Irregular Verbs

Infinitive	Past	Past Participle	Translation
be become begin break bring build buy can catch choose come cost cut deal do draw dream drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fly forbid forget forgive get give go grow have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead learn leave lend let lie light lose make mean meet pay put read ride ring rise run say see sell send shake show sing sit sleep smell spell spend steal swear swim take teach tell think throw understand wake wear win write	was became began broke brought built bought could caught chose came cost cut dealt did drew dreamt drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found flew forbade forgot forgave got gave went grew had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led learnt left lent let lay lit lost made meant met paid put read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent shook showed sang sat slept smelt spelt spent stole swore swam took taught told thought threw understood woke wore won wrote	been become begun broken brought built bought (been able to) caught chosen come cost cut dealt done drawn dreamt drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found flown forbidden forgotten forgiven got given gone grown had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led learnt left lent let lain lit lost made meant met paid put read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent shaken shown sung sat slept smelt spelt spent stolen sworn swum taken taught told thought thrown understood woken worn won written

Appendix.

1.1. Past Simple versus Past Continuous.

Past Simple	Past Continuous
Form	Form
I / he /she / we worked / saw Did I / he /she / we work / see? I / he /she / we didn’t work / see	I / he /she was working We / they / you were working Was I / he / she working? Were we /they /you working? I / he /she was not working We / they / you were not working
Actions which happened at a definite time in the past. E.g. Last year we went to Paris.	Action which was in process at stated time in the past. E.g. At 6 o’clock yesterday she was reading a book.
Actions which happened immediately one after another in the past. E.g. First I went shopping, then I cooked dinner.	Action which was in process when another action happened. E.g. He was writing a letter when the telephone rang.
	Simultaneous actions. E.g. Mother was reading while the children were playing with
Time expressions
yesterday, last week, last month, last year, two days / weeks /months / years ago, in 1966 etc.	when, wile, as, all day, etc.