IRREGULAR VERBS <> A REFERENCE LIST <> MNEMONIC RHYMING GROUPS <> MR. HANI M.

AL TAHRAWI 2014
Learning can be fun with Mnemonics! When we were kids, rhyming songs and phrases were some of
the gimmicks used to make us remember different things. I hope sorting these Irregular Verbs into
rhyming groups can help you memorize them in a short period of time. Actually some groups can be
Simple Form
Simple
Past
Past Participle
memorized
in ONLY 10
SECONDS!!!
Have a look at Group 3
GROUP 1
!!!
ring
rang
rung
Simple Form
Simple Past
Past Participle
sing
sang
sung
GROUP
5
sink
sank
sunk
bend
bent
bent
drink
drank
drunk
send
sent
sent
shrink
shrank
shrunk
lend
lent
lent
swim
swam
swum
spend
spent
spent
begin
began
begun
build
built
built
run
ran
run
smell
smelt /(smelled)
smelt /(smelled)
spill
spilt /(spilled)
spilt /(spilled)
GROUP 2
sleep
slept
slept
feed
fed
fed
keep
kept
kept
lead
led
led
creep
crept
crept
breed
bred
bred
weep
wept
wept
bleed
bled
bled
sweep
swept
swept
speed
sped /(speeded)
sped /(speeded)
leap
leapt
/(leaped)
leapt
(leaped)
read
read* (Pronounced /red/)
read* (Pronounced /red/)
spoil
spoilt /(spoiled)
spoilt /(spoiled)
slide
slid
slid
feel
felt
felt
hold
held
held
deal
dealt
dealt
sell
sold
sold
mean
meant
meant
tell
told
told
burn
burnt /(burned)
burnt /(burned)
dream
dreamt /(dreamed)
dreamt /(dreamed)
GROUP 3
meet
met
met
hit
hit
hit
leave
left
left
fit
fit
fit
lose
lost
lost
spit
spit / (spat)
spit / (spat)
GROUP 6
split
split
split
hang
hung
hung
knit
knit /(knitted)
knit /(knitted)
hang (to kill )
hanged
hanged
quit
quit
quit
dig
dug
dug
let
let
let
spin
spun
spun
set
set
set
sting
stung
stung
upset
upset
upset
swing
swung
swung
shut
shut
shut
sneak
snuck (sneaked)
snuck (sneaked)
cut
cut
cut
shoot
shot
shot
put
put
put
stand
stood
stood
cost
cost
cost
understand
understood
understood
hurt
hurt
hurt
stick
stuck
stuck
burst
burst
burst
strike
struck
struck
spread
spread
spread
sit
sat
sat
broadcast
broadcast
broadcast
win
won
won
make
made
made
GROUP 4
light
lit / (lighted)
lit / (lighted)
buy
bought
bought
grind
ground
ground
fight
fought
fought
GROUP 7
seek
sought
sought
throw
threw
thrown
think
thought
thought
grow
grew
grown
bring
brought
brought
blow
blew
blown
teach
taught
taught
draw
drew
drawn
catch
caught
caught
withdraw
withdrew
withdrawn

fly
know

flew
knew

flown
known

write
ride
rise

dive
do
go

choose
freeze

hear

GROUP 8GROUP 9
wrote
dived/dovewritten
rode
did ridden
rose
went risen

chose
froze

have
speak
spoke
awakebe ( am , is aw
, oke
wake are)
woke /waked
break
come broke
become
steal
overcomestole

weave
give
forgive
forget
forbid
hide
drive
shake
take
overtake
mistake

see
saw
mow
lie
lie
lay

wove
gave
forgave
forgot
forbade
hid

say
pay drove
lay
mislay shook
took
find overtook
found mistook

prove

proved

tear

tore

dived
done
gone

heard chosen
heard
frozen
had
had
spoken
was, wereawoken
been
woken /waked
came broken
come
became
become
overcamestolen
overcome
saw woven
seen
sawed
sawn /(sawed)
mowed given mown / (mowed)
forgiven
lied forgotten
lied
forbid
den
lay
lain
laid
laid
hidden
said
said
paid driven
paid
laid
laid
mislaid shaken
mislaid
taken
found overtaken found
foundedmistaken founded

proven /proved
torn

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wear

wore

worn

bite
beat

bit
beat

bitten
beaten

eat

ate

eaten

get

got

gotten /got

fall
shave
swell
show

fell
shaved
swelled
showed

fallen
shaven /shaved
swollen / swelled
shown

February 2, 2014