verbs, the speaker o f English must know their “principal part”. The first
principal part of verb is the simple past tense, and the third principal part is the past participle. I grouped the principal parts of the irregular verb according to the
type of irregularity they show:
I. All three e principal parts are different
a. Verb that pattern like: sing sang sung
V
I
V
II
V
III
begin began
begun drink
drank drunk
b. Verb that pattern like: break broke broken
V
I
V
II
V
III
choose chose
chosen speak
spoke spoken
weave wove
woven c. Verb that pattern like:
Blow blew blown V
I
V
II
V
III
draw drew
drawn grow
grew grown
throw threw
thrown d. Verb that pattern like:
drive drove driven V
I
V
II
V
III
ride rode
ridden rise
rose risen
write wrote
written e. Verb that pattern like:
wear wore worn V
I
V
II
V
III
bear bore
born forebear
forbore foreborn
f. Verb that pattern like: bite bit bitten
V
I
V
II
V
III
chide chid
chidden hide
hid hidden
g. Verb that pattern like: Shake shook shaken
V
I
V
II
V
III
forsake forsook
shaken shake
shook shaken
take took
taken h. Verb that pattern like:
give gave given V
I
V
II
V
III
Forbid Forbade
forbidden forgive
forgave forgiven
i. Verb that pattern like: mow mowed mowen
V
I
V
II
V
III
hew hewed
hewn sew
sewed sewn
sow sowed
sown j. Miscellaneous:
be was been V
I
V
II
V
III
dive dove
dived do
did done
eat ate
eaten fall
fell fallen
go went
gone lie
lay lain
see saw
seen slay
slew slain
II. Second and third principal parts are alike
a. Verb that pattern like: hang hung hung
V
I
V
II
V
III
cling clung
clung dig
dug dug
slink slunk
slunk b. Verb that pattern like:
feed fed fed V
I
V
II
V
III
bleed bled
bled dream
dreamt dreamt
feed fed
fed c. Verb that pattern like:
bring brought brought V
I
V
II
V
III
buy bought
bought catch
caught caught
teach taught
taught d. Verb that pattern like:
bend bent bent V
I
V
II
V
III
lend lent
lent spend
spent spent
bend bent
bent e. Verb that pattern like:
bind bound bound V
I
V
II
V
III
find found
found grind
ground ground
wind wound
wound f. Verb that pattern like:
pay paid paid V
I
V
II
V
III
lay laid
laid
pay paid
paid say
said said
g. Verb that pattern like: sell sold sold
V
I
V
II
V
III
resell resold
resold retell
retold retold
tell told
told h.Miscellanious:
abide abode abode V
I
V
II
V
III
build built
built forget
forgot forgot
hear heard
heard II. All three principal parts are alike
a. Verb that pattern like: Cost cost cost
V
I
V
II
V
III
cast cast
cast hurt
hurt hurt
read read
read rid
rid rid
split split
split
IV. First and third principal parts are alike
