LA GRAMMATICA DI ENGLISH GRATIS

PARADIGMA DEI VERBI IRREGOLARI

Paradigma dei verbi irregolari inglesi di uso comune:

Forma base	Simple Past	Participio Passato	In italiano
arise	arose	arisen	sorgere
awake	awoke	awoken	svegliare
be	was/were	been	essere
bear (be) born	bore (was/were) born	borne born	portare essere nato
beat	beat	beaten	battere
become	became	become	diventare
begin	began	begun	cominciare
bend	bent	bent	piegare
bet	bet/betted	bet/betted	scommettere
bid	bid	bid	fare un'offerta ad un'asta
bind	bound	bound	legare (insieme)
bite	bit	bitten	mordere
bleed	bled	bled	sanguinare
blow	blew	blown	soffiare
break	broke	broken	rompere
breed	bred	bred	allevare, riprodursi
bring	brought	brought	portare
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	trasmettere
build	built	built	costruire
burn	burned/burnt	burned/burnt	bruciare
burst	burst	burst	scoppiare
buy	bought	bought	comperare
can	could	===	potere
cast	cast	cast	lanciare
catch	caught	caught	afferrare
choose	chose	chosen	scegliere
cling	clung	clung	aggrapparsi
come	came	come	venire
cost	cost	cost	costare
creep	crept	crept	avanzare furtivamente
cut	cut	cut	tagliare
deal	dealt	dealt	trattare
dig	dug	dug	scavare
do	did	done	fare
draw	drew	drawn	disegnare, tirare
dream	dreamed/dreamt	dreamed/dreamt	sognare
drink	drank	drunk	bere
drive	drove	driven	guidare
dwell	dwelled/dwelt	dwelled/dwelt	dimorare
eat	ate	eaten	mangiare
fall	fell	fallen	cadere
feed	fed	fed	nutrire
feel	felt	felt	sentire, provare
fight	fought	fought	combattere
find	found	found	trovare
flee	fled	fled	fuggire
fling	flung	flung	gettare
fly	flew	flown	volare
forbid	forbade	forbidden	proibire
forget	forgot	forgotten	dimenticare
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abbandonare
freeze	froze	frozen	gelare
get	got	got	ottenere, diventare
give	gave	given	dare
go	went	gone	andare
grind	ground	ground	macinare
grow	grew	grown	crescere, coltivare
hang	hung (appese)/hanged (impiccò)	hung (appeso)/hanged (impiccato)	appendere, impiccare
have	had	had	avere
hear	heard	heard	udire
hide	hid	hidden	nascondere
hit	hit	hit	colpire
hold	held	held	tenere
hurt	hurt	hurt	far male
keep	kept	kept	tenere, trattenere
kneel	knelt	knelt	inginocchiarsi
knit	knit/knitted knitted è più comune	knit/knitted knitted è più comune	lavorare a maglia
know	knew	known	sapere, conoscere
lay	laid	laid	stendere, poggiare
lead	led	led	condurre
lean	leaned/leant	leaned/leant	pendere, essere inclinato
leap	leaped/leapt	leaped/leapt	saltare
learn	learned/learnt	learned/learnt	imparare
leave	left	left	lasciare, partire
lend	lent	lent	prestare
let	let	let	lasciare, permettere
lie (down)	lay (down)	lain (down)	sdraiarsi
light	lit/lighted	lit/lighted	accendere
lose	lost	lost	perdere
make	made	made	fare
mean	meant	meant	significare
meet	met	met	incontrare, conoscere
pay	paid	paid	pagare
put	put	put	mettere
read	read	read	leggere
rid	rid	rid	liberare
ride	rode	ridden	cavalcare
ring	rang	rung	squillare
rise	rose	risen	aumentare, sorgere
run	ran	run	correre
say	said	said	dire
see	saw	seen	vedere
seek	sought	sought	cercare
sell	sold	sold	vendere
send	sent	sent	inviare
set	set	set	stabilire, ambientare
shake	shook	shaken	scuotere
shed	shed	shed	perdere (foglie, pelle)
shine	shone	shone	risplendere
shoot	shot	shot	sparare
show	showed	shown	mostrare
shrink	shrank	shrunk	restringersi
shut	shut	shut	chiudere
sing	sang	sung	cantare
sit	sat	sat	sedersi
sink	sank	sunk	affondare
sleep	slept	slept	dormire
slide	slid	slid	scivolare
smell	smelled/smelt	smelled/smelt	odorare
speak	spoke	spoken	parlare
speed	sped/speeded	sped/speeded	affrettare
spell	spelled/spelt	spelled/spelt	compitare
spend	spent	spent	spendere, trascorrere
spill	spilled/spilt	spilled/spilt	versare, rovesciare
spin	spun	spun	ruotare, girare
spit	spat	spat	sputare
split	split	split	dividere
spread	spread	spread	spargere
spring	sprang	sprung	saltare
stand	stood	stood	stare in piedi
steal	stole	stolen	rubare
stick	stuck	stuck	appiccicare
sting	stung	stung	pungere
stride	strode	stridden	camminare a grandi passi
strike	struck	struck	colpire
string	strung	strung	appendere con la corda
strive	strove	striven	sforzarsi di...
swear	swore	sworn	giurare, imprecare
sweep	swept	swept	spazzare
swell	swelled	swollen/swelled	gonfiare, gonfiarsi
swim	swam	swum	nuotare
swing	swung	swung	oscillare
take	took	taken	prendere, portare
teach	taught	taught	insegnare
tear	tore	torn	strappare
tell	told	told	dire
think	thought	thought	pensare
thrive	thrived/throve	thrived/thriven	prosperare
throw	threw	thrown	gettare
thrust	thrust	thrust	spingere con forza
tread	trod	trod/trodden	calpestare
understand	understood	understood	comprendere
undertake	undertook	undertaken	intraprendere
wake	woke/waked	woken/waked	svegliare
wear	wore	worn	indossare
weave	wove	woven	tessere
weep	wept	wept	piangere
wet	wetted/wet	wetted/wet	bagnare
win	won	won	vincere
wind	wound	wound	serpeggiare
wring	wrung	wrung	strizzare
write	wrote	written	scrivere

