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Irregular verbs: translation, past simple & past participle

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Index

  • Be → Catch
  • Choose → Feel
  • Fight → Hide
  • Mean → Set
  • Shake → Steal
  • Stick → Write

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BE → CATCH

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

be

was, were

been

ser, estar

beat

beat

beaten

derrotar

become

became

become

convertirse en

begin

began

begun

empezar

bend

bent

bent

doblar

bite

bit

bitten

morder

blow

blew

blown

soplar

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

break

broke

broken

romper (se)

bring

brought

brought

traer

build

built

built

construir

burn

burnt/burned

burnt/burned

quemar

buy

bought

bought

comprar

catch

caught

caught

coger

choose

chose

chosen

escoger

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Choose → Feel

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

choose

chose

chosen

escoger

come

came

come

venir

cost

cost

cost

valer

cut

cut

cut

cortar

dig

dug

dug

cavar

do

did

done

hacer

draw

drew

drawn

dibujar

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

dream

dreamt/dreamed

dreamt/dreamed

soñar

drink

drank

drunk

beber

drive

drove

driven

conducir

eat

ate

eaten

comer

fall

fell

fallen

caer

feed

fed

fed

alimentar

feel

felt

felt

sentir

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Fight → Hide

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

fight

fought

fought

luchar

find

found

found

encontrar

fly

flew

flown

volar

forget

forgot

forgotten

olvidar

forgive

forgave

forgiven

perdonar

freeze

froze

frozen

congelar (se)

get

got

got

conseguir, obtener

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

give

gave

given

dar

go

went

gone

ir

grow

grew

grown

crecer, cultivar

hang

hung

hung

colgar

have

had

had

tener

hear

heard

heard

oír

hide

hid

hidden

esconder (se)

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Hit → Make

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

hit

hit

hit

pegar, golpear

hold

held

held

sujetar

hurt

hurt

hurt

hacer daño, doler

keep

kept

kept

continuar, mantener

know

knew

known

saber, conocer

lay

laid

laid

extender, poner

lead

led

led

guiar

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

learn

learnt/learned

learnt/learned

aprender, enterarse de

leave

left

left

irse, dejar

lend

lent

lent

prestar

let

let

let

permitir, dejar

light

lit

lit

encender

lose

lost

lost

perder

make

made

made

hacer, fabricar

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Mean → Set

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

mean

meant

meant

significar, querer decir

meet

met

met

conocer, quedar con

pay

paid

paid

pagar

put

put

put

poner

read

read

read

leer

ride

rode

ridden

montar

ring

rang

rung

llamar por teléfono, sonar (el teléfono)

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

rise

rose

risen

subir, elevarse

run

ran

run

correr

say

said

said

decir

see

saw

seen

ver

sell

sold

sold

vender

send

sent

sent

enviar

set

set

set

establecer

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Mean → Set

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

mean

meant

meant

significar, querer decir

meet

met

met

conocer, quedar con

pay

paid

paid

pagar

put

put

put

poner

read

read

read

leer

ride

rode

ridden

montar

ring

rang

rung

llamar por teléfono, sonar (el teléfono)

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

rise

rose

risen

subir, elevarse

run

ran

run

correr

say

said

said

decir

see

saw

seen

ver

sell

sold

sold

vender

send

sent

sent

enviar

set

set

set

establecer

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Shake → Steal

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

shake

shook

shaken

agitar

shine

shone

shone

brillar, relucir

shut

shut

shut

cerrar

shoot

shot

shot

disparar

show

showed

shown

mostrar

sing

sang

sung

cantar

sit

sat

sat

sentarse

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

sleep

slept

slept

dormir

smell

smelt/smelled

smelt/smelled

oler

speak

spoke

spoken

hablar

spell

spelt/spelled

spelt/spelled

deletrear

spend

spent

spent

gastar (dinero), pasar (tiempo)

stand

stood

stood

estar de pie

steal

stole

stolen

robar

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Stick→ Write

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Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

stick

stuck

stuck

pegar (con pegamento)

swim

swam

swum

nadar

take

took

taken

coger, llevarse

teach

taught

taught

enseñar, dar clases

tell

told

told

decir, contar

think

thought

thought

pensar; creer, opinar

throw

threw

thrown

lanzar, tirar

Verb

Past simple

Past participle

Translation

understand

understood

understood

comprender, entender

wake

woke

woke

despertar (se)

wear

wore

worn

llevar puesto/a, ponerse

win

won

won

ganar (un premio)

write

wrote

written

escribir

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Practise the irregular verbs with these exercises:

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