Irregular Verbs By: Mrs. Neisha M. Velez

For some verbs, you do not form the past by adding -ed For some verbs, you do not form the past by adding -ed. Irregular verbs have special forms to show the past.

There are no rules to help you form the past of irregular verbs There are no rules to help you form the past of irregular verbs. However, certain patterns will help you remember the past form of some irregular verbs.

Group 1: The Present and the Past tense is the same.

Group 1: The Present and the Past is the same. Past Participle has/have beat golpear bet apostar burst explotar cost costar cut cortar fit caber hit pegar / golpear hurt herir let dejar put poner quit renunciar read* leer set poner / preparar shut cerrar

Group 2: The simple past and the past participle are -ought and - aught

Group 2: The simple past and the past participle change to - ought and - aught Present Past Past Participle Has / have bring brought traer buy bought comprar fight fought pelear seek sought buscar think thought pensar catch caught atrapar teach taught enseñar

Group 3: The simple past and past participle change to -ept.

Group 3: The simple past and the past participle change to -ept. Present Past Past Participle creep crept arrastrar keep kept mantener sleep slept dormir sweep swept barrer weep wept gemir

Group 4: The simple past and the past participle loose the second vowel.

Group 4: The simple past and past participle loose the second vowel. Present Past Future bleed bled sangrar breed bred reproducir feed fed alimentar flee fled huir plead pled suplicar speed sped acelerar meet met conocer shoot shot disparar

Group 5: the simple past and past participle change the -d for a -t.

Group 5: the simple past and past participle change the -d for a -t Present Past Past Participle bend bent doblar lend lent prestar send sent enviar spend spent gastar

Group 6: the simple past and past participle change to -old

Group 6: Change to -0ld Present Past Past Participle Has / have sell sold vender tell told decir

Group 7 : change the -y to -id.

Group 7: Change the -y to -id. Present Past Past Participle Has / have lay laid acostar / poner say said decir pay paid pagar mislay mislaid mal poner

Group 8: change to -ung.

Group 8: Change to -ung. Present Past Past Participle Has / have hang hung colgar string strung hilar swing swung columpiar

Group 9: the simple form and the past participle are the same.

Group 9: The simple past and the past participle are the same. Present Past Past Participle Has / have come came venir become became convertir

Group 10: the vowel change to -a in the simple past and to -u in the past participle

Group 10: The vowel in the simple past change to -a and to -u in the past participle. Present Past Past Participle Has / have begin began begun comenzar drink drank drunk beber ring rang rung sonar sing sang sung cantar run ran correr sink sank sunk hundir shrink shrank shrunk encoger stink stank stunk apestar swim swam swum nadar

Group 11: change the simple past to -ew and the past participle to -own.

Group 11: change the simple past to -ew and the past participle to -own. Present Past Past Participle Has / have Meaning bear bore born Desafiar /soportar swear swore sworn jurar blow blew blown soplar tear tore torn romper wear wore worn vestir draw drew drown dibujar fly flew flown volar know knew known saber throw threw thrown tirar

Group 12:

Group 12: the past participle ends in -en. Present Past Past Participle Has / have Meaning see saw seen ver break broke broken romper speak spoke spoken hablar drive drove driven guiar give gave given dar forgive forgave forgiven perdonar hide hid hidden esconder ride rode ridden Montar /correr bite bit bitten morder get got gotten tomar write wrote written escribir