Common Verbs :
The following is a list only of common verbs that students often make mistakes with. It might be a good idea to learn these ones by heart.
Present Tense….Past Tense…. Past Participle
1. beat….beat….beaten
2. bite….bit….bitten
3. blow….blew….blown
4. choose….chose….chosen
5. deal….dealt….dealt
6. dig….dug….dug
7. eat….ate….eaten
8. fall….fell….fallen
9. feel….felt….felt
10. fly….flew….flown
11. freeze….froze….frozen
12. hang….hung….hung
13. hide….hid….hidden
14. hit….hit….hit
15. hold….held….held
16. lay….laid….led
17. lead….led….led
18. leave….left….left
19. lie….lay….lain
20. lose…. lost…. lost
21. mean…. meant…. meant
22. meet…. met…. met
23. rise…. rose…. risen
24. run…. ran…. run
25. sell…. sold…. sold
26. shake…. shook…. shaken
27. shine…. shone…. shone
28. show…. showed….shown
29. sing…. sang…. sung
30. spend…. spent…. spent
31. steal…. stole…. stolen
32. stick…. stuck…. stuck
33. strike….struck….struck
34. swim…. swam…. swum
35. tear…. tore…. torn
36. throw…. threw…. thrown
37. wake…. woke…. woken
38. wear…. wore…. worn
39. win…. won…. won
40. wind…. wound…. wound
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