Regular Verbs base call clean look talk end wait kiss wash live love beg sin
play stay cry study die tie Notes: 1. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /p, s, k, f/ sounds 2. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /t, d/ sounds -s form calls cleans looks talks ends waits kisses washes lives loves begs sins plays stays cries studies dies ties past called cleaned looked talked ended waited kissed washed lived loved begged sinned played stayed cried studied died tied past participle called cleaned looked talked ended waited kissed washed lived loved begged sinned played stayed cried studied died tied -ing form calling cleaning looking talking ending waiting kissing washing living loving begging sinning playing staying crying studying dying tying *6 *6 *1 *1 *2 *2 *3 *3 *4 *4 *5 *5 notes
3. Spelling and pronunciation differences in -s form after /s, sh, ch, z/ sounds 4. Dropping of "silent e" with -ing endings 5. Doubled consonants after "short" vowel sounds 6. Spelling differences when "y" is preceded by a consonant
Irregular Verbs base -s form past past participle -ing form
cut fit hit let put quit set shut split upset
cuts fits hits lets puts quits sets shuts splits upsets
cut fit hit let put quit set shut split upset
cut fit hit let put quit set shut split upset
cutting fitting hitting letting putting quitting setting shutting splitting upsetting
burst cast cost hurt
bursts casts costs hurts
burst cast cost hurt
burst cast cost hurt
bursting casting costing* hurting
spread
spreads
spread
spread
spreading
knit
knits
knit/knitted
knit/knitted
knitting
sit spit
sits spits
sat spat/spit
sat spat/spit
sitting spitting
begin swim
begins swims
began swam
begun swum
beginning swimming
ring sing spring
rings sings springs
rang sang sprang
rung sung sprung
ringing singing springing
cling fling sling sting swing wring
clings flings slings stings swings wrings
clung flung slung stung swung wrung
clung flung slung stung swung wrung
clinging flinging slinging stinging swinging wringing
hang
hangs
hung/hanged**
hung/hanged
hanging
drink shrink stink
drinks shrinks stinks
drank shrank stank
drunk shrunk stunk
sinking shrinking stinking
think
thinks
thought
thought
thinking
bring
brings
brought
brought
bringing
buy seek fight
buys seeks fights
bought sought fought
bought sought fought
Buying Seeking Fighting
catch teach
catches teaches
caught taught
caught taught
Catching Teaching
creep keep sleep sweep weep
creeps keeps sleeps sweeps weeps
crept kept slept swept wept
crept kept slept swept wept
Creeping Keeping Sleeping Sweeping Weeping
bleed breed feed flee lead speed
bleeds breeds feeds flees leads speeds
bled bred fed fled led sped/speeded
bled bred fed fled led sped/speeded
Bleeding Breeding Feeding fleeing leading speeding
meet
meets
met
met
meeting
bend lend
bends lends
bent lent
bent lent
bending lending
send spend
sends spends
sent spent
sent spent
sending spending
deal feel kneel
deals feels kneels
dealt felt knelt
dealt felt knelt
dealing feeling kneeling
dream
dreams
dreamt/dreamed
dreamt/dreamed
dreaming
mean
means
meant
meant
meaning
spill
spills
spilt/spilled
spilt/spilled
spilling
build
builds
built
built
building
burn
burns
burnt/burned
burnt/burned
burning
hold
holds
held
held
holding
sell tell
sells tells
sold told
sold told
selling telling
find grind wind
finds grinds winds
found ground wound
found ground wound
finding grinding winding
break choose freeze speak steal wake weave
breaks chooses freezes speaks steals wakes weaves
broke chose froze spoke stole woke wove
broken chosen frozen spoken stolen woken woven
breaking choosing freezing speaking stealing waking weaving
arise drive ride rise write
arises drives rides rises writes
arose drove rode rose wrote
arisen driven ridden risen written
arising driving riding rising writing
