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Lie and lay are two
notoriously difficult verbs; people often get them mixed up in the
past tense. For more, see Lay
vs. Lie. Here are some other verbs that can
get tricky in the past tense:
| Present | Simple Past | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| arise | arose | arisen |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| dive | dived, dove | dived |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| drown | drowned | drowned |
| dwell | dwelled | dwelled |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| fight | fought | fought |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fling | flung | flung |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| get | got | gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang (a thing) | hung | hung |
| hang (a person) | hanged | hanged |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| lie (recline) | lay | lain |
| lie (tell fibs) | lied | lied |
| plead | pleaded | pleaded |
| put | put | put |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| see | saw | seen |
| set | set | set |
| shine (give light) | shone | shone |
| shine (make shiny) | shined | shined |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| sting | stung | stung |
| strive | strove, strived | striven, strived |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swang | swung |
| take | took | taken |
| tear | tore | torn |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| wake | woke, waked | woken, waked |
| wear | wore | worn |
| write | wrote | written |
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