10 sentences with a column of irregular verbs. English irregular verbs

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for shameless and daring cramming! This is how you can remember the most commonly used irregular verbs with pronunciation, which we have carefully selected for you, just as the leaves of the best varieties of tea are selected. Autumn is in full swing - brew some tea and let's go over the 3 forms of irregular verbs. Let's go!

Good to know that some of these verbs have the same spelling and pronunciation of all 3 forms, but there is also an insidious verb read, 2 and 3 forms of which are read . So pay attention! And don't screw this up!

Basic irregular verbs with the same forms

So, at first it will be much easier to memorize the above-mentioned irregular verbs of the English language than to cram everything. Here they are:

bet bet
burst explode)
cast cast a shadow, drop
cost cost, estimate
cut cut
fit fit (about clothes)
hit hit, hit
hurt injure, hurt, damage
let allow, allow
put put, put
quit leave, leave
rid rid
set install, install, configure
shed[ʃed] to shed (tears)
shit shit
shut[ʃʌt] close
slit cut
split divide, split, split
spread distribute
wet wet

In general, there are as many as 638 irregular verbs in the English language. But, fortunately, about 200+ are mostly used, and of these, the 100 most popular ones are used. Of course, you can learn all 638 and write a bestseller or retell Shakespeare in English. But do you really need that?

3 more verbs, the 1st and 3rd forms of which are the same:

come came come come
become became become become
run ran run run

Ways to form irregular verbs

So, easy! If the verb in Past Simple and Past Participle does not have the ending “- ed"(I felt / she has forgiven) - then he wrong, that is, verbs forming the Past Simple and Past Participle forms don't add ending «- ed» to the infinitive form, but are formed in other wonderful ways.

Like this, for example:

• Change root vowels on " o"and adding graduation To 3 form:

break[brek] br o ke br o k en["brəuk(ə)n] (c)break
choose ch o se ch o se n["tʃəuz(ə)n] choose
forget forg o t forg o t ten forget
freeze fr o ze fr o ze n freeze, freeze
get g o t gott en["gɔtn] receive
speak sp o ke sp o ke n["spəuk(ə)n] talk
steal st o le st o le n["stəulən] steal
tear t o re t o r n tear
wake w o ke w o ke n["wəuk(ə)n] wake up
wear w o re w o r n put on

• Change root vowels on " o» only in 2 verb form:

drive dr o ve driven ["drɪv(ə)n] to drive a car
ride r o de ridden ["rɪd(ə)n] to ride on horseback
rise r o se risen ["rɪz(ə)n] rise
write wr o te written ["rɪt(ə)n] write

• Appearing in 2 form graduation «- ew", and in 3 — «- own"

blow bl ew bl own blow
fly fl ew fl own fly
grow gr ew gr own grow, grow
know kn ew kn own know
throw[θrəu]thr ew[θru:]thr own[θrəun] to throw

• Changing endings 2 And 3 forms on "- ought" And "- aught»

bring br ought br ought bring
buy b ought b ought buy
catch c aught c aught catch
fight f ought f ought fight
seek s ought s ought search
teach t aught t aught teach
think[θɪŋk]th ought[θɔ:t]th ought[θɔ:t] to think

• Change " ee" on " e» in 2 And 3 verb form + change in pronunciation

keep k e pt k e pt hold
sleep sl e pt sl e pt sleep
feel f e lt f e lt feel
bleed bl e dbl e d bleed
feed f e d f e d feed
meet m e t m e t meet
lead l e d l e d lead

• Alternating vowels at the root of the word in all 3 forms according to the principle “ i-a-u»:

begin beg a nbeg u n start
drink dr a nk dr u nk drink
ring r a ng r u ng call
shrink[ʃrɪŋk] shr a nk [ʃræŋk] shr u nk [ʃrʌŋk] to shrink
sing s a ng s u ng sing
sink s a nk s u nk to sink, to sink
spring spr a ng spr u ng to arise, jump out
swim sw a m sw u m swim

• And now! The most incorrect English verbs at all! They are so wrong that Dr. Evil himself (from the Austin Powers films) would be shocked! They defy explanation and logic, they do whatever they want, in a word, they are simply destroyers of the system! But what are the necessary and useful ones:

be was/were been to be, to be
do did done do
go went gone go
have had had have
make made made do, manufacture

• Is there some more incorrect and at the same time correct verbs, kind of inverted verbs. Check it out!

We recommend remembering the form that is most familiar to you. After all, even the verb “ work" has irregular forms Past Indefinite and Past Participle (in both cases wrought), but it is outdated and practically not used. Create your own lists of irregular verbs and distribute them into categories that are convenient for you to memorize. And everything will be just fine!

