REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

REGULAR VERBS

INFINITIVO	PASADO	PARTICIPIO	ESPAÑOL
TO ASK	ASKED	ASKED	PREGUNTAR
TO ANSWER	ANSWERED	ANSWERED	CONTESTAR
TO CLEAN	CLEANED	CLEANED	LIMPIAR
TO CLOSE	CLOSED	CLOSED	CERRAR
TO COUNT	COUNTED	COUNTED	CONTAR
TO COOK	COOKED	COOKED	COCINAR.
TO COPY	COPIED	COPIED	COPIAR
TO COUNT	COUNTED	COUNTED	CONTAR
TO DANCE	DANCED	DANCED	BAILAR
TO HATE	HATED	HATED	ODIAR
TO HELP	HELPED	HELPED	AYUDAR
TO LISTEN	LISTENED	LISTENED	ESCUCHAR
TO LIVE	LIVED	LIVED	VIVIR
TO LIKE	LIKED	LIKED	GUSTAR
TO LISTEN	LISTENED	LISTENED	ESCUCHAR
TO LOOK	LOOKED	LOOKED	MIRAR
TO LOVE	LOVED	LOVED	AMAR
TO NEED	NEEDED	NEEDED	NECESITAR
TO OPEN	OPENED	OPENED	ABRIR
TO PAINT	PAINTED	PAINTED	PINTAR
TO PLAY	PLAYED	PLAYED	JUGAR
TO RELAX	RELAXED	RELAXED	RELAJAR
TO REPEAT	REPEATED	REAPEATED	REPETIR
TO STAY	STAYED	STAYED	QUEDARSE
TO STUDY	STUDIED	STUDIED	ESTUDIAR
TO STOP	STOPPED	STOPPED	PARAR
TO TALK	TALKED	TALKED	HABLAR
TO USE	USED	USED	USAR
TO WAIT	WAITED	WAITED	ESPERAR
TO WALK	WALKED	WALKED	CAMINAR
TO WASH	WASHED	WASHED	LAVAR
TO WORK	WORKED	WORKED	TRABAJAR
TO WORRY	WORRIED	WORRIED	PREOCUPARSE

IRREGULAR VERBS

Present	Past Simple	Present	Past Simple
be	was / were	begin	began
break	broke	bring	brought
build	built	buy	bought
catch	caught	choose	chose
come	came	cost	cost
cut	cut	do	did
draw	drew	drink	drank
drive	drove	eat	ate
fall	fell	feel	felt
fight	fought	find	found
fly	flew	forget	forgot
freeze	froze	get	got
give	gave	go	went
have	had	hear	heard
hold	held	hit	hit
keep	kept	know	knew
learn	learnt	leave	left
lead	led	let	let
lie	lay	lose	lost
make	made	mean	meant
meet	met	pay	paid
put	put	read	read
ride	rode	run	ran
say	said	see	saw
sell	sold	send	sent
set	set	shut	shut
sing	sang	sit	sat
sleep	slept	speak	spoke
spend	spent	stand	stood
steal	stole	swim	swam
take	took	teach	taught
tell	told	think	thought
understand	understood	wake	woke
wear	wore	win	won
write	wrote

EXERCISES TO PRACTICE:

 how do I learn these verbs?

There are lots of things you can try:

• Make cards to test yourself – put the infinitive on one side and the past on the other.
• Write sentences with different verbs in them. Include some negatives.

1 CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

2, FILL IN THE GAPS USING VERBS IN PAST

3 IRREGULAR VERBS

Complete the sentences. Then write the sentences in negative and interrogative
Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1. My dog(sleep) on my bed last night.
2. Our English course(begin) three months ago.
3. The students(take) an exam yesterday.
4. Mark(pay) for the meal in the restaurant.
5. You(break) my mobile phone.
6. We(go) to Slovakia last year.
7. Marilyn(wear) her new dress at the party.
8. I(read) an interesting book last week.