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1. ‘ i’ changes to ___ for the past simple and ___ for the past participle
2. ‘o’ and ‘a’ change to ___ for the past simple; the past participle ends with ___
3. ‘double vowel’ changes to ___ for the past simple and past participle; the past participle ends with ___
4. ‘ i’ changes to ___ for the past simple; the ‘ i’ sound is long in the infinitive and short in the past
participle; the past participle ends with ___
Group 3: the same infinitive and past participle but different past simple
5. Complete the table with send, win, make, think, teach and shine.
This isn’t a definitive guide to the irregular verb forms (there are 600!), but it covers most of them
and practises some of the more common irregular verb groups. Students might find learning these
easier if they are learnt as groups not just as lists.
Exercise 1
Students are only working with the verbs they have in the table at the moment. The other spaces will be completed
in exercise 2.
Answer key:
begin began begun
swim swam swum
ring rang rung
‘i’ changes to a for the past simple and u for the past participle
Exercise 2
Answer key:
Group 1
sing sang sung
drink drank drunk
shrink shrank shrunk
Exercise 4
Answer: run, ran, run
Exercise 5
Answer key:
send sent sent
win won won
make made made
think thought thought
teach taught taught
shine shone shone
drink steal
shine