100 most popular irregular verbs in English

Memory game

We are talking about the analogy of a card “fool”. Irregular verbs in English are written on the cards, each form on a separate card. One deck contains about 20 verbs, that's 60 cards. Players are dealt 6 cards. The one with the initial form of the verb goes first. The next one must put the first or second form of this verb, or another verb in the initial form. For example: the first player makes a move with “go”, the second must put “went” or “gone”, or another verb in the initial form, for example, “come”. Further - by analogy. There is also a joker - this is a verb in which all forms are the same, for example “hit-hit-hit”. With the Joker, you can change the top card, that is, order the form of the verb that the owner of the Joker needs. If there are no suitable cards, then you need to take from the deck until you get one. The deck is disassembled to the end, and the one who does not have a single card left wins. The game is going great! Try it!

We hope that learning English irregular verbs will now become easier! And so that you have no doubts, we invite you to take a trial lesson! Don't be shy ;)

Big and friendly EnglishDom family

I’ll tell you a secret: regular and irregular verbs of the English language are the most “favorite” topic of teachers and students when studying English grammar. Fate would have it that the most popular and frequently used words in English speech were incorrect. For example, the famous phrase “to be or not to be” also contains an irregular verb. And that's the beauty of the British :)

Just take a second and imagine how wonderful it would be to add an ending -ed to main verbs and get the past tense. And now all English students are destined to take part in an exciting attraction - memorizing a convenient table of irregular verbs in the English language with translation and transcription.

1. IRREGULAR VERBS

Meet their royal majesty irregular verbs. You won’t have to rant about them for a long time. You just need to accept it and remember that each verb has its own forms. And it is almost impossible to detect any logical connection. All that remains is to put the table in front of you and learn, just as you once memorized the English alphabet.

It’s good that there are verbs where all three forms coincide and are pronounced the same (put-put-put). But there are especially harmful forms that are written as twins, but are pronounced differently (read - read - read). Just as only the best tea leaves of the best varieties are selected for a royal tea party, we have collected the most commonly used irregular verbs, arranged them alphabetically, visually conveniently arranged them in a table - we did everything to make you smile and... teach. In general, only conscientious cramming will save humanity from ignorance of English irregular verbs.

And to make memorization not so boring, you can create your own algorithms. For example, to begin with, write down all the verbs where the three forms coincide. Then those where the two forms coincide (these are the majority, by the way). Or, let’s say, today you learn words starting with the letter “b” (don’t think anything bad), and tomorrow - a different word. No limits to imagination for those in love with English!

And without leaving the cash register, we suggest you take a test on your knowledge of irregular verbs.

Table of irregular verbs in English with transcription and translation:

After this video you will love learning irregular verbs! Yo! :) ...for those who are impatient, it is advisable to watch from 38 seconds

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2. REGULAR VERBS

When the most difficult part in the form of irregular verbs is mastered (we want to believe that this is the case), you can crack the regular verbs of the English language like nuts. They are called so because they form the past tense form and participle II in exactly the same way. In order not to overload your brain once again, we’ll simply designate them as form 2 and form 3. And both of them are obtained using the ending - ed.

For example: look - looked,work - worked

2.1 And for those who like to get to the bottom of everything, you can conduct a brief educational program about the mysterious term “participle II”. Firstly, why participle? Because how else can we designate a three-headed dragon, which has the characteristics of 3 parts of speech at once: verb, adjective and adverb. Accordingly, such a form is always found WITH PARTS (at once with three).

Secondly, why II? Because there is also I . Quite logical  Only participle I has an ending -ing, and participle II has the ending -ed in regular verbs, and any ending in irregular ones ( written , built , come ).

2.2 And everything would be fine, but there are some nuances.

If the verb ends in -y, then you need an ending -ied(study - studied).
. If the verb consists of one syllable and ends in a consonant, then it is doubled (stop - stopped).
. The final consonant l is always doubled (travel -travelled)
. If the verb ends in -e, then you only need to add -d(translate - translated)

For those who are especially picky and attentive, you can also add pronunciation features. For example, after voiceless consonants the ending is pronounced “t”, after voiced consonants - “d”, after vowels “id”.

Perhaps you have heard/invented/read/seen a method that allows you to reduce effort to a minimum and maximize the efficiency of memorizing irregular verbs, but for some reason we don’t know it yet. Share not only your smile, but also your cramming options to please each other with something interesting

There are correct (regular) and incorrect (irregular). When using irregular verbs, their forms are formed in different ways than regular verbs (by adding –ed to the infinitive).

