Cuando empezamos a estudiar un nuevo idioma lo más difícil suele ser la gramática y, en el caso del inglés, los verbos irregulares. Pero con esta guía esperamos ayudarte a aprenderlos de manera fácil y duradera, con ejercicios prácticos y ejemplos para que nunca más se te olviden.
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En inglés dividimos los verbos en regulares e irregulares.
De forma general, los verbos regulares son los que hacen el pasado y participio añadindo “ED” al final, al paso que los demás no presentan una terminación tan evidente.
En esta lista tenéis 3 columnas, la forma base o infinitivo, el pasado simple y el participio pasado que va a ser necesario para los tiempos complejos (present perfect, past perfect, future perfect)
Verb (infinitive) |
Past simple form |
Past participle |
become |
became |
become |
begin |
began |
begun |
break |
broke |
broken |
bring |
brought |
brought |
build |
built |
built |
buy |
bought |
bought |
catch |
caught |
caught |
choose |
chose |
chosen |
come |
came |
come |
cost |
cost |
cost |
cut |
cut |
cut |
do |
did |
done |
draw |
drew |
drawn |
drink |
drank |
drunk |
drive |
drove |
driven |
eat |
ate |
eaten |
fall |
fell |
fallen |
feed |
fed |
fed |
feel |
felt |
felt |
fight |
fought |
fought |
find |
found |
found |
fly |
flew |
flown |
forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
forgive |
forgave |
forgiven |
get |
got |
got (BrE) / gotten (AmE) |
give |
gave |
given |
go |
went |
gone |
grow |
grew |
grown |
Verb (infinitive) |
Past simple form |
Past participle |
have |
had |
had |
hear |
heard |
heard |
hide |
hid |
hidden |
hit |
hit |
hit |
hold |
held |
held |
know |
knew |
known |
learn |
learned |
learnt/learned |
leave |
left |
left |
lend |
lent |
lent |
lose |
lost |
lost |
make |
made |
made |
mean |
meant |
meant |
meet |
met |
met |
pay |
paid |
paid |
put |
put |
put |
read |
read |
read |
ride |
rode |
ridden |
rise |
rose |
risen |
run |
ran |
run |
say |
said |
said |
see |
saw |
seen |
sell |
sold |
sold |
send |
sent |
sent |
set |
set |
set |
show |
showed |
shown |
sing |
sang |
sung |
sit |
sat |
sat |
sleep |
slept |
slept |
speak |
spoke |
spoken |
spend |
spent |
spent |
stand |
stood |
stood |
steal |
stole |
stolen |
swim |
swam |
swum |
take |
took |
taken |
teach |
taught |
taught |
tell |
told |
told |
think |
thought |
thought |
throw |
threw |
thrown |
understand |
understood |
understood |
wear |
wore |
worn |
win |
won |
won |
write |
wrote |
written |
No hay una fórmula mágica para aprender los verbos irregulares, sino hacer muchos ejercicios, leer, escuchar y hablar.
Es importante saber que los verbos irregulares se pueden dividir en diferentes familias de acuerdo con su terminación.
Por ejemplo los verbos "to sing" and to "ring" tinenen una terminación similar.
My friend sang a beautiful song.
The bell rang.
Ahora te propongo un ejercício.
Buscate en internet un texto en el pasado simple y subraya todos los verbos,
Enseguida haz una lista de los verbos regulares (los que terminan en "ED") y de los irregulares.
Verifica si están en la tabla que te enseñé.
Os dejo un ejemplo:
"Yesterday Debbie had a job interview. She went downtown to the company. The interview was for an accounting job. Debbie graduated university 3 months ago.Her interview was at 10:00 am. She woke up at 7:00 am and left her house before 8:00 am. She waited for the bus, but it was late. She was very worried because she did not want to be late for the interview. She tried to phone the company to warn them, but her phone battery was dead.
When the bus arrived, it was almost 9:00 am. Then the bus was slow because there were many other cars. The bus finally arrived at Debbie’s stop at 9:45 am.
Debbie ran from the bus stop to the office building. When she entered she saw a sign that said the company was on the 24th floor. The elevator ride took almost 5 minutes because many people stopped at different floors.
When Debbie arrived at reception, it was 9:58. She was in time!
“I am here to see Mrs. Lewis” said Debbie.
The receptionist checked her book and replied:
“She is not here today. What is your name please?”
“My name is Debbie Gregson.”
“Sorry Debbie, but your appointment is tomorrow.”
Debbie checked her agenda. It was true. She was there on the wrong day! "
¿Sabes identificar cuáles son los verbos irregulares?
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