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Irregular Verb Groups 1 - ANSWER KEY

Irregular English verbs are difficult for students to memorize. By grouping verbs with similar changes together, you can remember them more easily. Here are some groups of irregular verbs that follow the same system of changes. Study the examples below, then write the past and past participle forms of the verbs in each group.

(A) SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to a
PAST PARTICIPLE: Vowel changes to u

(D) SIMPLE PAST: Vowel changes to o
PAST PARTICIPLE: Vowel is o, ends in en

PRESENT
BEGIN
1. drink
2. ring
3. shrink
4. sing
5. sink
6. spring
7. string
8. swim

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PAST
BEGAN
drank
rang
shrank
sang
sank
sprang
strang
swam

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PARTICIPLE BEGUN
drunk
rung
shrunk
sung
sunk
sprung
strung
swum

PRESENT AWAKE
16. break
17. choose
18. forget
19. freeze
20. get
21. speak
22. steal
23. wake

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PAST AWOKE
broke
chose
forgot
froze
got
spoke
stole
woke

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PARTICIPLE AWOKEN
broken
chosen
forgotten
frozen
gotten
spoken
stolen
woken

(B) SIMPLE PAST: Vowel changes to o
PAST PARTICIPLE: Vowel is i, ends in en

(E) SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to ew
PAST PARTICIPLE: Ends in own

ARISE
9. drive
10. ride
11. rise
12. strive
13. write

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AROSE
drove
rode
rose
strove
wrote

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ARISEN
driven
ridden
risen
striven
written

BLOW
24. fly
25. grow
26. know
27. throw
28. *draw

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BLEW
flew
grew
knew
threw
drew

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BLOWN
flown
grown
known
thrown
*drawn

(C) SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes to oo
PAST PARTICIPLE: Vowel changes to a, ends in en

(F) SIMPLE PAST: The vowel changes
PAST PARTICIPLE: Vowel changes, ends in n

MISTAKE
14. shake
15. take

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MISTOOK
shook
took

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MISTAKEN
shaken
taken

FALL
29. forgive
30. give

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FELL
forgave
gave

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FALLEN
forgiven
given

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