Notes - Present Tense & Past Tense

PRESENT TENSE & PAST TENSE Irregular Verbs Present Tense awake bear beat become begin bend bind bite bleed blow break bring build buy catch choose come creep deal dig do draw drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find flee fly forget forgive

Past Tense awoke bore beat became began bent bound bit bled blew broke brought built bought caught chose came crept dealt dug did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found fled flew forgot forgave

Present Tense light lie lose make mean meet pay ride ring rise run say see seek sell send shake shine shoot sing sink sit slay sleep speak spend spin stand steal strike swear swell swim take

Past Tense lit lay lost made meant met paid rode rang rose ran said saw sought sold sent shook shone shot sang sank sat slew slept spoke spent spun stood stole struck swore swelled swam took

forsake freeze get give go grind grow hang (an article) hang (a person) hear hide hold keep kneel know lay lead leave

forsook froze got gave went ground grew hung

teach tear tell think throw tread wake wear

taught tore told thought threw trod woke wore

hanged

weave

wove

heard hid held kept knelt knew laid led left

withdraw win wind wring write

withdrew won wound wrung wrote

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table end in ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’. Present Tense add advise agree allow appear arrange arrive behave breathe care cause change close compare

Past Tense added advised agreed allowed appeared arranged arrived behaved breathed cared caused changed closed compared

Present Tense drop escape fit hand hope join jump laugh lie live roam show stop study

Past Tense dropped escaped fitted handed hoped joined jumped laughed lied lived roamed showed stopped studied

complete continue dance die divide

completed continued danced died divided

talk tie use wait

talked tied used waited

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table end in ‘ied’ after omitting the ‘y’. Present Tense carry copy cry dry fry

Past Tense carried copied cried dried fried

Present Tense hurry marry reply study try

Past Tense hurried married replied studied tried

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table remain the same. Present Tense burst cast cost cut hit hurt let put read rid set shed shut slit split spread

Past Tense burst cast cost cut hit hurt let put read rid set shed shut slit split spread