Irregular verb practice: present and past
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These two verbs can often cause problems for learners of English, even though they are not as common as a lot of other irregular verbs. They are both pronounced the same way, like the ‘o’ you can hear in ‘go’. Don’t let the spelling confuse you!
To Sow : French: ’semer/ensemencer’
simple past: sowed
past participle: sown or [...]
Consultez les verbes irréguliers, puis faites ce petit test. Bon chance!
This group changes from the infinitive with ‘ow’ to the past with ‘ew’ and the past participle with ‘own’:
blow –> blew –> blown (souffler)
grow –> grew –> grown (grandir)
know –> knew –> known (savoir, connaître)
throw –> threw –> thrown (jeter)
for our memory, we could add these variations, they have similar characteristics:
fly –> flew –> [...]
We can now look at verbs whose simple past and past participle are different.
At typical germanic ending is ‘-en’ for the past participle:
break –> broke –> broken (casser)
choose –> chose –> chosen (choisir)
speak –> spoke –> spoken (parler)
steal –> stole –> stolen (voler)
wake –> woke –> woken (se reveiller) usually with ‘-up’ to wake up [...]
Verbs that use ‘aught’ or ‘ought’. The prononciation is the same, the sound is like the vowel sound in ‘door’, saw, more, etc.
bring –> brought (amener)
buy –> bought (acheter)
fight –> fought (combattre)
think –> thought (penser)
catch –> caught (attraper)
teach –> taught (enseigner)
seek –> sought (rechercher, chercher)
Exercise.
Connaissez-vous les temps en anglais? Quelles phrases sont justes?
1. It’s at [...]
Our third group of irregular verbs can be made from verbs that have a long vowel sound in the infinitive and a short vowel sound for the past simple and past participle:
Feel – felt (sentir, toucher, etc)
leave – left (quitter, partir, laisser)
Meet – met (rencontrer)
dream – dreamt (rever) – ‘dreamed’ is correct too.
mean – meant [...]
Our second group of irregular verbs has verbs the past simple and past participle are the same, but are different from the infinitive:
infinitive past simple/past participle
lend- lent
send – [...]
Infinitive: to write
Past Simple: wrote
Present participle: writing
Past participle: written
Present Simple
I
You write
We
They
She/he/it/writes
Present Progressive
I am
You are
She/he/it/one is writing
We are
They are
Present perfect
I have
You have
She/he/it/one has written
We have
They have
Past Simple (preterit)
I
You
She/he/it/one wrote
we
They
Past progressive
I was
You were
She/he/it/one was writing
We were
They were
Past Perfect
I
You
She/he/it/one had written
we
They
Future simple
I
You
She/he/it/onewill write
we
They
Future perfect
I
You
She/he/it/one will have written
we
They
Conditional
I
You
She/he/it/one would write
we
They
Past Conditional
I
You
She/he/it/one would have written
we
They
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Infinitive: to win
Past Simple: won
Present participle: winning
Past participle: won
Present Simple
I win
You win
We win
They win
She/he/it/one wins
Present Progressive
I am winning
You are winning
She/he/it/one is winning
We are winning
They are winning
Present perfect
I have won
You have won
She/he/it/one has won
We have won
They have won
Past Simple (preterit)
I won
You won
She/he/it/one won
we won
They won
Past progressive
I was winning
You were winning
She/he/it/one winning
We were winning
They were winning
Past Perfect
I had won
You had [...]
Infinitive: to weep
Past Simple: wept
Present participle: weeping
Past participle: wept
Present Simple
I weep
You weep
We weep
They weep
She/he/it/one weeps
Present Progressive
I am weeping
You are weeping
She/he/it/one is weeping
We are weeping
They are weeping
Present perfect
I have wept
You have wept
She/he/it/one has wept
We have wept
They have wept
Past Simple (preterit)
I wept
You wept
She/he/it/one wept
we wept
They wept
Past progressive
I was weeping
You were weeping
She/he/it/one was weeping
We were weeping
They were weeping
Past Perfect
I had [...]
Infinitive: to wear
Past Simple: wore
Present participle: wearing
Past participle: worn
Present Simple
I wear
You wear
We wear
They wear
She/he/it/one   wears
Present Progressive
I am wearing
You are wearing
She/he/it/one is wearing
We are wearing
They are wearing
Present perfect
I have worn
You have worn
She/he/it/one has worn
We have worn
They have worn
Past Simple (preterit)
I wore
You wore
She/he/it/one wore
we wore
They wore
Past progressive
I was wearing
You were wearing
She/he/it/one was wearing
We were wearing
They were wearing
Past [...]