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Infinitive and Simple Past are similar infinitive beat simple past beat past participle beaten
Infinitive and past participle are similar infinitive come run become simple past came ran became past participle come run become
Simple Past and past participle are similar infinitive bring build buy simple past brought built bought past participle brought built bought
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catch deal feed feel fight find get hang have hear hold !ee" lay lead leave lend light# lose ma!e mean meet "ay say sell send shine shoot sit slee" slide s"end stand stic! caught dealt fed felt fought found got hung had heard held kept laid led left lent lit lost made meant met paid said sold sent shone shot sat slept slid spent stood stuck
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caught dealt fed felt fought found got hung had heard held kept laid led left lent lit lost made meant met paid said sold sent shone shot sat slept slid spent stood stuck
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swee" swing teach tell thin! understand win all 3 forms are different infinitive be begin blow brea! choose do draw drin! drive eat fall fly forget free%e give go grow hide !now lie ride ring rise see sha!e show# sing sin! simple past was$were began blew bro!e chose did drew dran! drove ate fell flew forgot fro%e gave went grew hid !new lay rode rang rose saw shoo! showed sang san! swept swung taught told thought understood won
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swept swung taught told thought understood won
past participle been begun blown bro!en chosen done drawn drun! driven eaten fallen flown forgotten fro%en given gone grown hidden !nown lain ridden rung risen seen sha!en shown sung sun!
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s"ea! s"ring steal swear swim ta!e tear throw wa!e wear weave write s"o!e s"rang stole swore swam too! tore threw wo!e wore wove wrote
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s"o!en s"rung stolen sworn swum ta!en torn thrown wo!en worn woven written
# regular form &' -ed( also "ossible. Some of the verbs in our table are merely "refi)ed forms of an irregular verb. *hus if you learn only a single irregular verb you can be certain that any other "refi)ed variant on that verb is irregular in the e)act same manner. +oo! at the following e)am"les: bid - forbid cast - broadcast - forecast go - forego - undergo get - forget stand - understand - withstand tell - foretell ta!e - overta!e - underta!e *he trend in ,nglish and es"ecially in American ,nglish is to standardi%e the irregular verbs. -e do not foresee all the irregular verbs ever being standardi%ed but some of the more minor variations in less commonly used words will "robably disa""ear in the ne)t genration or two. *he following ,nglish irregular verbs are now obsolete and use the standard "ast and "artici"le forms &-ed(. infinitive burn dream learn simple past burnt dreamt learnt past participle burnt dreamt learnt