Learning can be fun with Mnemonics! When we were kids, rhyming songs and phrases were some of the gimmicks used to
make us remember different things. I hope sorting these Irregular Verbs into rhyming groups can help you memorize them
in a short period of time. Actually some groups can be memorized in ONLY 10 SECONDS!!! Have a look at Group 3 !!!
SIMPLE FORM
SIMPLE PAST
PAST
PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE FORM
Group 1
ring
sing
sink
drink
shrink
swim
begin
run
rang
sang
sank
drank
shrank
swam
began
ran
feed
lead
breed
read
sell
tell
slide
hold
fed
led
bred
read* (Pronounced as red)
sold
told
slid
held
SIMPLE PAST
PAST
PARTICIPLE
Group 5
rung
sung
sunk
drunk
shrunk
swum
begun
run
bend
send
lend
spend
build
sleep
keep
creep
weep
sweep
leap
feel
mean
dream
meet
leave
lose
burn
bent
sent
lent
spent
built
slept
kept
crept
wept
swept
leapt (leaped)
felt
meant
dreamt /(dreamed)
met
left
lost
burnt /(burned)
hit
fit
spit (spat)
knit /(knitted)
quit
let
set
upset
shut
cut
put
cost
hurt
spread
broadcast
hang
hang (to kill)
dig
shoot
stand
understand
stick
strike
sit
win
make
pay
lay
say
light
find
found
hung
hanged
dug
shot
stood
understood
stuck
struck
sat
won
made
paid
laid
said
lit / (lighted)
found
founded
bought
fought
sought
thought
brought
taught
caught
throw
grow
blow
draw
withdraw
fly
know
threw
grew
blew
drew
withdrew
flew
knew
Group 2
fed
led
bred
read
sold
told
slid
held
bent
sent
lent
spent
built
slept
kept
crept
wept
swept
leapt (leaped)
felt
meant
dreamt /(dreamed)
met
left
lost
burnt /(burned)
Group 6
Group 3
hit
fit
spit
knit
quit
let
set
upset
shut
cut
put
cost
hurt
spread
broadcast
hit
fit
spit (spat)
knit /(knitted)
quit
let
set
upset
shut
cut
put
cost
hurt
spread
broadcast
buy
fight
seek
think
bring
teach
catch
bought
fought
sought
thought
brought
taught
caught
Group 4
hung
hanged
dug
shot
stood
understood
stuck
struck
sat
won
made
paid
laid
said
lit / (lighted)
found
founded
Group 7
thrown
grown
blown
drawn
withdrawn
flown
known
SIMPLE FORM
SIMPLE PAST
PAST
PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE FORM
SIMPLE PAST
Group 8
write
choose
freeze
speak
awake
break
steal
ride
rise
shake
take
overtake
mistake
fall
forget
hide
shave
bite
beat
swear
tear
wear
weave
forbid
give
forgive
drive
eat
get
prove
show
wake
wrote
chose
froze
spoke
awoke
broke
stole
rode
rose
shook
took
overtook
mistook
fell
forgot
hid
shaved
bit
beat
swore
tore
wore
wove
forbade
gave
forgave
drove
ate
got
proved
showed
woke/waked
PAST
PARTICIPLE
Group 9
written
chosen
frozen
spoken
awoken
broken
stolen
ridden
risen
shaken
taken
overtaken
mistaken
fallen
forgotten
hidden
shaven/shaved
bitten
beaten
sworn
torn
worn
woven
forbidden
given
forgiven
driven
eaten
got/gotten
proven/proved
shown
woken/waked
dive
do
go
dived/dove
did
went
dived
done
gone
hear
have
(be) am , is , are
heard
had
was, were
heard
had
been
come
become
overcome
came
became
overcame
come
become
overcome
see
saw
saw
sawed
seen
sawn
lie
lie
lay
lied
lay
laid
lied
lain
laid
/(sawed)