʊn/ | |
| mean | meant - meant | /mi:n - ment - ment/ | |
| know | knew - known | /nəʊ - nju: - nəʊn/ | |
| think | thought - thought | /θɪŋk - θɔ:t - θɔ:t/ | |
| wear | wore - worn | /weə* - wɔ:* - wɔ:*n/ | |
| have | had - had | /hæv - hæd - hæd/ |
remember that we can say HAVE or HAVE GOT in the present, but not in the past. - I have a sister = I've got a sister - I had a red car (had got) |
| stand | stood - stood | /stænd - stʊd - stʊd/ | |
| sing | sang - sung | /sɪŋ - sæŋ - sʌŋ/ | |
| pay | paid - paid | /peɪ - peɪd - peɪd/ | |
| run | ran - run | /rʌn - ræn - rʌn/ | |
| sell | sold - sold | /sel - səʊld - səʊld/ | |
| swim | swam - swum | /swɪm - swæm - swʌm/ | |
| ring | rang - rung | /rɪŋ - ræŋ - rʌŋ/ | |
| feel | felt - felt | /fi:l - felt - felt/ | |
| learn | learnt - learnt | /lɜ:*n lɜ:*nt lɜ:*nt/ | |
| rise | rose - risen | /raɪz - rəʊz - rɪzən/ | |
| hurt | hurt - hurt | /hɜ:*t - hɜ:*t - hɜ:*t/ | |
| eat | ate - eaten | /i:t - eɪt - i:tən/ | |
| come | came - come | /kʌm - keɪm - kʌm/ | |
| shut | shut - shut | /ʃʌt - ʃʌt - ʃʌt/ | |
| take | took - taken | /teɪk - tʊk - teɪkən/ | |
| beat | beat - beaten | /bi:t - bi:t - bi:tən/ | |
| get | got - got | /get - gɒt - gɒt/ |
American English: GET - GOT - GOTTEN /get - gɒt - gɒtən/ |
| buy | bought - bought | /baɪ - bɔ:t - bɔ:t/ | |
| hide | hid - hidden | /haɪd - hɪd - hɪdən/ | |
| hit | hit - hit | /hɪt - hɪt - hɪt/ | |
| forget | forgot - forgotten | /fə*get - fə*gɒt - fə*gɒtən/ | |
| ride | rode - ridden | /raɪd - rəʊd - rɪdən/ | |
| build | built - built | /bɪld - bɪlt - bɪlt/ | |
| drive | drove - driven | /draɪv - drəʊv - drɪvən/ | |
| break | broke - broken | /breɪk - brəʊk - brəʊkən/ | |
| make | made - made | /meɪk - meɪd - meɪd/ | |
| lose | lost - lost | /lu:z - lɒst - lɒst/ | |
| let | let - let | /let - let - let/ | |
| sleep | slept - slept | /sli:p - slept - slept/ | |
| see | saw - seen | /si: - sɔ: - si:n/ | |
| draw | drew - drawn | /drɔ: - dru: - drɔ:n/ | |
| win | won - won | /wɪn - wʌn - wʌn/ | |
| throw | threw - thrown | /θrəʊ - θru: - θrəʊn/ | |
| teach | taught - taught | /ti:tʃ - tɔ:t - tɔ:t/ | |
| do | did - done | /du: - dɪd - dʌn/ | |
| go | went - gone | /gəʊ - went - gɒn/ | |
| cost | cost - cost | /kɒst - kɒst - kɒst/ | |
| burn | burnt - burnt | /bɜ:*n - bɜ:*nt - bɜ:*nt/ | |
| fall | fell - fallen | /fɔ:l - fel - fɔ:lən/ | |
| lend | lent - lent | /lend - lent - lent/ | |
| grow | grew - grown | /grəʊ - gru: - grəʊn/ | |
| tell | told - told | /tel - təʊld - təʊld/ | |
| dream | dreamt - dreamt | /dri:m - dremt - dremt/ |
You can also use it as a regular verb: DREAM - DREAMED - DREAMED |
