Irregular Verbs List PDF

Irregular verbs Most English verbs are regular and add –ED in the Simple Past and past participle (play played played). However, there are over 200 main verbs that are irregular and do not add –ED. The list below covers the most commonly known. We can distinguish three main types of irregular verb...

Irregular verbs Most English verbs are regular and add –ED in the Simple Past and past participle (play played played). However, there are over 200 main verbs that are irregular and do not add –ED. The list below covers the most commonly known. We can distinguish three main types of irregular verbs: 1. All three parts are identical  hurt hurt hurt 2. Two parts are identical  spend spent spent 3. All three parts are different  speak spoke spoken From left to right you will find the infinitives, Simple Past forms, past participles (used for perfect tenses) and their Dutch translations. e.g. I spoke to Annie yesterday. (Simple Past) I have/had spoken to Annie. (Present/Past Perfect) Legend to the grid below:* = regular forms are preferred for verbs whereas irregular verbs are more used for adjectives. Example: He spoiled the occasion with his stupid remark. The spoilt boy was impossible in class. INFINITIVE DUTCH SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE 1 to (a)rise stijgen (rijzen) (a)rose (a)risen to (a)wake wakker worden (a)woke (a)woken to be zijn (ook was-were been worden) to beat slaan (tegen, beat beaten op) to become worden became become to begin beginnen began begun to bite bijten bit bitten to bleed bloeden bled bled to blow blazen blew blown 10 to break breken broke broken to bring brengen brought brought to build bouwen built built to burn (ver)branden burnt burnt to buy kopen bought bought 1  can kunnen could - to catch vangen caught caught to choose kiezen chose chosen to come komen came come to cost kosten cost cost 20 to cut snijden cut cut to deal behandelen dealt dealt (ook kaarten delen) to do doen did done to dream dromen dreamed*- dreamed*- dreamt dreamt to drink drinken drank drunk to drive rijden (bv.auto) drove driven to eat eten ate eaten to fall vallen fell fallen to feed voeden fed fed to feel voelen felt felt 30 to fight vechten fought fought to find vinden found found to fly vliegen flew flown to forbid verbieden forbade forbidden to forget vergeten forgot forgotten to forgive vergeven forgave forgiven to freeze vriezen froze frozen to get (ver)krijgen got got to give geven gave given to go gaan went gone 40 to grow groeien grew grown to hang (op)hangen hung hung to hang (op)hangen hanged* hanged* verhangen to have hebben had had to hear horen heard heard to hide verbergen hid hidden to hit slaan (ook hit hit raken) to hold (uit of held held op)houden to hurt pijn doen hurt hurt to keep (vast)houden kept kept 50 to kneel knielen kneeled* -knelt kneeled*-knelt to know weten knew known to lay leggen laid laid to lead leiden led led to lean leunen leaned*-leant leaned*-leant to learn leren (studeren) learned*-learnt learned*-learnt to leave (ver)laten, left left weggaan to lend lenen lent lent to let (gerust)laten let let 2  to lie liggen lay lain 60 to light verlichten, lit lit aansteken to lose verliezen lost lost to make maken made made may mogen might - to mean bedoelen, meant meant betekenen to meet ontmoeten met met must moeten had to - to pay betalen paid paid to prove bewijzen proved* proved*-proven to put plaatsen put put 70 to read lezen read read to ride rijden rode ridden (bv.paard, fiets) to ring bellen rang rung to run lopen ran run to say zeggen said said to see zien saw seen to sell verkopen sold sold to send versturen, sent sent zenden to set zetten set set to shake schudden shook shaken 80 shall-will zullen should-would - to shoot schieten shot shot to show tonen showed shown to shut sluiten shut shut to sing zingen sang sung to sink zinken sank sunk to sit zitten sat sat to sleep slapen slept slept to speak spreken spoke spoken to spell spellen spelled*-spelt spelled*-spelt 90 to spend verbruiken, spent spent doorbrengen to spread verspreiden spread spread to stand staan stood stood to steal stelen stole stolen to stick kleven stuck stuck to stink stinken stank stunk to strike (toe)slaan, struck struck staken to swim zwemmen swam swum to take nemen took taken to teach aanleren taught taught 10 to tear scheuren tore torn 0 to tell vertellen told told to think denken thought thought 3 to throw gooien, werpen threw thrown to understand verstaan, understood understood begrijpen to wear dragen ( kledij, wore worn juwelen, parfum) to win winnen won won to write schrijven wrote written 4