University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Writing and Reading Center
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Verb Forms University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Writing and Reading Center Principle Parts of Irregular Verbs SIMPLE FORM be bear beat become begin bend bet bind bite bleed blow break breed bring build burst buy catch choose come cost creep cut do dig draw drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fit flee fly forbid forget forgive freeze get PAST FORM was, were bore beat became began bent bet bound bit bled blew broke bred brought built burst bought caught chose came cost creep cut did dug drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found fit fled flew forbade forgot forgave froze got PAST PARTICIPLE been born beat become begun bent bet bound bitten bled blown broken bred brought built burst bought caught chosen come cost crept cut done dug drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found fit fled flown forbidden forgotten forgiven frozen gotten Verb Forms SIMPLE FORM give go grind grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead leave lend let light lose lie make mean meet pay put quit read ride ring rise run say see seek sell send set shake shine shoot shut sing sink sit sleep slide PAST FORM gave went ground grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led left lent let lit lost lay made meant met paid put quit read rode rang rose ran said saw sought sold sent set shook shone shot shut sang sank sat slept slid PAST PARTICIPLE given gone ground grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led left lent let lit lost lain made meant met paid put quit read ridden rung risen run said seen sought sold sent set shaken shone shot shut sung sunk sat slept slid Verb Forms SIMPLE FORM speak speed spend spin split spread spring stand steal stick sting strike swear swim swing take teach tear tell think throw understand wake (up) wear weave weep win wind wring write PAST FORM spoke sped spent spun split spread sprang stood stole stuck stung struck swore swam swung took taught tore told thought threw understood woke (up) wore wove wept won wound wrung wrote PAST PARTICIPLE spoken sped spent spun split spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung struck sworn swum swung taken taught torn told thought thrown understood woken (up)/awakened worn woven wept won wound wrung written Problem Verbs Some verbs cause particular trouble. Note carefully the following forms: begin choose fall feel throw write began chose fell felt threw wrote begun chosen fell felt thrown written The following sets of verbs have similar forms but are used in different ways: 1. Lie/lay/lain/lying means "to recline." It is intransitive (takes no object). I lie down every afternoon. I lay down yesterday. I have lain down many times. Verb Forms 2. Lay/laid/laid/laying means "to put." It is transitive (needs an object). Lay the book over there. He laid it there yesterday. He has laid it there before. 3. Sit/sat/sat means "to sit down." It is intransitive (takes no object). I sit in the same chair every day. I sat here yesterday. 4. Set/set/set/ means "to put something down." It is transitive (needs an object). Set the dishes on the table. He set the books over there. 5. Lose/lost/lost means "to misplace." It is transitive (needs an object). I always lose my shoes. I lost them two weeks ago. 6. Loosen/loosened/loosened means "to relax something." It is transitive (needs an object) He loosened his shoes NOTE: The term loose is an adjective. I like loose clothing. EXERCISE 1 Use the correct form the verb in parentheses. 1. (begin) He has not _____ yet. 2. (choose) Last week, he _____ Mary to be his partner. 3. (fall) He _____ out of the tree and hurt his leg. 4. (feel) He _____ sad yesterday. 5. (throw) He has _____ away all his old clothes. 6. (write) Have you _____ the letter yet? EXERCISE 2 Use the correct for of either verb in parentheses. 1. (lay/lie) He is _____ down on the bed. Cheryl _____ on the floor to listen to the stereo. Yesterday, he _____ his gloves on the dresser. Today they are _____carpet in the dining room. She has _____ out in the sun all afternoon. Please _____ it over there. 2. (sit/set) He is _____ in the brown chair. Do not _____ the vase on the stereo. He _____ in the same chair every day. He _____ some tomato plants out yesterday. Verb Forms 3. (lose/loosen) He _____ his tie in order to be more comfortable. Did you _____ your wallet. He should not _____ the bandage on his arm. ANSWERS EX 1: begun, chose, fell, felt, thrown, written EX 2: lying, lay, laid, laying, lain, lay sitting, set, sits, set loosened, lose, loosen
