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Irregular past tense verbs
| BASE FORM | PAST FORM | PAST PARTICIPLE | DEFINITION |
| become | became | become | trở thành, trở nên |
| begin | began | begun | bắt đầu |
| break | broke | broken | đập vỡ, bẻ gãy |
| bring | brought | brought | đem lại, mang đến |
| buy | bought | bought | mua |
| catch | caught | caught | nắm lấy, bắt lấy |
| choose | chose | chosen | chọn, lựa |
| come | came | come | đến, tới |
| cost | cost | cost | tốn, trị giá |
| cut | cut | cut | cắt |
| do | did | done | làm, thực hiện |
| draw | drew | drawn | vē |
| drink | drank | drunk | uống |
| drive | drove | driven | lái (xe) |
| eat | ate | eaten | ǎn |
| fall | fell | fallen | ngã, rơi |
| feel | felt | felt | gotten |
| fight | fought | fought | chiến đấu, tranh luận, cãi cọ |
| find | found | found | tìm kiếm, tìm thấy |
| fly | flew | flown | bay |
| get | got | gotten | lấy, nhận được, bắt được |
| give | gave | given | cho |
| go | went | gone | đi |
| grow | grew | grown | trồng, mọc, phát triển, lớn lên |
| hear | heard | heard | nghe |
| hold | held | held | giữ, cầm, tổ chức |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | làm bị thương, bị đau |
| keep | kept | kept | giữ, tuân theo, vẫn cứ |
| know | knew | known | biết |
| let | let | let | để cho, cho phép |
| lose | lost | lost | thua, làm mất |
| make | made | made | làm, tạo ra |
| mean | meant | meant | nghĩa là |
| meet | met | met | gặp |
| pay | paid | paid | trả (tiền) |
| put | put | put | đặt, để |
| read | read | read | đọc |
| ride | rode | ridden | đạp (xe), cưỡi (ngựa) |
| rise | rose | risen | tăng lên, mọc |
| run | ran | run | chạy |
| say | said | said | nói |
| see | saw | seen | xem, nhìn, thấy |
| sell | sold | sold | bán |
| send | sent | sent | gửi |
| show | showed | shown | cho xem, thể hiện, chỉ bảo |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk | co lại |
| sing | sang | sung | hát |
| sleep | slept | slept | ngủ |
| speak | spoke | spoken | nói |
| steal | stole | stolen | ăn cắp, trộm |
| swim | swam | swum | bơi |
| take | took | taken | cầm, lấy |
| teach | taught | taught | dạy |
| tell | told | told | kể, bảo |
| think | thought | thought | nghĩ |
| throw | threw | thrown | ném, vứt |
| understand | understood | understood | hiểu |
| wear | wore | worn | mặc |
| win | won | won | chiến thắng |
| write | wrote | written | viết |
