However, it can also be a verb, 'Please address the judge as your honor.' Because of the multiple meaning of words, the ordering of words were conducted by 1) taking the frequency of only verb types, then 2) taking the frequency of (verb + other type), then finally 3) taking the frequency of (other type + verb).
Divide the irregular into groups. So it is easier to learn them by heart.
We formed 5 groups:
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
bet* | bet | bet |
burst | burst | burst |
cost | cost | cost |
cut | cut | cut |
hit | hit | hit |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
let | let | let |
put | put | put |
read | read | read |
set | set | set |
shut | shut | shut |
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
beat | beat | beaten |
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
come | came | come |
run | ran | run |
become | became | become |
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
deal | dealt | dealt |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
get | got | got |
hang | hung | hung |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hold | held | held |
keep | kept | kept |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
light* | lit | lit |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
pay | paid | paid |
say | said | said |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
spend | spent | spent |
stand | stood | stood |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sweep | swept | swept |
swing | swung | swung |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
understand | understood | understood |
win | won | won |
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
be | was/were | been |
begin | began | begun |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
choose | chose | chosen |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
freeze | froze | frozen |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grow | grew | grown |
hide | hid | hidden |
know | knew | known |
lie** | lay | lain |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
see | saw | seen |
shake | shook | shaken |
show* | showed | shown |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spring | sprang | sprung |
steal | stole | stolen |
swear | swore | sworn |
swim | swam | swum |
take | took | taken |
tear | tore | torn |
throw | threw | thrown |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove | woven |
write | wrote | written |
* regular form (+ -ed) also possible
Some of the verbs in our table are merely prefixed forms of an irregular verb. Thus, if you learn only a single irregular verb, you can be certain that any other prefixed variant on that verb is irregular in the exact same manner. Look at the following examples:
Thanks to Brian.
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