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English Irregular Past-tense and Past Participle Verbs


Students of English at middle-school level must memorize the 150 common past-tense, 150 common past-participle forms of these common verbs, and, altogether 3,700 iregular verb, noun, and adjective forms.

Students of Peoplese need only to attach hyphnette-d to the preset tense verb to form the past tense.  There are no past-participles in Peoplese.  For example, past-tense of "arise" in Peoplese is:  arise۔d.  Likewise, awake۔d, etc.  Peoplese, instead of having hundreds of irregular verbs, has only four (be, do, go, have).

For example:  break (word-root), breaking, break۔d, re۔break (break again), break۔t (passive).

Student need only memorize the word-root, which never changes spelling and for clear visibilty is separated by a hyphnette (half-length hyphen) from prefixes and suffixes.

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Present
Tense
Past
Tense
Past Tense Past-participles (partial list)
Past-participles (complete list)
arise  arise۔d arose  arisen 
abidden
awake  awake۔d awoke  awoken 
abided
be  be۔d was, were  been 
abode
bear  bear۔d bore  borne 
arisen
beat  beat۔d beat  beaten or beat 
awoken
become  become۔d became  become 
beaten
begin  begin۔d began  begun 
become
bend  bend۔d bent  bent 
been
bet  bet۔d bet  bet 
befallen
bite  bite۔d bit  bitten 
begotten
bleed  bleed۔d bled  bled 
begun
blow  blow۔d blew  blown 
beheld
break  break۔d broke  broken 
bent
bring  bring۔d brought  brought 
bereaved
build  build۔d built  built 
bereft
burn  burn۔d burned or burnt  burned or burnt 
beset
burst  burst۔d burst  burst 
besought
buy  buy۔d bought  bought 
bet
catch  catch۔d caught  caught 
betaken
choose  choose۔d chose  chosen 
bethought
cling  cling۔d clung  clung 
bid
come  come۔d came  come 
bitten
cost  cost۔d cost  cost 
bled
creep  creep۔d crept  crept 
blown
cut  cut۔d cut  cut 
born
deal  deal۔d dealt  dealt 
borne
dig  dig۔d dug  dug 
bought
dive  dive۔d dived or dove  dived 
bound
do  do۔d did  done 
bred
draw  draw۔d drew  drawn 
broadcast
dream  dream۔d dreamed or dreamt  dreamed or dreamt 
broadcasted
drink  drink۔d drank  drunk 
broken
drive  drive۔d drove  driven 
brought
eat  eat۔d ate  eaten 
browbeat
fall  fall۔d fell  fallen 
browbeaten
feed  feed۔d fed  fed 
built
feel  feel۔d felt  felt 
burned
fight  fight۔d fought  fought 
burnt
find  find۔d found  found 
burst
fit  fit۔d fit, fitted  fit, fitted 
bust
flee  flee۔d fled  fled 
cast
fling  fling۔d flung  flung 
caught
fly  fly۔d flew  flown, 
chid
forbid  forbid۔d forbade or forbad  forbidden or forbade 
chidden
forget  forget۔d forgot  forgotten 
chosen
forgive  forgive۔d forgave  forgiven 
clad
forgo  forgo۔d forwent  forgone 
clothed
freeze  freeze۔d froze  frozen 
clung
get  get۔d got  gotten or got 
come
give  give۔d gave  given 
cost
go  go۔d went  gone 
crept
grind  grind۔d ground  ground 
cut
grow  grow۔d grew  grown 
dared
hang  hang۔d hung or hanged  hung or hanged 
dealt
have  have۔d had  had 
dived
hear  hear۔d heard  heard 
done
hide  hide۔d hid  hidden 
drawn
hit  hit۔d hit  hit 
dreamed
hold  hold۔d held  held 
dreamt
hurt  hurt۔d hurt  hurt 
driven
keep  keep۔d kept  kept 
drunk
kneel  kneel۔d knelt or kneeled  knelt or kneeled 
dug
knit  knit۔d knitted or knit  knitted or knit 
dwelt
know  know۔d knew  known 
eaten
lay  lay۔d laid  laid 
fallen
lead  lead۔d led  led 
fed
leap  leap۔d leapt or leaped  leapt or leaped 
felt
leave  leave۔d left  left 
fit
lend  lend۔d lent  lent 
fitted
let  let۔d let  let 
fled
lie (down)  lie (down)۔d lay  lain 
flown
light  light۔d lit or lighted  lit or lighted 
flung
lose  lose۔d lost  lost 
forbidden
make  make۔d made  made 
forborne
mean  mean۔d meant  meant 
forecast
meet  meet۔d met  met 
forecasted
pay  pay۔d paid  paid 
foregone
prove  prove۔d proved  proved or proven 
foreknown
put  put۔d put  put 
forerun
quit  quit۔d quit  quit 
foreseen
read  read۔d read  read 
foretold
ride  ride۔d rode  ridden 
forgiven
ring  ring۔d rang  rung 
forgotten
rise  rise۔d rose  risen 
forsaken
run  run۔d ran  run 
forsworn
saw  saw۔d sawed  sawed or sawn 
fought
say  say۔d said  said 
found
see  see۔d saw  seen 
frozen
seek  seek۔d sought  sought 
gainsaid
sell  sell۔d sold  sold 
gilded
send  send۔d sent  sent 
gilt
set  set۔d set  set 
given
sew  sew۔d sewed  sewn or sewed 
gone
shake  shake۔d shook  shaken 
got
shave  shave۔d shaved  shaved or shaven 
ground
shear  shear۔d sheared  sheared or shorn 
grown
shine  shine۔d shone or shined  shone or shined 
had
shoot  shoot۔d shot  shot 
hamstringed
show  show۔d showed  shown or showed 
hamstrung
shrink  shrink۔d shrank or shrunk  shrunk or shrunken 
hanged
shut  shut۔d shut  shut 
heard
sing  sing۔d sang  sung 
heaved
sink  sink۔d sank  sunk 
held
sit  sit۔d sat  sat 
hewn
slay  slay۔d slew  slain 
hidden
sleep  sleep۔d slept  slept 
hit
slide  slide۔d slid  slid 
hove
sneak  sneak۔d sneaked or snuck  sneaked or snuck 
hung
speak  speak۔d spoke  spoken 
hurt
speed  speed۔d sped  sped 
inbred
spend  spend۔d spent  spent 
inlaid
spill  spill۔d spilled or spilt  spilled or spilt 
input
spin  spin۔d spun  spun 
inputted
spit  spit۔d spat or spit  spat or spit 
interbred
split  split۔d split  split 
interwoven
spread  spread۔d spread  spread 
kept
spring  spring۔d sprang  sprung 
kneeled
stand  stand۔d stood  stood 
knelt
steal  steal۔d stole  stolen 
knit
stick  stick۔d stuck  stuck 
knitted
sting  sting۔d stung  stung 
known
stink  stink۔d stank or stunk  stunk 
laded
strew  strew۔d strewed  strewn 
laden
strike  strike۔d struck  struck or stricken 
laid
strive  strive۔d strove or strived  striven or strived 
lain
swear  swear۔d swore  sworn 
leaned
sweep  sweep۔d swept  swept 
leant
swim  swim۔d swam  swum 
leaped
swing  swing۔d swung  swung 
leapt
take  take۔d took  taken 
learned
teach  teach۔d taught  taught 
learnt
tear  tear۔d tore  torn 
led
tell  tell۔d told  told 
left
think  think۔d thought  thought 
lent
thrive  thrive۔d thrived or throve  thrived or thriven 
let
throw  throw۔d threw  thrown 
lit
undergo  undergo۔d underwent  undergone 
lost
understand  understand۔d understood  understood 
made
upset  upset۔d upset  upset 
meant
wake  wake۔d woke or waked  woken or waked 
melted
wear  wear۔d wore  worn 
met
weave  weave۔d wove  woven 
miscast
weep  weep۔d wept  wept 
misdealt
win  win۔d won  won 
misgiven
wind  wind۔d wound  wound 
misheard
withdraw  withdraw۔d withdrew  withdrawn 
mislaid
wring  wring۔d wrung  wrung 
misled
write  write۔d wrote  written
misread





