Irregular verbs — go, went, gone
The three forms of the most common irregular verbs, with the Azerbaijani meaning: see the meaning, write the past simple and the past participle.
Most English verbs are regular: you add -ed and you are finished (work → worked → worked). About 180 verbs are irregular — and unfortunately they are the ones we use most. There is no rule: they have to be learned. The good news is that they fall into three groups, and learning them in groups is much faster than learning a long list.
Every verb has three forms
Learn all three together, out loud, as one unit: go — went — gone.
| Form | Name | Where you use it |
|---|---|---|
| 1st form (V1) | infinitive / base | present simple, after to, after will and didn't — I go, I will go, I didn't go |
| 2nd form (V2) | past simple | the past simple, on its own — I went yesterday |
| 3rd form (V3) | past participle | after have / has / had, and in the passive — I have gone |
The rest of this lesson is in the General English course:
- The one rule that saves you
- Group 1 — all three forms are the SAME
- Group 2 — the 2nd and 3rd forms are the same
- Group 3 — all three forms are DIFFERENT
- How to learn them
Try it: Which past simple is correct?
Choose the correct 2nd form.
- I ___ my grandmother last Sunday.
(a) seed (b) saw (c) seen - She ___ a lot of water after the run.
(a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked - We ___ our tickets online yesterday.
(a) buyed (b) bought (c) boughted - He ___ me the truth in the end.
(a) telled (b) told (c) tell - They ___ to Istanbul last month.
(a) flied (b) flew (c) flown - I didn't ___ anything about it.
(a) knew (b) known (c) know
Check your answers in the course — it marks them instantly. This is one of the unit's 5 exercises; the other 4 are in the General English course too.
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