The Irregular Verbs table consists of three forms:

1. (this is the initial form of the verb without the particle to).
2. (verb in past tense).
3. (past participle).

Unfortunately, there is no such rule that helps determine which verb is correct and which is not.

In total in English there are about . Naturally, you won’t be able to learn them right away, and there’s no need to: many of them are not used in speech, as they are considered outdated.

Ways to quickly memorize Irregular Verbs

There are some ways you can speed up learning Irregular Verbs:

Group No. 1. The verb in all three forms has the same pronunciation and spelling.

For example:

Group№ 2 . Past Simple and Past Participle are identical in spelling and pronunciation. For example:

Group№ 4 .The verb form is formed by adding -old to the first group of the infinitive:

Group№ 6. The form of the verb in the Present Simple and Past Participle is the same:

Group№ 8 .The Past Simple form is formed using –ew, and the Past Participle form is formed using -own:

Group№ 9 . ABOUT The Past Participle form is formed using the ending -n added to the infinitive:

Group№ 11 . The vowel in each form changes according to the i-a-u principle, for example:

Note. Verbs formed with the prefixes re-, dis-, over-, un-, mis-, out-, under- and others will also be irregular. Their Past Simple and Past Participal forms are the same as the verbs from which they were derived. For example, set – reset, stand – understand.

Table of irregular verbs (Irregular Verbs)

Below is a table of Irregular Verbs with the 117 most common and most used.

Let's see clearly how the forms of irregular verbs change in sentences:

• I write a letter to my Grandmother. - My father wrote a bestseller last year.- This story was written by unknown soldier of the Second Worlds War.
• I see my best friend every day. I saw my cousin three days ago at my uncle Bens birthday party. – I have already seen this comedy.

By following the rules described in the article, it will become much easier to learn the wrong ones. Good luck!

There are a huge number of languages ​​in the world. Why is English so popular? The speed of spread of English is influenced by its good structure and simplicity. However, even in this universal language there are phenomena that go beyond logic - these are irregular verbs.

These words come from the general rules for the formation of English verbs, and ordinary cramming is the only way to learn them, since a universal method for learning them quickly still does not exist. Irregular verbs just need to be remembered and that’s it. This is very inconvenient when mastering a language, but you can’t do without these 450-480 words, or rather, without 100-150 of the highest frequency irregular verbs.

In simple terms, irregular verbs are “freedom-loving rebel verbs.” Moreover, they “revolt” only in complex temporary constructions in the future and present tense, as well as in sentences with past tenses. Fortunately, in the simple future and present, these words are no different from regular verbs.

All verbs in English are conjugated within 3-4 forms. As for irregular verbs, we are interested in them exclusively in cases of forms 2 and 3 - verb and participle in the past tense.

And here a completely logical question arises: how to determine a verb is correct or incorrect? And there is no clear rule here either. You will first have to learn a table of irregular verbs in English, consisting of at least 100 words. And those words that are not on the list will be correct. That's all the grammar is!

At first glance, everything seems simple. But the table contains 100 words, and each has 3 forms: infinitive, past tense and participle, therefore, you will have to learn at least 300 irregular verbs. But this is not all, but only the most used ones! This fact will undoubtedly pacify the ardor of those who decided to conquer the table in one go.

But if you download this table and constantly repeat the words and use them in speech, then you will understand that everything is not so scary. The main thing here is a great desire and a little hard work and patience. The more often you use these 100, or rather 300, irregular verbs in speech, the more reliably and quickly they will stick in your memory.

Table of 100 irregular verbs

(You can download and print this table or save it on your computer and repeat it from time to time)

Continued in the article

To successfully learn a foreign language, it is necessary to lay a certain foundation consisting of basic skills. In addition to vocabulary and developed pronunciation, this basis also includes grammatical knowledge. Undoubtedly, the most important thing for English grammar is the system of tenses and verb forms, without the knowledge of which not a single sentence can be constructed. Today, while studying the topic, we will combine a set of vocabulary with mastering grammar, as we will analyze one of the most necessary basic concepts - irregular verbs of the English language. Let's look at the essence of the phenomenon, and also provide a list of all the necessary words with transcription and translation into Russian.

In order to answer the question posed in the title, let’s take a short excursion into theory.

English verbs have several basic forms that help form tense aspects:

1. Infinitive – it’s the initial, dictionary form. ().
2. Past indefinite – a form for expressing past events. According to the rule, it is formed by adding the ending –ed to the infinitive. ().
3. Past participle – a form necessary for the formation of perfect tenses and passive voices. According to grammatical norms, it must coincide with the previous category, i.e. also add –ed. ().
4. Active participle – it is not always distinguished as a separate form, but it should be noted that these are verbs with the ending –ing, which are used in the tenses of the continuous group. ()

Today we are interested in the second and third items of the list, since they are responsible for the correctness or incorrectness of the verb. We have already noted that the general rule for forming past forms is to add the ending -ed. But, due to historical reasons, established language clichés do not always correspond to the norms, and it is much easier to accept exceptions than to try to change the established way of life. That is why there is such a thing as irregular verbs in the English language. English grammar calls this phenomenon irregular verbs.

