Usages of Irregular Verbs :
These are verbs you simply must learn to speak and write English correctly.
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Who can learn this poem?
We are learning it in our class.
I remember that I learned / learnt it years ago.
That poem has been learned / learnt by thousands of schoolchildren.
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Lead the way.
I am leading.
Who led last time?
We were never led before.
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I read a book a week.
This week I am reading a detective novel.
Last week I read a romance.
I have been reading since I was a child.
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He bleeds easily.
His finger is bleeding now.
I bled easily as a boy.
My nose has bled since last week.
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Try not to catch a cold.
I think I already am catching a cold.
My sister caught one last week.
Have you caught the flu this year?
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That dealer sells cars.
We are selling ours too.
Last year he sold many.
This year he has already sold a dozen cars.
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Can you prove he is wrong?
I am proving it in court.
I proved our case to the judge.
He ruled that our position was proven by the evidence.
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Did you see the new film?
We are seeing it this afternoon.
Our friends saw it last week.
The film has been seen by millions.
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Choose one color.
We are choosing.
They chose red.
Our color was chosen for us.
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He builds houses.
We are building our own house.
Our friends built one last year.
Many houses have been recently built in this neighborhood.
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She deals in stocks and bonds.
We are dealing with just our savings.
Our parents dealt only with a banker.
We have dealt with the same bank for generations.
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Blow out the candle.
Who is blowing out the one in the living room?
I already blew that one out.
All the candles have been blown out.
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It is not proper to steal a kiss.
I am not stealing a kiss.
You stole one from me.
That kiss was given. It was not stolen.
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Swing back and forth.
That little boy is swinging too fast.
I swung on a trapeze once.
We haven’t swung since we were children.
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He hangs paintings for the museum.
Today they are hanging a new exhibition.
He hung their last major show.
It was hung in just two days.
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I seek an answer.
I am always seeking answers.
I sought it in books.
The answer to that question has been sought since ancient times.
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He tears interesting stories out of the newspaper.
He is tearing one out just now.
Last week I tore out a story on London.
I suspect it was torn out by many others.
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Who shuts the windows?
I am shutting this one.
Who shut the other windows?
They were shut when we arrived.
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I am glad I have finished.
We were being very efficient.
Yes. You were.
You have almost always been done on time.
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