1. ESERCIZIO SUI VERBI IRREGOLARI BEGINNERS

Complete the table below (example: eat - ate - eaten)
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1) drive - -
♥ drove - driven
2) come - -
♥ came - come
3) speak - -
♥ spoke spoken
4) pay - -
♥ paid - paid
5) become - -
♥ became - become
6) think - -
♥ thought - thought
7) read - -
♥ read - read
8) fall - -
♥ fell - fallen
9) do - -
♥ did - done
10) drink - -
♥ drank - drunk

2. ESERCIZIO SUI VERBI IRREGOLARI BEGINNERS GB

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the SIMPLE PAST
Alcune delle alternative sono completamente sbagliate. Non farti trarre in inganno!
Puoi scrivere le tue risposte nelle caselle di testo (attenzione: non vengono memorizzate!)
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1) I    (lived/left) London three years ago.
♥ I left London three years ago.
2)    (do/did) Mary work for an American company?
♥ Did Mary work for an American company?
3) Sarah    (had/hadded) coffee for breakfast yesterday.
♥ Sarah had coffee for breakfast yesterday.
4) They    (drank/drunk) a Coke and a beer at the pub.
♥ They drank a Coke and a beer at the pub.
5) She (was/went) away without saying a word.
♥ She went away without saying a word.
6) I    (slep/slept) well last night.
♥ I slept well last night.
7) My mother    (make/made) a nice cake yesterday.
♥ My mother made a nice cake yesterday.
8) Roberta (spoke/spake) English very well when she was just a child.
♥ Roberta spoke English very well when she was just a child.
9) They    (met/meet) in New York last month.
♥ They met in New York last month.
10) Mark    (taught/thought) Spanish last year in Rome.
♥ Mark taught Spanish last year in Rome.

3. ESERCIZIO SUI VERBI IRREGOLARI INTERMEDIATE GB

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the SIMPLE PAST
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1) She (to sing) in a band three years ago.
♥ She sang in a band three years ago.
2) Robert (to be) hungry. He (to eat) the sandwich quickly.
♥ Robert was hungry. He ate the sandwich quickly.
3) They (to be) tired. They stopped to have a rest.
♥ They were tired. They stopped to have a rest.
4) Last night my brother Tom (to dream) he missed the train.
♥ Last night my brother Tom dreamt he missed the train.
5) Kim (to put) her key on the table and (to go) out.
♥ Kim put her key on the table and went out.
6) I (can) play the piano when I was 6.
♥ I could play the piano when I was 6.
7) They (to meet) Tom yesterday.
♥ They met Tom yesterday.
8) She (to be) angry because her son (to be) late.
♥ She was angry because her son was late.
9) I (to shut) the door because my children were sleeping.
♥ I shut the door because my children were sleeping.
10) Shakespeare (to write) many tragedies.
♥ Shakespeare wrote many tragedies.

4. ESERCIZIO SUI VERBI IRREGOLARI ADVANCED GB

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the past simple
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1) At first he (to think) thieves had got in.
♥ At first he thought thieves had got in.
2) you (to wake up) early this morning?
♥ Did you wake up early this morning?
3) Sam (to have) to pay more attention to his diet after his illness.
♥ Sam had to pay more attention to his diet after his illness.
4) They (to drink) some very good wine during dinner.
♥ They drank some very good wine during dinner.
5) Stephen (to drive) slowly because the street was very narrow.
♥ Stephen drove slowly because the street was very narrow.
6) He (to throw) himself into a chair and fell asleep.
♥ He threw himself into a chair and fell asleep.
7) My sister looked around and (to see) the scissors on the table.
♥ My sister looked around and saw the scissors on the table.
8) Sue (to know) the answer but (not to say) a word.
♥ Sue knew the answer but didn't say a word.
9) They (to come) by car.
♥ They came by car.
10) Mary (to grow) potatoes in her garden.
♥ Mary grew potatoes in her garden.