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Past and Past Participles of Some Common English Verbs

Arise - arose - arisen
Bear - bore - borne
(Carry)
Bear - bore - born
(give birth)
Beat - beat - beaten
Become - became - become
Begin - began - begun
Bite - bit - bitten/bit
Blow - blew - blown
Break - broke - broken
Breed - bred - bred
Bring - brought - brought
Build - built - built
Burn - burnt - burnt
Buy - bought - bought
Burn - burnt - burnt
Call - called - called
Can - could - could
Catch - caught - caught
Choose - chose - chosen
Come - came - come
Cost - cost - cost
Cut - cut - cut
Dance - danced - danced
Dig - dug - dug
Do - did - done
Draw - drew - drawn
Dream - dreamed/ - dreamed/
                 dreamt      dreamt
Drink - drank - drunk/
                          drunken
Drive - drove - driven
Eat - ate - eaten
Fall - fell - fallen
Feed - fed - fed
Fell - felled - felled
(cause to fall)
Fight - fought - fought
Find - found - found
Flee - fled - fled
Fly - flew - flown
Forget - forgot - forgotten
Give - gave - given
Go - went - gone
Get - got - got/gotten
Grow - grew - grown
Hang - hung - hung
(suspend)
Hang - hanged - hanged
(kill by hanging)
Hear - heard - heard
Hide - hid - hidden
Hit - hit - hit
Hold - held - held
Hurt - hurt - hurt
Keep - kept - kept
Know - knew - known
Lay - laid - laid
(put)
Laugh - laughed - laughed
Lead - led - led
Learn - learnt/ - learnt/
           learned   learned
Leave - left - left
Lend - lent - lent
Let - let - let
Lie - lay - lain
      (rest)
Lie - lied - lied
      (speak falsely)
Light - lighted/ - lighted/
                lit               lit
Lose - lost - lost
Make - made - made
Mean - meant - meant
Meet - met - met
Melt - melted - melted
Pay - paid - paid
Put - put - put
Read - read - read
Rid - rid - rid
Ride - rode - ridden
Ring - rang - rung
Rise - rose - risen
Run - ran - run
Say - said - said
Seek - sought - sought
See - saw - seen
Seem - seemed - seemed
Sell - sold - sold
Shed - shed - shed
Shine - shone - shone
Shut - shut - shut
Sing - sang - sung
Sink - sank - sunk/
                         sunken
Sleep - slept - slept
Swim - swam - swam
Sit - sat - sat
Steal - stole - stolen
Spend - spent - spent
Spread - spread - spread
Send - sent - sent
Shake - shook - shaken
Set - set - set
Shoot - shot - shot
Swear - swore - sworn
Sweep - swept - swept
Stick - stuck - stuck
Study - studied - studied
Show - showed - showed/
                               shown
Speak - spoke - spoken
Take - took - taken
Throw - threw - thrown
Try - tried - tried
Teach - taught - taught
Tear - tore - torn
Tell - told - told
Think - thought - thought
Wake - woke - woken
Win - won - won
Write - wrote - written

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