Verbes irréguliers A-B-C : go-went-gone

La liste des verbes irréguliers A-B-C

Astuces pour retenir les verbes A-B-C

• Cherchez le modèle de voyelles : i – a – u (sing – sang – sung, swim – swam – swum).
• Beaucoup de participes passés finissent par -en ou -n : taken, written, spoken, known, seen.
• Le verbe le plus irrégulier est aussi le plus courant : be – was/were – been. Il mérite d’être su par cœur dès la 6e.

Les verbes A-B-C en contexte

• A new problem has arisen. (arise – arose – arisen)
• I awoke to the sound of birds. (awake – awoke – awoken)
• We were very happy to see you. (be – was / were – been)
• She bore the pain without a word. (bear – bore – borne)
• The film began at eight o'clock. (begin – began – begun)
• The dog has bitten the postman. (bite – bit – bitten)
• The wind blew my hat away. (blow – blew – blown)
• I broke my mum's favourite cup. (break – broke – broken)
• She chose the red dress. (choose – chose – chosen)
• Have you done your homework? (do – did – done)
• My little brother drew a dragon. (draw – drew – drawn)
• I drank a big glass of water. (drink – drank – drunk)
• Dad drove us to the station. (drive – drove – driven)
• We ate fish and chips by the sea. (eat – ate – eaten)
• The apple fell from the tree. (fall – fell – fallen)
• We flew to Dublin last summer. (fly – flew – flown)
• Phones are forbidden in the classroom. (forbid – forbade – forbidden)
• I forgot my umbrella at school. (forget – forgot – forgotten)
• She forgave her brother for the joke. (forgive – forgave – forgiven)
• The lake froze last winter. (freeze – froze – frozen)
• My aunt gave me a book for my birthday. (give – gave – given)
• We went to the zoo on Sunday. (go – went – gone)
• You have grown a lot this year! (grow – grew – grown)
• The children hid behind the tree. (hide – hid – hidden)
• I have known Sam since primary school. (know – knew – known)
• The cat lay in the sun all afternoon. (lie – lay – lain)
• I mistook your bag for mine. (mistake – mistook – mistaken)
• The red car overtook the bus. (overtake – overtook – overtaken)
• I rode my bike to the park. (ride – rode – ridden)
• The bell rang at the end of the lesson. (ring – rang – rung)
• The sun rose at six o'clock. (rise – rose – risen)
• I saw a fox in the garden. (see – saw – seen)
• Grandma has sewn a button on my coat. (sew – sewed – sewn / sewed)
• He shook my hand and smiled. (shake – shook – shaken)
• She has shown me her new phone. (show – showed – shown)
• My jumper shrank in the washing machine. (shrink – shrank – shrunk)
• We sang 'Happy Birthday' to Emma. (sing – sang – sung)
• The old boat sank in the storm. (sink – sank – sunk)
• I spoke to the teacher after class. (speak – spoke – spoken)
• Someone has stolen my bike! (steal – stole – stolen)
• The old cheese stank. (stink – stank – stunk)
• He swore that he was telling the truth. (swear – swore – sworn)
• My ankle has swollen after the fall. (swell – swelled – swollen / swelled)
• We swam in the sea every morning. (swim – swam – swum)
• I took the bus to school. (take – took – taken)
• I tore my trousers on the fence. (tear – tore – torn)
• He threw the ball to his dog. (throw – threw – thrown)
• Someone trod on my foot in the crowd. (tread – trod – trodden)
• The town has undergone many changes. (undergo – underwent – undergone)
• I woke up early this morning. (wake – woke – woken)
• She wore a yellow raincoat. (wear – wore – worn)
• This basket was woven by hand. (weave – wove – woven)
• She withdrew some money from the bank. (withdraw – withdrew – withdrawn)
• I wrote a letter to my pen friend. (write – wrote – written)

Mini-quiz sur les verbes A-B-C

Six questions tirées au hasard ; une nouvelle série est proposée à chaque fois.

Fiche PDF et autres schémas

Retrouvez les autres familles : A-A-A (cut-cut-cut), A-B-A (come-came-come), A-B-B (buy-bought-bought), ou le tableau complet des verbes irréguliers.