Grammar: Word classes: Verbs: Verb formation

Irregular verbs Back

Vowel change

There are only a few verbs in English that are irregular in the following way:

base form

past simple

past participle
come
begin
ring
shrink
sing
swim
came
began
rang
shrank
sang
swam
come
begun
rung
shrunk
sung
swum

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What are irregular verbs?
Totally irregular verb forms
-en ending for past participle
Same endings for past simple and past participle
Vowel change
Same endings for base form, past simple and past participle

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