Cheatsheet: Irregular Verbs Table
Verbs
Irregular Verbs Table
| Pattern | Base form | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| All three forms are the same | put | put | put |
| -ought / -aught | buy | bought | bought |
| Past and participle end in -d | make | made | made |
| B1Final -d becomes -t | build | built | built |
| A2Long vowel shortens, -t added | keep | kept | kept |
| /iː/ shortens to /e/ | meet | met | met |
| Vowel changes, past = participle | sit | sat | sat |
| Participle = base form | come | came | come |
| i → a → u | drink | drank | drunk |
| Participle in -en | take | took | taken |
| participle in -n / -ne | go | went | gone |
| Use | — | finished actions: I went to Madrid. | after have: I have gone there. |