GROUP 1: SAME WORD ALL FORMS

INFINITIVE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING

Bet Bet Bet Apostar
Cost Cost Cost Costar
Cut Cut Cut Cortar
Hit Hit Hit Golpear
Hurt Hurt Hurt Herir, hacerse daño
Let Let Let Dejar, permitir
Put Put Put Poner
Quit Quit Quit Dejar, abandonar algo
Read Read Read Leer
Set Set Set Poner, colocar
Spread Spread Spread Extender, untar

GROUP 2: ENDING IN –OUGHT OR AUGHT

Bring Brought Brought Traer, llevar

Buy Bought Bought Comprar
Catch Caught Caught Coger, atrapar
Fight Fought Fought Luchar
Seek Sought Sought Buscar
Teach Taught Taught Enseñar
Think Thought Thought Pensar

GROUP 3: I-A-U

Begin Began Begun Empezar

Drink Drank Drunk Beber
Ring Rang Rung Sonar/tocar teléfono…
Sing Sang Sung Cantar
Sink Sank Sunk Hundir(se)
Swim Swam Swum Nadar

GROUP 4: ADDING –T or –D

Deal Dealt Dealt Tratar

Dream Dreamt Dreamt Sonar
Learn Learnt Learnt Aprender
Mean Meant Meant Significar
Burn Burnt Burnt Quemar(se)
Hear Heard Heard Oir
 GROUP 5: CHANGING –D or last –L for –T

Bend Bent Bent Doblar, flexionar

Build Built Built Construir
Lend Lent Lent Prestar
Send Sent Sent Enviar
Spend Spent Spent Gastar, pasar el tiempo
Smell Smelt Smelt Oler
Spell Spelt Spelt Deletrear

GROUP 6: LOSE A VOWEL

Bleed Bled Bled Sangrar

Feed Fed Fed Alimentar(se)
Meet Met Met Encontrarse con, reunirse
Shoot Shot Shot Disparar, filmar
Lead Led Led Guiar, llevar

GROUP 7: LOSE A VOWEL AND ADD A –T

Feel Felt Felt Sentir

Keep Kept Kept Guardar
Sleep Slept Slept Dormir
Sweep Swept Swept Barrer
Weep Wept Wept Llorar

GROUP 8: SHORT “I” CHANGES TO “U”

Dig Dug Dug Cavar,excavar
Stick Stuck Stuck Pegar, encajarse
Spin Spun Spun Girar, dar vueltas
Sting Stung Stung Picar (insecto)
Swing Swung Swung Balancear(se)

GROUP 9: -ELL CHANGES TO –OLD

Sell Sold Sold Vender

Tell Told Told Contar (una historia, secreto)

GROUP 10: SAME PRESENT AND PARTICIPLE

Come Came Come Venir

Run Ran Run Correr
 GROUP 11: CHANGE –AY TO –AID

Lay Laid Laid Extender, poner

Pay Paid Paid Pagar
Say Said Said Decir

GROUP 12: CHANGE –AND TO –OOD

Stand Stood Stood Estar o ponerse de pie

Understand Understood Understood Comprender

GROUP 13: PAST WITH -EW, PARTICIPLE WITH –OWN -AWN

Blow Blew Blown Soplar

Grow Grew Grown Crecer, cultivar
Know Knew Known Saber, conocer
Throw Threw Thrown Tirar, Arrojar, Lanzar
Fly Flew Flown Volar
Draw Drew Drawn Dibujar

GROUP 14: PAST IN –O AND PARTICIPLE –EN

Awake Awoke Awoken Despertar(se)

Break Broke Broken Romper
Choose Chose Chosen Elegir
Freeze Froze Frozen Congelar(se)
Forget Forgot Forgotten Olvidar
Get Got Got/Gotten Conseguir, obtener
Speak Spoke Spoken Hablar
Steal Stole Stolen Robar
Wake Woke Woken Despertar(se)
Drive Drove Driven Conducir
Ride Rode Ridden Montar, manejar
Rise Rose Risen Aumentar, subir
Shake Shook Shaken Agitar
Take Took Taken Coger
Write Wrote Written Escribir

GROUP 15: PAST CHANGE TO SOUND“I” OR “EI” and PARTICIPLE “IEN” SOUND

Beat Beat Beaten Golpear, vencer

Hide Hid Hidden Esconder(se)
Bite Bit Bitten Morder
Eat Ate Eaten Comer
Forgive Forgave Forgiven Perdonar
Forbid Forbade Forbidden prohibir
Give Gave Given Dar
 GROUP 16: -EAR-ORE-ORN PATTERN
Swear Swore Sworn Jurar
Tear Tore Torn Rasgar
Wear Wore Worn Llevar puesto, vestir

GROUP 17: SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE

Find Found Found Encontrar

Have Had Had Tener
Hang Hung Hung Colgar
Hold Held Held Sostener, coger
Leave Left Left Salir, marchar(se)
Lose Lost Lost Perder
Light Lit Lit Encender, iluminar
Make Made Made Hacer, fabricar
Shine Shone Shone Brillar
Sit Sat Sat Sentar(se)
Slide Slid Slid Resbalar(se)
Strike Struk Struk Golpear
Sting Tung Stung Picar (insecto)
Win Won Won Ganar

GROUP 18: WITHOUT GROUP

Be Was/Were Been Ser o Estar

Can Could Be able to Poder
Do Did Done Hacer
Fall Fell Fallen Caer
Go Went Gone Ir
Lie Lay Lain Estar tumbado
See Saw Seen Ver
Show Showed Shown Mostrar
Swell Swelled Swollen Hinchar(se)