Irregular Verbs

Wann brauche ich welche Form?

Past Simple — für abgeschlossene Handlungen in der Vergangenheit: She went to school.

Past Participle — mit Hilfsverben (have/has/had/will have) für das Present Perfect, das Past Perfect und das Future Perfect: She has gone home. — By then, she will have gone.

Vorsicht bei read

read wird im Infinitiv wie „riid“ ausgesprochen — Past Simple und Past Participle werden wie „rɛd“ ausgesprochen. Die Schreibweise bleibt gleich, die Aussprache ändert sich.

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i – a – u (Singsang-Muster): sing – sang – sung, drink – drank – drunk, ring – rang – rung, swim – swam – swum, begin – began – begun, sink – sank – sunk

i – ou – i: drive – drove – driven, ride – rode – ridden, rise – rose – risen, write – wrote – written

ee – ou – ou: choose – chose – chosen, freeze – froze – frozen, speak – spoke – spoken, break – broke – broken, steal – stole – stolen, wake – woke – woken

ou – ew – own/awn: grow – grew – grown, fly – flew – flown, draw – drew – drawn, throw – threw – thrown, blow – blew – blown, know – knew – known

-ght (Typ ABB): bring – brought – brought, buy – bought – bought, catch – caught – caught, teach – taught – taught, think – thought – thought

-ept / -ent / -elt (Typ ABB): keep – kept – kept, sleep – slept – slept, feel – felt – felt, mean – meant – meant, send – sent – sent, spend – spent – spent