Grammar: Word classes: Verbs: Verb formation
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Irregular verbs | |
Same endings for past simple and past participle
Note the following patterns. The past simple and past participle are marked with either 't' or 'd' and there is typically a change from the base vowel.
When presenting these verbs to students it is useful to point out that past simple and the past participle have the same form (which is different from the base form).
| base form | past simple |
past participle |
| bring build feel find get hold hang keep leave mean meet sell sit spend stand tell think win |
brought built felt found got held hung kept left meant met sold sat spent stood told thought won |
brought built felt found got held hung kept left meant met sold sat spent stood told thought won |
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