misspelt





misspent





mistaken





misunderstood





molten





mown





outbid





outdone





outgrown





outridden





outrun





outshone





outsold





overborne





overcome





overdone





overeaten





overheard





overhung





overlaid





overleaped





overleapt





overpaid





overridden





overseen





overshot





overslept





oversold





overtaken





overthrown





paid





partaken





pleaded





pled





preset





proofread





proved





proven





put





quit





read





rebound





rebuilt





recast





redone





relaid





remade





rent





repaid





rerun





reset





resold





rethought





retold





rewound





rewritten





rid





ridded





ridden





risen





rived





riven





run





rung





said





sat





sawed





sawn





seen





sent





set





sewed





sewn





shaken





shat





shaved





shaven





sheared





shed





shit





shod





shone





shorn





shot





shown





shriven





shrunk





shut





slain





slept





slid





slidden





slit





slung





slunk





smelled





smelt





smitten





sold





sought





sown





spat





sped





spelt





spent





spilt





split





spoiled





spoilt





spoken





spoonfed





spread





sprung





spun





staved





stolen





stood





stove





strewed





strewn





stricken





stridden





striven





struck





strung





stuck





stung





stunk





sunburned





sunburnt





sung





sunk





sweeped





swept





swollen





sworn





swum





swung





taken





taught





thought





thrived





thriven





thrown





thrust





told





torn





trodden





unbent





unbound





underbid





underbidden





undergone





underlain





understood





undertaken





underwritten





undone





unwound





upheld





upset





waylaid





wed





wedded





wept





wet





wetted





withdrawn





withheld





withstood





woken





won





worn





wound





woven





written





wrought





wrung

How long would be required for you to memorize the 150 past-tense and 150 past-participle English irregular verbs that the average middle-school student in an English-speaking nation already knows?  How long would be required to memorize the 325 past-participle words (far right column) necesary for unversity or a good job?  After memorizing, how many words would you still remember in two years?



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