Irregular verbs include those verbs in which the past tense form is not formed according to the general rule, that is, they are characterized by an atypical conjugation. Such verb forms have to be learned by heart, since they are individual for each case. It is noteworthy that the proportion of irregular English verbs used in speech is about 70%. This means that only 30% of all frequently used verbs obey the general rule.

This concludes the theory and moves on to the practical part, in which we will consider examples of irregular verbs in the English language with translation and transcription. This will allow you to combine learning vocabulary and working with pronunciation.

Learning irregular verbs in English

You're probably wondering how many irregular verbs you have to learn in English? We hasten to surprise you, because you probably did not expect to see such a number: there are over 450 representatives of the irregular type of formation of past forms. But don’t worry, we won’t learn the full list of irregular verbs, since more than half of the words in it have long been out of use in the modern language. There are approximately two hundred actively used words left, which we will divide into even smaller groups in order to master the material gradually.

The first 50 words for beginners

For beginners learning the language, it will be enough to familiarize themselves with a very small list of the most common verbs. This minimum will be enough for you to work with simple sentences in English. So that during training you do not have to be distracted by other rules, next to the example we will indicate how the word is read in English, and also roughly explain which Russian sounds correspond to English letters. Russian transcription will be presented only in this section, since further study requires a higher level of knowledge of a foreign language.

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*The column shows the three main forms of the verb in the following order:

• infinitive;
• past indefinite (Past Indefinite/Simple);
• past participle (Participle II).

Now you are familiar with the most commonly used irregular verbs in English. This list of words can be easily printed and memorized at any convenient time. Increase your knowledge gradually; you don’t need to immediately load yourself with large amounts of information. Since the table contains many basic verbs, there will be no difficulties in learning the words, because in practice they are used in every second text or dialogue.

Top 100 – intermediate level vocabulary

If you are already confident in using the verbs you have learned, then it is time to move to the next level of knowledge and discover new irregular English verbs.

In this section we will continue to study the most commonly used irregular verbs, with another table to help us. It contains the same number of words arranged in alphabetical order as the first one, but in it we will no longer give the approximate Russian sound: the English transcription will help you understand how to pronounce the word. We hope you have already studied the material on how transcription signs are used. So, let's continue our work: we'll study just 50 more words and get the top 100 irregular verbs.

*Important note for translators: this verb has two meanings. The forms given in the table indicate expressions used with translation "hang, hang things." A rarer context is hanging as an execution, to hang a criminal. In such a situation, this English verb behaves as if it were correct, i.e. attaches the ending –ed: hang – hanged – hanged.

So, we have looked at all the main and popular irregular verbs in the English language, and congratulations! Don’t try to master the entire stock of new words at once, as you will only become more confused about forms and meanings. For effective and quick memorization, we suggest printing out the given material, dividing the verbs into groups for easy perception, and making cards with the spelling of the English word and the Russian translation. This method successfully helps most students learn the inflection of irregular verbs.

If you have already mastered the most common verbs of the English language with transcription, we invite you to expand your horizons even more and look into the less popular, but still common, use of irregular words in speech.

Rare but necessary verbs

The list of irregular verbs in English that we have studied already has a hundred examples. This, as we have already noted, is approximately half of the active vocabulary of a modern Englishman on the topic of irregular verbs. The use of the following hundred words is certainly not something you encounter every day. But, firstly, they are often included in standard tests and tasks to confirm the level of language proficiency, and secondly, it is better to know rare grammatical points of the language than to misunderstand something and get into an awkward situation. So, let's study rare, but necessary, irregular verbs in English with translation and transcription.

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*wrought – a very outdated book form, shown in the table for informational purposes only. In modern English its use is neither practiced nor recommended.

Now we can actually claim to have studied all the irregular verbs in modern English. Since the remaining words, in most cases, are derivatives of already learned verbs. For example, we looked at the word understand. When we encounter the same expression, but with a negative prefix - misunderstand, we will already know that its forms will become misunderstood/misunderstood.

That's all, learn irregular verbs in English, work with translation and transcription, and don't rush to memorize everything at once. It’s better to study a few words a day than to struggle with a huge list and be nervous about not remembering it. Good luck in your practice!