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039- Irregular Verbs

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to sing
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to swim
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to ring
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to drink
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to begin
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to run
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to get
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to forget
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to sit
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to come
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to hold
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to fall
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to win
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to write
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to drive
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to ride
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to break
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to speak
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to wake
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to bring
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to think
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to buy
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to fight
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to catch
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to teach
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to lend
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to send
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to spend
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to build
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to spell
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to lose
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to burn
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to put
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to cut
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to hurt
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to cost
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to shut
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to let
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to hit
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to sing
to sing
Verb
s
s
i
ɪ
n
n
g
g
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to use one's voice in order to produce musical sounds in the form of a tune or song

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to swim
to swim
Verb
s
s
w
w
i
ɪ
m
m

to move through water by moving parts of the body, typically arms and legs

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to ring
to ring
Verb
r
r
i
ɪ
n
n
g
g

to make a phone call to someone

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Grammatical Information:

transitive
to drink
to drink
Verb
d
d
r
r
i
ɪ
n
n
k
k

to put water, coffee, or other type of liquid inside of our body through our mouth

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to begin
to begin
Verb
b
b
e
ɪ
g
g
i
ɪ
n
n

to do or experience the first part of something

end

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to run
to run
Verb
r
r
u
ʌ
n
n

to move using our legs, faster than we usually walk, in a way that both feet are never on the ground at the same time

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to get
to get
Verb
g
g
e
ɛ
t
t

to receive or come to have something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to forget
to forget
Verb
f
f
o
ɜ
r
r
g
g
e
ɛ
t
t

to not be able to remember something or someone from the past

remember

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to sit
to sit
Verb
s
s
i
ɪ
t
t

to put our bottom on something like a chair or the ground while keeping our back straight

stand

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to come
to come
Verb
c
k
o
ʌ
m
m
e

to move toward a location that the speaker considers to be close or relevant to them

go

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to hold
to hold
Verb
h
h
o
l
l
d
d

to have in your hands or arms

let go of

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to fall
to fall
Verb
f
f
a
ɑ:
ll
l

to quickly move from a higher place toward the ground

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to win
to win
Verb
w
w
i
ɪ
n
n

to become the most successful, the luckiest, or the best in a game, race, fight, etc.

lose

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to write
to write
Verb
w
r
r
i
t
t
e

to make letters, words, or numbers on a surface, usually on a piece of paper, with a pen or pencil

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to drive
to drive
Verb
d
d
r
r
i
v
v
e

to control the movement and the speed of a car, bus, truck, etc. when it is moving

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to ride
to ride
Verb
r
r
i
d
d
e

to sit on and control the movement of an animal, especially a horse

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to break
to break
Verb
b
b
r
r
ea
k
k

to separate something into more pieces, often in a sudden way

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to speak
to speak
Verb
s
s
p
p
ea
i:
k
k

to use one's voice to express a particular feeling or thought

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to wake
to wake
Verb
w
w
a
k
k
e

to become conscious again after sleeping

fall asleep

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to bring
to bring
Verb
b
b
r
r
i
ɪ
n
n
g
g

to come to a place with someone or something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to think
to think
Verb
th
θ
i
ɪ
n
n
k
k

to use your mind to understand something, solve a problem, make a decision, etc. or to use it to consider someone or something

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to buy
to buy
Verb
b
b
u
y

to get something in exchange for paying money

sell

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to fight
to fight
Verb
f
f
i
gh
t
t

to take part in a violent physical action against someone

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to catch
to catch
Verb
c
k
a
æ
t
ch
ʧ

to stop and hold an object that is moving through the air

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to teach
to teach
Verb
t
t
ea
i:
ch
ʧ

to give lessons to students in a university, college, school, etc.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to lend
to lend
Verb
l
l
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to give someone something, like money, expecting them to give it back after a while

borrow

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to send
to send
Verb
s
s
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to have a person, letter, or package physically delivered from one location to another, specifically by mail

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to spend
to spend
Verb
s
s
p
p
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to use money as a payment for services, goods, etc.

to build
to build
Verb
b
b
ui
ɪ
l
l
d
d

to put together different materials such as brick to make a building, etc.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to spell
to spell
Verb
s
s
p
p
e
ɛ
ll
l

to write or say the letters that form a word one by one in the right order

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to lose
to lose
Verb
l
l
o
u:
s
z
e

to not know the location of a thing or person and be unable to find it

find

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to burn
Verb
b
b
u
ɜ
r
r
n
n

to cause destruction or harm to something or someone through extreme heat or fire

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to put
to put
Verb
p
p
u
ʊ
t
t

to move something or someone from one place or position to another

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to cut
to cut
Verb
c
k
u
ʌ
t
t

to divide a thing into smaller pieces using a sharp object

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to hurt
to hurt
Verb
h
h
u
ɜ
r
r
t
t

to cause injury or physical pain to yourself or someone else

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to cost
to cost
Verb
c
k
o
ɑ
s
s
t
t

to require a particular amount of money

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to shut
to shut
Verb
sh
ʃ
u
ə
t
t

to close something

open

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to let
to let
Verb
l
l
e
ɛ
t
t

to allow something to happen or someone to do something

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to hit
to hit
Verb
h
h
i
ɪ
t
t

to strike someone or something with force using one's hand or an object

Grammatical Information:

transitive
ever
ever
Adverb
e
ɛ
v
v
e
ɜ
r
r

at any point in time

Grammatical Information:

adverb of frequency

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