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Irregular Verb Lesson
 
 Tip: The very old words like ride or shoot tend to be irregular.
 
 
I Do it(now)             I Did it(then)         I've Done it(It's over)
Present                                                  Past                                                Past Participle
be                                           was,were                           been
become                                   became                             become
begin                                       began                                begun
blow                                        blew                                   blown
break                                      broke                                 broken
bring                                       brought                              brought
build                                       built                                    built
bust                                        burst                                  burst
buy                                         bought                                bought
catch                                      caught                                caught
choose                                   chose                                  chosen
come                                      came                                  come
cut                                         cut                                      cut
deal                                       dealt                                    dealt
do                                          did                                      done
drink                                      drank                                   drunk
drive                                       drove                                   driven
eat                                         ate                                      eaten
fall                                         fell                                       fallen
feed                                       fed                                       fed
feel                                        felt                                       felt
fight                                       fought                                  fought
find                                        found                                   found
fly                                          flew                                     flown
forget                                     forgot                                   forgotten
forgive                                    forgave                                 forgiven
freeze                                     froze                                   frozen
get                                         got                                      got (gotten in USA)
give                                        gave                                    given
go                                          went                                   gone
grow                                       grew                                   grown
have                                        had                                     had
hear                                        heard                                  heard
hide                                        hid                                      hidden
hold                                        held                                    held
keep                                       kept                                    kept
know                                       knew                                   known
lay                                          laid                                      laid
lead                                        led                                       led
leave                                       left                                       left
lie                                           lay                                       lain
lose                                        lost                                      lost
make                                      made                                   made
pay                                         paid                                     paid
ride                                         rode                                     ridden
ring                                         rang                                     rung
say                                         said                                     said
see                                         saw                                     seen
sell                                         sold                                      sold
shake                                     shook                                   shaken
shine                                      shone                                   shone
sing                                         sang                                    sung
sit                                           sat                                       sat
shoot                                       shot                                      shot
speak                                      spoke                                   spoken
spend                                      spent                                    spent
stand                                       stood                                    stood
take                                         took                                      taken
tear                                          tore                                       torn
tell                                           told                                        told
think                                        thought                                  thought
wear                                        wore                                      worn
win                                          won                                       won
write                                        wrote                                      written
 
 
I don't think it's a very good idea to try and memorize this list all at once, you shold learn it slowly bit by bit. 
Only ever memorize one form of a word (at most two) not all three (unless of course you find that you are one of the rare people who finds this helpful and easy while learning English irregular verbs).
I think reading a book and refering to a list like this if you need to is much more important than learning the list in one go.
 
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