The document introduces 13 groups of irregular verbs organized by their common patterns in past simple and past participle forms. It provides the base form, past simple, past participle, and meaning for verbs in each group to illustrate the patterns, such as group 1 containing verbs that add "-ght" in the past simple and past participle (e.g. bring/brought/brought). The goal is to make learning irregular verbs easier by clustering them according to shared characteristics rather than alphabetical order.

1. IRREGULAR
VERBS
AN EASY WAY TO
LEARN THE:

2. We traditionally have
learned the list of the
irregular verbs in
alphabetical order.
Nevertheless, we notice
that some of them share
the same characteristics,
so if we group them, its
learning will be easier.
Let's see 13 groups with
the most common verbs.

3. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
-GHT -GHT
BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT
BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT
CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT
FIGHT FOUGHT FOUGHT
TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT
THINK THOUGHT THOUGHT
GROUP 1

4. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
-IN -AN -UN
BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
RING RANG RUNG
RUN RAN RUN
SING SANG SUNG
GROUP 2

5. SWING SWUNG SWUNG
SWIM SWAM SWUM
Nor exactly the same, but also in this
group:
PAY ATTENTION:

6. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
-EW -WN
DRAW DREW DRAWN
FLY FLEW FLOWN
GROW GREW GROWN
KNOW KNEW KNOWN
THROW THREW THROWN
GROUP 3

7. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
= = =
COST COST COST
CUT CUT CUT
HIT HIT HIT
HURT HURT HURT
PUT PUT PUT
READ READ READ
GROUP 4

8. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
BASE FORM + EN
BE WAS/WERE BEEN
BITE BIT BITTEN
DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN
EAT ATE EATEN
FALL FELL FALLEN
GIVE GAVE GIVEN
GROUP 5

9. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
BASE FORM + EN
RIDE RODE RIDDEN
SEE SAW SEEN
TAKE TOOK TAKEN
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN
Nor exactly the same, but also in this
group:
PAY ATTENTION:
FORGET FORGOT FORGOTTEN

10. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
-D -T -T
BUILD BUILT BUILT
LEND LENT LENT
SEND SENT SENT
SPEND SPENT SPENT
GROUP 6

11. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
-T -T
BURN BURNT BURNT
DREAM DREAMT DREAMT
LEARN LEARNT LEARNT
LOSE LOST LOST
GROUP 7
Nor exactly the same, but also in this
group:
PAY ATTENTION:
HEAR HEARD HEARD

12. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
= =
BECOME BECAME BECOME
COME CAME COME
GROUP 8
BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
-Y -ID -ID
PAY PAID PAID
SAY SAID SAID
GROUP 9

13. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
EE E/T E/T
FEEL FELT FELT
KEEP KEPT KEPT
MEET MET MET
SLEEP SLEPT SLEPT
FEED FED FED
GROUP 10
Nor exactly the same, but also in this
group:
PAY ATTENTION:

14. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
O/E O/EN
BREAK BROKE BROKEN
CHOOSE CHOSE CHOSEN
FREEZE FROZE FROZEN
SPEAK SPOKE SPOKEN
STEAL STOLE STOLEN
WAKE WOKE WOKEN
GROUP 11
HELLO!

15. SHINE SHONE SHONE
Nor exactly the same, but also in this
group:
PAY ATTENTION:

16. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
= =
FIND FOUND FOUND
GET GOT GOT
HAVE HAD HAD
HOLD HELD HELD
LEAVE LEFT LEFT
MAKE MADE MADE
GROUP 12
A+!

17. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
= =
SELL SOLD SOLD
SIT SAT SAT
STAND STOOD STOOD
TELL TOLD TOLD
WIN WON WON

18. BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
GO WENT GONE
DO DID DONE
WEAR WORE WORN
GROUP 13
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