IRREGULAR VERBS <> A REFERENCE LIST <> MNEMONIC RHYMING GROUPS <> MR. HANI M.

AL TAHRAWI 2013
Learning can be fun with Mnemonics! When we were kids, rhyming songs and phrases were some of the gimmicks used to
make us remember different things. I hope sorting these Irregular Verbs into rhyming groups can help you memorize them in
a short period of time. Actually some groups can be memorized in ONLY 10 SECONDS!!! Have a look at Group 3 !!!
Simple Form
Simple Past
Past Participle
Simple Form
Simple Past
Past Participle
GROUP 1
GROUP 5
ring
rang
rung
bend
bent
bent
sing
sang
sung
send
sent
sent
sink
sank
sunk
lend
lent
lent
drink
drank
drunk
spend
spent
spent
shrink
shrank
shrunk
build
built
built
swim
swam
swum
sleep
slept
slept
begin
began
begun
keep
kept
kept
run
ran
run
creep
crept
crept
weep
wept
wept
sweep
swept
swept
GROUP 2
feed
fed
fed
leap
leapt (leaped)
leapt (leaped)
lead
led
led
breed
bred
bred
feel
felt
felt
bleed
bled
bled
deal
dealt
dealt
read
read* (Pronounced as red) read* (Pronounced as red)
mean
meant
meant
sell
sold
sold
burn
burnt /(burned)
burnt /(burned)
tell
told
told
dream
dreamt /(dreamed)
dreamt /(dreamed)
slide
slid
slid
meet
met
met
hold
held
held
leave
left
left
lose
lost
lost
GROUP 3
hit
hit
hit
GROUP 6
fit
fit
fit
hang
hung
hung
spit
spit / (spat)
spit / (spat)
hang (to kill )
hanged
hanged
knit
quit
let
set
upset
shut
cut
put
cost
hurt
burst
spread
broadcast

buy
fight
seek
think
bring
teach
catch

knit /(knitted)
quit
let
set
upset
shut
cut
put
cost
hurt
burst
spread
broadcast
GROUP 4
bought
fought
sought
thought
brought
taught
caught

knit /(knitted)
quit
let
set
upset
shut
cut
put
cost
hurt
burst
spread
broadcast

bought
fought
sought
thought
brought
taught
caught

dig
shoot
stand
understand
stick
strike
sit
win
make
pay
lay
say
light
find
found

throw
grow
blow
draw
withdraw
fly
know

dug
shot
stood
understood
stuck
struck
sat
won
made
paid
laid
said
lit / (lighted)
found
founded

dug
shot
stood
understood
stuck
struck
sat
won
made
paid
laid
said
lit / (lighted)
found
founded

GROUP 7
threw
grew
blew
drew
withdrew
flew
knew

thrown
grown
blown
drawn
withdrawn
flown
known

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ride
rise
choose
freeze

GROUP 8
wrote
rode
rose

written
ridden
risen

dive
do
go

chose
froze

chosen
frozen

hear

heard

heard

have

had

had

be ( am , is , are)

was, were

been

come
become
overcome

came
became
overcame

come
become
overcome

see
saw
mow

saw
sawed
mowed

seen
sawn /(sawed)
mown

lie
lie
lay

lied
lay
laid

lied
lain
laid

speak
awake
wake
break

spoke
awoke
woke /waked
broke

spoken
awoken
woken /waked
broken

steal

stole

stolen

weave

wove

woven

give
forgive
forget
forbid

gave
forgave
forgot
forbade

given
forgiven
forgotten
forbidden

hide

hid

hidden

drive

drove

driven

shake
take
overtake
mistake

shook
took
overtook
mistook

shaken
taken
overtaken
mistaken

GROUP 9
dived/dove
did
went

dived
done
gone

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prove

proved

proven /proved

Mr. Hani M. Al Tahrawi

h_tahrawi@hotmail.com

tear
swear
wear

tore
swore
wore

torn
sworn
worn

bite
beat

bit
beat

bitten
beaten

eat

ate

eaten

get

got

got/gotten

fall
shave

fell
shaved

fallen
shaven /shaved

show

showed

shown

October 1, 2013