Irregular verbs (unregelmäßige Verben)

Bei den unregelmäßigen Verben werden drei Formen angegeben:• die Nennform (infinitive) to go="gehen"• die Vergangenheitsform (past simple) went="ging"• das Mittelwort der Vergangenheit (past participle) gone="gegangen"

1. Völlig unregelmäßige Verben

Diese Verben folgen keinem gemeinsamen Muster, sie müssen also einfach auswendig gelernt werden.Allerdings sind sie sehr häufig und du kennst die meisten schon.

be I am you are he/she/it is we are you are they are

I wasyou werehe/she/it was

were

been

go went gone

do did done

have had had

make made made

run ran run

eat ate eaten

sit sat sat

hear heard heard

see saw seen

fall fell fallen

lie (liegen) lay lain

2. Paare und Kleingruppen

Manchmal gibt es zwei oder drei Verben, die sehr ähnliche Vergangenheitsformen haben:

take took taken nehmen

shake shook shaken schütteln

stand stood stood stehen

come came come kommen

become became become werden

give gave given geben

dig dug dug graben

stick stuck stuck kleben

write wrote written schreiben

drive drove driven fahren

get got got(ten) bekommen

forget forgot forgotten vergessen

tell told told sagen

sell sold sold verkaufen

find found found finden

bind bound bound binden

build built built bauen

send sent sent schicken

hold held held halten

lead led led führen

hide hid hidden verstecken

bite bit bitten beißen

3. -ay → -aid

say said said sagen

pay paid paid zahlen

lay laid laid legen

Wichtig: Alle anderen Verben, die auf -ayenden, sind regelmäßig: z.B. play → played

4. i-a-u

ring rang rung läuten

sing sang sung singen

sink sank sunk sinken

swim swam swum schwimmen

drink drank drunk trinken

begin began begun anfangen

5. → -o

speak spoke spoken sprechen

steal stole stolen stehlen

break broke broken zerbrechen

freeze froze frozen (ein)frieren

wake woke woken aufwachen

choose chose chosen auswählen

6. → -ew

know knew known wissen

grow grew grown wachsen

throw threw thrown werfen

fly flew flown fliegen

draw drew drawn zeichnen

7. → -ought / -aught

think thought thought denken

bring brought brought bringen

buy bought bought kaufen

seek sought sought suchen

fight fought fought (be)kämpfen

catch caught caught fangen

teach taught taught lehren

8. langer Vokal → kurzer Vokal

feel felt felt fühlen

meet met met treffen

sleep slept slept schlafen

keep kept kept behalten

leave left left weggehen

flee fled fled fliehen

lose lost lost verlieren

9. gleichbleibend

put put put legen/setzen/stellen

read read [red] read [red] lesen

let let let lassen

cut cut cut schneiden

hit hit hit schlagen

shut shut shut schließen

hurt hurt hurt verletzen

Weitere gleichbleibende Verben sind:bet, bid, burst, cast, cost, knit, quit, set, shed, slit, split, spread, thrust

Modal verbs

Die Modalverben haben keine Vergangenheitsformen, außer can → could