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Infinitive Simple past Past participle
say /se1/ said /sed/ said /sed/
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
set set set
shake shook shaken
shine /fain/ shone /Jon/ shone /fon/
shoot shot shot
show showed shown
shut shut shut
sing sang sung
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
smell smelt/smelled smelt/smelled
speak spoke spoken
spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
stick stuck stuck
strike struck struck
swim swam swum
take took taken
teach taught taught
tear tore torn
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written
Verbs that are easy to confuse
Infinitive Simple past Past participle
fall fell fallen
feel felt felt
fill filled filled

lay ( = ‘put down flat’) laid laid
lie ( = ‘be down’) lay lain
lie( = ‘say things that are not true’) lied lied

leave( = ‘go away’) left left
live ( = ‘be alive’, ‘be at home’) lived lived

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raise = ‘put up’) raised raised
rise( = ‘go up’) rose risen