Study the following list of irregular verbs in the present and past tenses. Note the change in spelling.
| PRESENT | PAST |
|---|---|
| is/are | was/were |
| bear | bore |
| begin | began |
| bid | bade |
| blow | blew |
| break | broke |
| come | came |
| do | did |
| drink | drank |
| eat | ate |
Study the following list of irregular verbs in the present and past tenses. Note the change in spelling.
| PRESENT | PAST |
|---|---|
| feel | felt |
| fight | fought |
| find | found |
| fly | flew |
| go | went |
| have | had |
| keep | kept |
| know | knew |
| hide | hid |
| leave | left |
Study the following list of irregular verbs in the present and past tenses. Note the change in spelling.
| PRESENT | PAST |
|---|---|
| make | made |
| ring | rang |
| see | saw |
| sit | sat |
| sleep | slept |
| stand | stood |
| take | took |
| tell | told |
| win | won |
| write | wrote |
Some irregular verbs do not change their spelling when expressed in the past tense.
Examples: