1
Q
irregular verb?
A
draw - drew - drawn
a T-rex is drawing a loaf of bread
/drɔː/ - /druː/ - /drɔːn/
2
Q
irregular verb?
A
gild - gilt - gilt
(gilded ✔)
he is gilding a bull statue with gold
/ɡɪld/ - /ɡɪlt/ - /ɡɪlt/ - /ˈɡɪldɪd/
3
Q
irregular verb?
A
learn - learnt - learnt
(learned ✔)
to learn is to gain knowledge or skill through study
/lɜːrn/ - /lɜːrnt/ - /lɜːrnt/ - /lɜːrnd/
4
Q
irregular verb?
A
find - found - found
he finally found it under the bed
/faɪnd/ - /faʊnd/ - /faʊnd/
5
Q
irregular verb?
A
hurt - hurt - hurt
she hit the pole by accident and it hurt her
/hɜːrt/ - /hɜːrt/ - /hɜːrt/
6
Q
irregular verb?
A
understand - understood - understood
He finally understood the situation.
/ˌʌndərˈstænd/ - /ˌʌndərˈstʊd/ - /ˌʌndərˈstʊd/
7
Q
irregular verb?
A
withdraw - withdrew - withdrawn
withdrawing money from the ATM is so convenient these days
/wɪθˈdrɔː/ - /wɪθˈdruː/ - /wɪθˈdrɔːn/
8
Q
irregular verb?
A
dig - dug - dug
a dog is digging up my backyard
/dɪɡ/ - /dʌɡ/ - /dʌɡ/
9
Q
irregular verb?
A
grow - grew - grown
Grass can grow tall in just a few hours.
/ɡrəʊ/ - /ɡruː/ - /ɡrəʊn/
10
Q
irregular verb?
A
make - made - made
i am making myself a sandwich
/meɪk/ - /meɪd/ - /meɪd/
11
Q
irregular verb?
A
lose - lost - lost
the TV has just lost connection
/luːz/ - /lɔːst/ - /lɔːst/
12
Q
irregular verb?
A
swear - swore - sworn
he is solemnly swearing an oath to the court
/swer/ - /swɔːr/ - /swɔːrn/
13
Q
irregular verb?
A
shut - shut - shut
she is shutting his mouth by grabbing it
/ʃʌt/ - /ʃʌt/ - /ʃʌt/
14
Q
irregular verb?
A
withhold - withheld - withheld
he is withholding the story from a suspicious stranger.
/wɪθˈhəʊld/ - /wɪθˈheld/ - /wɪθˈheld/
15
Q
irregular verb?
A
leave - left - left
he gave a formal salute and left.
/liːv/ - /left/ - /left/
16
Q
irregular verb?
cản trở, kìm hãm
A
hamstring - hamstrung - hamstrung
the new government rule has hamstrung the economy
/ˈhæmstrɪŋ/ - /ˈhæmstrʌŋ/ - /ˈhæmstrʌŋ/
17
Q
irregular verb?
A
meet - met - met
They met by chance at the café.
/miːt/ - /met/ - /met/
18
Q
irregular verb?
A
lie - lay - lain
gerund: lying
she is lying spread out on the carpet
/laɪ/ - /leɪ/ - /leɪn/ - /ˈlaɪɪŋ/
19
Q
irregular verb?
A
fight - fought - fought
The three are fighting viciously.
/faɪt/ - /fɔːt/ - /fɔːt/
20
Q
irregular verb?
A
cling - clung - clung
The panda is clinging to the zookeeper.
/klɪŋ/ - /klʌŋ/ - /klʌŋ/
21
Q
irregular verb?
A
bid - bid - bid
* she bid $1,000 for the antique vase
* they are bidding on the antique painting
/bɪd/ - /bɪd/ - /bɪd/
22
Q
irregular verb?
A
overeat - overate - overeaten
she kept overeating the pancakes until she became bloated
/ˌəʊvərˈiːt/ - /ˌəʊvərˈeɪt/ - /ˌəʊvərˈiːtn/
23
Q
irregular verb?
A
thrust - thrust - thrust
Humans call Earth home, yet they are cruelly thrusting it into peril
/θrʌst/ - /θrʌst/ - /θrʌst/
24
Q
irregular verb?
A
do - did - done
i have a shiba do my homework
25
# irregular verb?
put - put - put
(put in ≈ install 🛠️)
| they are putting in a brand new air conditioner
## Footnote
/pʊt/ - /pʊt/ - /pʊt/
26
# irregular verb?
crying in silence
weep - wept - wept
| he lies, weeping silently
## Footnote
/wiːp/ - /wept/ - /wept/
27
# irregular verb?
awake - awoke - awoken
| He awakens in the heart of his nightmare
## Footnote
/əˈweɪk/ - /əˈwəʊk/ - /əˈwəʊkən/
28
# irregular verb?
spin - spun - spun
| the model is spinning to show off her dress
## Footnote
/spɪn/ - /spʌn/ - /spʌn/
29
# irregular verb?
dệt, đan, xen kẽ
weave - wove - woven
| he is skillfully weaving a basket with straws
## Footnote
/wiːv/ - /wəʊv/ - /ˈwəʊvn/
30
# irregular verb?
bet - bet - bet
| He is **betting** $20 on Denver team
## Footnote
/bet/ - /bet/ - /bet/
31
# irregular verb?
light - lit - lit
| boss monkey is **light**ing a cigarette
## Footnote
/laɪt/ - /lɪt/ - /lɪt/
32
# irregular verb?
wear - wore - worn
| the dog is wearing socks
## Footnote
/wer/ - /wɔːr/ - /wɔːrn/
33
# irregular verb?
grind - ground - ground
| I have a machine to grind coffee beans and make fresh coffee every day
## Footnote
/ɡraɪnd/ - /ɡraʊnd/ - /ɡraʊnd/
34
# irregular verb?
hear - heard - heard
| She heard a loud thunder and got startled
## Footnote
/hɪr/ - /hɜːrd/ - /hɜːrd/
35
# irregular verb
break - broke - broken
| an angry dinosaur is breaking the whole city
## Footnote
/breɪk/ - /brəʊk/ - /ˈbrəʊkən/
36
# irregular verb?
let - let - let
| she **lets loose** her hair
## Footnote
/let/ - /let/ - /let/
37
# irregular verb?
forgo - forwent - forgone
| she plunges into work, forgoing meals and sleep to meet the deadline
## Footnote
/fɔːrˈɡəʊ/ - /fɔːrˈwent/ - /fɔːrˈɡɔːn/
38
# irregular verb
go - went - gone
| He is going out.
## Footnote
/ɡəʊ/ - /went/ - /ɡɔːn/
39
# irregular verb?
bind - bound - bound
| The team members are bound together, and they fall together
## Footnote
/baɪnd/ - /baʊnd/ - /baʊnd/
40
# irregular verb?
bear - bore - borne
| some trees bear fruit while others do not
## Footnote
/ber/ - /bɔːr/ - /bɔːrn/
41
# irregular verb?
cast - cast - cast
| the fisherman casts his line into the lake.
## Footnote
/kɑːst/ - /kɑːst/ - /kɑːst/
42
# irregular verb?
spoil - spoilt -spoilt
(spoiled ✔)
| strewing things + spoiling the meal
## Footnote
/spɔɪl/ - /spɔɪlt/ - /spɔɪlt/ - /spɔɪld/
43
# irregular verb?
spill - spilt - spilt
(spilled ✔)
| he dropped the heavy pot, spilling everything inside
## Footnote
/spɪl/ - /spɪlt/ - /spɪlt/ - /spɪld/
44
# irregular verb?
beat - beat - beaten
| a police officer is beating a man
## Footnote
/biːt/ - /biːt/ - /ˈbiːtn/
45
# irregular verb?
mean - meant - meant
| the word mean means a heap of meanings
## Footnote
/miːn/ - /ment/ - /ment/
46
# irregular verb?
hew - hewed - hewn
(v3 hewed ✔)
| the sculptor hewed wood into a statue
## Footnote
/hjuː/ - /hjuːd/ - /hjuːn/
47
# irregular verb?
cut - cut - cut
| tree **cutting** is a dangerous job
## Footnote
/kʌt/ - /kʌt/ - /kʌt/
48
# irregular verb?
burst - burst - burst
| He is **bursting** into tears
49
# irregular verb?
quit - quit - quit
| people quit smoking to live a healthier life.
## Footnote
/kwɪt/ - /kwɪt/ - /kwɪt/
50
# irregular verb?
behold - beheld - beheld
| The crowd was beholding the new Pope
## Footnote
/bɪˈhəʊld/ - /bɪˈheld/ - /bɪˈheld/
51
# irregular verb
steal - stole - stolen
| a bear is **stealing** food
## Footnote
/stiːl/ - /stəʊl/ - /ˈstəʊlən/
52
# irregular verb?
flee - fled - fled
| Snow White fled the witch into the forest.
## Footnote
/fliː/ - /fled/ - /fled/
53
# irregular verb?
drive - drove - driven
| it seems easier to drive a boat than a car
## Footnote
/draɪv/ - /drəʊv/ - /ˈdrɪvn/
54
# irregular verb?
smell - smelt - smelt
(smelled ✔)
| he just smelled something stinky and burst out, "Ehh!"
## Footnote
/smel/ - /smelt/ - /smelt/ - /smeld/
55
# irregular verb?
rid - rid - rid
rid A ✅ of B ❌
| we must rid the Earth of pollution
## Footnote
/rɪd/ - /rɪd/ - /rɪd/
56
# irregular verb?
lay - laid - laid
| she gently laid her baby on the bed
## Footnote
/leɪ/ - /leɪd/ - /leɪd/
57
# irregular verb?
shake - shook - shaken
| she kept shaking that green liquid until her teeth glowed green too
## Footnote
/ʃeɪk/ - /ʃʊk/ - /ˈʃeɪkən/
58
# irregular verb?
sưng lên
swell - swelled - swollen
(v3 swelled ✔)
| his fingers were **swelling up**
## Footnote
/swel/ - /sweld/ - /ˈswəʊlən/
59
# irregular verb?
re**lay** - re**laid** - re**laid**
(**re**layed: chuyền ➱)
| the brick sidewalk needs to be relaid
## Footnote
/ˌriːˈleɪ/ - /ˌriːˈleɪd/ - /ˌriːˈleɪd/
60
# irregular verb?
knit - knit - knit
(knitted ✔)
| She likes to knit warm sweaters for her family
## Footnote
/nɪt/ - /nɪt/ - /nɪt/
61
# irregular verb?
uphold - upheld - upheld
| the whole community is upholding each other
## Footnote
/ʌpˈhəʊld/ - /ʌpˈheld/ - /ʌpˈheld/
62
# irregular verb?
withstand - withstood - withstood
| the palm trees are stubbornly withstanding the hurricane
## Footnote
/wɪθˈstænd/ - /wɪθˈstʊd/ - /wɪθˈstʊd/
63
# irregular verb?
know - knew - known
| People think they know me, but I am always more than what meets the eye
## Footnote
/nəʊ/ - /nuː/ - /nəʊn/
64
# irregular verb?
set - set - set
| the cat is naughtily setting the clock
## Footnote
/set/ - /set/ - /set/
65
# irregular verb?
sing - sang - sung
| he is **singing** happily
## Footnote
/sɪŋ/ - /sæŋ/ - /sʌŋ/
66
# irregular verb?
shave - shaved - shaven
(v3 shaved ✔)
| first, wet the leg, then apply some foam, and finally shave the leg hair
## Footnote
/ʃeɪv/ - /ʃeɪvd/ - /ʃeɪvən/
67
# irregular verb?
input - **input** - input
output - **outputted** - outputted
| raw data was input into the PC, which then outputted information
## Footnote
/ˈɪnpʊt/ - /ˈɪnpʊt/ - /ˈɪnpʊt/
/ˈaʊtpʊt/ - /ˈaʊtpʊtɪd/ - /ˈaʊtpʊtɪd/
68
# irregular verb?
interweave - interwove - interwoven
| the roads are interwoven to form a complex transportation network
## Footnote
/ˌɪntərˈwiːv/ - /ˌɪntərˈwəʊv/ - /ˌɪntərˈwəʊvn/
69
# irregular verb
forget - forgot - forgotten
| The little swine forgets something behind.
## Footnote
/fəˈɡet/ - /fəˈɡɒt/ - /fəˈɡɒtn/
70
# irregular verb?
rise - rose - risen
| the sun is rising up gloriously!
## Footnote
/raɪz/ - /rəʊz/ - /ˈrɪzn/
71
# irregular verb?
bend - bent - bent
| She can **bend** a spoon
## Footnote
/bend/ - /bent/ - /bent/
72
# irregular verb?
strew - strewed - strewn
(v3 strewed ✔)
| she is strewing clothes all over the room
## Footnote
/struː/ - /struːd/ - /struːn/
73
# irregular verb?
overcome - overcame - overcome
| the dog finnally overcame his fear of water, and jumped right in
## Footnote
/ˌəʊvərˈkʌm/ - /ˌəʊvərˈkeɪm/ - /ˌəʊvərˈkʌm/
74
# irregular verb?
bear - bore - borne
| she is the tired mom who bears the whole household burden
## Footnote
/ber/ - /bɔːr/ - /bɔːrn/
75
# irregular verb?
spring - sprang - sprung
| from beneath the stage, Psy sprang up in front of thousands of fans
## Footnote
/sprɪŋ/ - /spræŋ/ - /sprʌŋ/
76
# irregular verb?
hew - hewed - hewn
(v3 hewed ✔)
| the man is hewing a stone sculpture.
## Footnote
/hjuː/ - /hjuːd/ - /hjuːn/
77
# irregular verb?
hold - held - held
| they stood in a ring, holding hands and singing
78
# irregular verb?
mistake - mistook - mistaken
| He **mistook** the statue's bottom **for** an armrest.
## Footnote
/mɪˈsteɪk/ - /mɪˈstʊk/ - /mɪˈsteɪkən/
79
# irregular verb?
sink - sank - sunk
| the ship sank in no time
## Footnote
/sɪŋk/ - /sæŋk/ - /sʌŋk/
80
# irregular verb?
stink - stank - stunk
| he is stinking of fish after cooking
## Footnote
/stɪŋk/ - /stæŋk/ - /stʌŋk/
81
# irregular verb?
sling - slung - slung
## Footnote
/slɪŋ/ - /slʌŋ/ - /slʌŋ/
82
# irregular verb
ring - rang - rung
(ringed = surrounded)
| the phone is ringing!
## Footnote
/rɪŋ/ - /ræŋ/ - /rʌŋ/
83
# irregular verb?
give - gave - given
| Tim gives Marry a flower.
## Footnote
/ɡɪv/ - /ɡeɪv/ - /ˈɡɪvn/
84
# irregular verb?
beset - beset - beset
(often used passively)
| He was beset by a shiver of hungry sharks
## Footnote
/bɪˈset/ - /bɪˈset/ - /bɪˈset/
85
# irregular verb?
slit - slit - slit
| he **slit open** the space with a sword.
## Footnote
/slɪt/ - /slɪt/ - /slɪt/
86
# irregular verb?
forgive - forgave - forgiven
| the king forgave his jester and spared him from execution
## Footnote
/fərˈɡɪv/ - /fərˈɡeɪv/ - /fərˈɡɪvn/
87
# irregular verb?
fit - fit - fit
(fitted ✔)
| The shoe fit Cinderella's foot perfectly.
88
# irregular verb?
keep - kept - kept
| the car kept moving despite rolling over.
## Footnote
/kiːp/ - /kept/ - /kept/
89
# irregular verb?
show - showed - shown
(v3 showed 🧐)
| she is ugly, yet she likes to show off
## Footnote
/ʃəʊ/ - /ʃəʊd/ - /ʃəʊn/
90
# irregular verb?
cut - cut - cut
| our chef is **cutting** an orange
## Footnote
/kʌt/ - /kʌt/ - /kʌt/
91
# irregular verb?
fall - fell - fallen
| He is falling down freely
## Footnote
/fɔːl/ - /fel/ - /ˈfɔːlən/
92
# irregular verb?
kneel - knelt - knelt
| In the past, people knelt to greet the queen.
## Footnote
/niːl/ - /nelt/ - /nelt/
93
# irregular verb?
sweep - swept - swept
| little smurf has to sweep the floor
## Footnote
/swiːp/ - /swept/ - /swept/
94
# irregular verb?
abide - abode - abode
| Rapunzel abides in a secluded tower deep in the forest.
## Footnote
/əˈbaɪd/ - /əˈbəʊd/ - /əˈbəʊd/
95
# irregular verb?
shoe - shod - shod
| he is shoeing the horse
## Footnote
/ʃuː/ - /ʃɑːd/ - /ʃɑːd/
96
# irregular verb?
slide - slid - slid
| he was sliding onto his friend's bottom
## Footnote
/slaɪd/ - /slɪd/ - /slɪd/
97
# irregular verb?
dream - dreamt - dreamt
(dreamed ✔)
| a bear is **dreaming** of eating an apple
## Footnote
/driːm/ - /dremt/ - /dremt/
98
# irregular verb?
write - wrote - written
| Diana is writing a letter to Tom.
## Footnote
/raɪt/ - /rəʊt/ - /ˈrɪtn/
99
# irregular verb?
saw - sawed - sawn
(v3 sawed ✔)
| the monkey is actually sawing a branch
## Footnote
/sɔː/ - /sɔːd/ - /sɔːn/
100
# irregular verb?
forsake - forsook - forsaken
| there are more people forsaking their religion than adopting a new one
## Footnote
/fərˈseɪk/ - /fərˈsʊk/ - /fərˈseɪkən/
101
# irregular verb?
burn - burnt - burnt
| Tim is burning his documents.
## Footnote
/bɜːn/ - /bɜːnt/ - /bɜːnt/
102
# irregular verb?
fly - flew - flown
| Have you ever seen a flying pig?
## Footnote
/flaɪ/ - /fluː/ - /fləʊn/
103
# irregular verb?
tear - tore - torn
| She is nonchalantly tearing the document
## Footnote
/ter/ - /tɔːr/ - /tɔːrn/
104
# irregular verb?
take - took - taken
| she is taking everything on the shelf
## Footnote
/teɪk/ - /tʊk/ - /ˈteɪkən/
105
# irregular verb?
van xin, khẩn cầu
plead - pled - pled
(pleaded ✔)
| the starving cat is pleading for food
## Footnote
/pliːd/ - /pled/ - /pled/ - /ˈpliːdɪd/
106
# irregular verb?
breed - bred - bred
| Rats can breed up to millions within a few months.
## Footnote
/briːd/ - /bred/ - /bred/
107
# irregular verb?
hiệu đính
proofread - proofread - proofread
| I prefer proofreading to writing myself
## Footnote
/ˈpruːfriːd/ - /ˈpruːfred/ - /ˈpruːfred/
108
# irregular verb?
daydream - daydreamt - daydreamt
(daydreamed ✔)
| he spends hours daydreaming about silly things
## Footnote
/ˈdeɪdriːm/ - /ˈdeɪdremt/ - /ˈdeɪdremt/
109
# irregular verb?
lean - leant - leant
(leaned ✔)
| Michael Jackson was leaning at an impossible angle
## Footnote
/liːn/ - /lent/ - /lent/ - /liːnd/
110
# irregular verb?
forbid - forbade - forbidden
| The teacher forbids students from using phones in class.
## Footnote
/fərˈbɪd/ - /fərˈbæd/ - /fərˈbɪdn/
111
# irregular verb?
arise - arose - arisen
| The genie **arose** on a quiet night.
## Footnote
/əˈraɪz/ - /əˈrəʊz/ - /əˈrɪzn/
112
# irregular verb?
shrink - shrank - shrunk
| upon drinking the liquid, Alice began shrinking until she was tiny
## Footnote
/ʃrɪŋk/ - /ʃræŋk/ - /ʃrʌŋk/
113
# irregular verb?
shed - shed - shed
| snakes often shed their skins a few times in their lives
## Footnote
/ʃed/ - /ʃed/ - /ʃed/
114
# irregular verb?
sew - sewed - sewn
(v3 sewed ✔)
| sewing is so easy that even a cat could do it
## Footnote
/səʊ/ - /səʊd/ - /səʊn/
115
# irregular verb?
swing - swung - swung
| the gunshot sent monkeys swinging away through the trees.
## Footnote
/swɪŋ/ - /swʌŋ/ - /swʌŋ/
116
# irregular verb?
feed - fed - fed
| The hen is feeding her happy chicks.
## Footnote
/fiːd/ - /fed/ - /fed/
117
# irregular verb?
choose - chose - chosen
| He randomly chose a drink from the dusty menu.
## Footnote
/tʃuːz/ - /tʃəʊz/ - /ˈtʃəʊzn/
118
# irregular verb?
leap - leapt - leapt
(leaped ✔)
| advancing from school to school, you leap across chasms each time
## Footnote
/liːp/ - /lept/ - /lept/ - /liːpt/
119
# irregular verb?
wake - woke - waken
| The dog is trying to wake him up.
## Footnote
/weɪk/ - /wəʊk/ - /ˈwəʊkən/
120
# irregular verb?
overhear - overheard - overheard
| Without meaning to, she finds herself overhearing the conversation
## Footnote
/ˌəʊvərˈhɪr/ - /ˌəʊvərˈhɜːrd/ - /ˌəʊvərˈhɜːrd/
121
# irregular verb?
get - got - got
| after weathering every storm, they are finally getting married
## Footnote
/ɡet/ - /ɡɑːt/ - /ɡɑːt/
122
# irregular verb?
deal - dealt - dealt
| the man is swiftly dealing the cards to his opponent
## Footnote
/diːl/ - /delt/ - /delt/
123
# irregular verb?
hang - hung - hung
hanged: killed by hanging ☠️
| he is hanging lazily from a branch, like a sloth
## Footnote
/hæŋ/ - /hʌŋ/ - /hʌŋ/ - /hæŋd/
124
# irregular verb?
buy - bought - bought
| he is buying drugs with cash
## Footnote
/baɪ/ - /bɔːt/ - /bɔːt/
125
# irregular verb?
mow - mowed - mown
(v3 mowed ✔)
| in mowing competitions, using a hand mower can be faster than a machine
## Footnote
/məʊ/ - /məʊd/ - /məʊn/
126
# irregular verb?
drink - drank - drunk
| Bob is **drinking** a shot of whiskey
## Footnote
/drɪŋk/ - /dræŋk/ - /drʌŋk/
127
# irregular verb?
catch - caught - caught
| my dog caught the ball ably
## Footnote
/kætʃ/ - /kɔːt/ - /kɔːt/
128
# irregular verb?
read - read - read
| My cat is reading a big book
## Footnote
/riːd/ - /red/ - /red/
129
# irregular verb?
say - said - said
| say a word; say a phrase; say a sentence
## Footnote
/seɪ/ - /sed/ - /sed/
130
# irregular verb?
shed - shed - shed
| the tree is shedding its leaves this fall
## Footnote
/ʃed/ - /ʃed/ - /ʃed/
131
# irregular verb?
think - thought - thought
| The witch is darkly thinking of how to browbeat White Snow
## Footnote
/θɪŋk/ - /θɔːt/ - /θɔːt/
132
# irregular verb?
pay - paid - paid
| paying by contactless card is incredibly fast.
## Footnote
/peɪ/ - /peɪd/ - /peɪd/
133
# irregular verb?
burst - burst - burst
| the bubblegum will burst if you blow it up anymore
## Footnote
/bɜːst/ - /bɜːst/ - /bɜːst/
134
# irregular verb?
slink - slunk - slunk
| he slunk away quietly for fear of being seen
## Footnote
/slɪŋk/ - /slʌŋk/ - /slʌŋk/
135
# irregular verb?
shear - sheared - shorn
(v3 sheared ✔)
| sheep are generally shorn once a year.
## Footnote
/ʃɪr/ - /ʃɪrd/ - /ʃɔːrn/
136
# irregular verb?
disprove - disproved - disproven
| after undertaking the test, he disproved the product's claim
## Footnote
/ˌdɪsˈpruːv/ - /ˌdɪsˈpruːvd/ - /dɪsˈpruːvən/
137
# irregular verb?
undergo - underwent - undergone
| she is undergoing a filler injection
## Footnote
/ˌʌndərˈɡəʊ/ - /ˌʌndərˈwent/ - /ˌʌndərˈɡɔːn/
138
# irregular verb?
lend - lent - lent
| the bank is lending money, but you must pay back more than you borrowed
## Footnote
/lend/ - /lent/ - /lent/
139
# irregular verb?
forecast - forecast - forecast
| They are forecasting a huge flood in the city
## Footnote
/ˈfɔːrkæst/ - /ˈfɔːrkæst/ - /ˈfɔːrkæst/
140
# irregular verb?
seek - sought - sought
| he sits amid stillness, seeking inner power
## Footnote
/siːk/ - /sɔːt/ - /sɔːt/
141
# irregular verb?
tell - told - told
| tell a story; tell a joke; tell a lie; tell the truth
## Footnote
/tel/ - /təʊld/ - /təʊld/
142
# irregular verb?
creep - crept - crept
| the old soldier quietly creeps into the building
## Footnote
/kriːp/ - /krept/ - /krept/
143
# irregular verb?
tread - trod - trodden
| the wine is still traditionally made by treading grapes
## Footnote
/tred/ - /trɑːd/ - /ˈtrɑːdn/
144
# irregular verb?
stride - strode - stridden
| the old man is striding decisively
## Footnote
/straɪd/ - /strəʊd/ - /ˈstrɪdən/
145
# irregular verb?
teach - taught - taught
| Mr Dog is teaching about the Solar system to humans.
## Footnote
/tiːtʃ/ - /tɔːt/ - /tɔːt/
146
# irregular verb?
- shine - shone - shone: toả sáng
- shined: đánh giày, đánh bóng
| her teeth are shining like gold
## Footnote
/ʃaɪn/ - /ʃəʊn/ - /ʃəʊn/ - /ʃaɪnd/
147
# irregular verb?
a² + b² = c²
prove - proved - proven
(v3 proved ✔)
| the Pythagorean theorem can be proven using the method of volumes
## Footnote
/pruːv/ - /pruːvd/ - /ˈpruːvn/
148
# irregular verb?
cost - cost - cost
| the new iPhone cost me a kidney.
## Footnote
/kɔːst/ - /kɔːst/ - /kɔːst/
149
# irregular verb?
spread - spread - spread
| he is spreading butter on a slice of bread for his sandwich
## Footnote
/spred/ - /spred/ - /spred/
150
# irregular verb?
very strongly!
strike - struck - struck
| he is striking the ball _hard_ and _accurately_
## Footnote
/straɪk/ - /strʌk/ - /strʌk/
151
# irregular verb?
spoil - spoilt -spoilt
(spoiled ✔)
| the grandma really spoilt her grandchild
## Footnote
/spɔɪl/ - /spɔɪlt/ - /spɔɪlt/ - /spɔɪld/
152
# irregular verb?
wring - wrung - wrung
| He is wringing out the wet towel, trying to dry it completely
## Footnote
/rɪŋ/ - /rʌŋ/ - /rʌŋ/
153
# irregular verb?
sting - stung - stung
| mosquitoes **bite** and bees **sting**
## Footnote
/stɪŋ/ - /stʌŋ/ - /stʌŋ/
154
# irregular verb?
| to violently kill sb or sth in a war/fight
slay - slew - slain
| he slew his opponent by a furry of rapid bladework
## Footnote
/sleɪ/ - /sluː/ - /sleɪn/
155
# irregular verb?
wet - wet - wet
| the little girl is deliberately wetting the table
## Footnote
/wet/ - /wet/ - /wet/
156
# irregular verb?
sit - sat - sat
| a hare invites me to sit next to him on a toilet
## Footnote
/sɪt/ - /sæt/ - /sæt/
157
# irregular verb?
upset - upset -upset
(often used passively)
| He was upset by the terrible news.
## Footnote
/ˌʌpˈset/ - /ˌʌpˈset/ - /ˌʌpˈset/
158
# irregular verb?
lead - led - led
| the man with the flag is leading the team
159
# irregular verb?
## Footnote
formal
undertake - undertook - undertaken
| he stood up and undertook the mission
## Footnote
/ˌʌndərˈteɪk/ - /ˌʌndərˈtʊk/ - /ˌʌndərˈteɪkən/
160
# irregular verb?
build - built - built
| they are **building** a house
## Footnote
/bɪld/ - /bɪlt/ - /bɪlt/
161
# irregular verb?
freeze - froze - frozen
| Peter froze into an ice cube.
## Footnote
/friːz/ - /frəʊz/ - /ˈfrəʊzn/
162
# irregular verb?
creep - crept - crept
| something is errily creeping into the house
## Footnote
/kriːp/ - /krept/ - /krept/
163
# irregular verb?
undo - undid - undone
| You just can not undo what you have done.
## Footnote
/ʌnˈduː/ - /ʌnˈdɪd/ - /ʌnˈdʌn/
164
# irregular verb?
speed - sped - sped
(speeded ✔)
| the spaceship has sped up and vanished
## Footnote
/spiːd/ - /sped/ - /sped/
165
# irregular verb?
feel - felt - felt
| John **feels** hot
## Footnote
/fiːl/ - /felt/ - /felt/
166
# irregular verb?
wind - wound - wound
| the street is winding, making it hard to see ahead
## Footnote
/waɪnd/ - /waʊnd/ - /waʊnd/
167
# irregular verb?
inlay - inlaid - inlaid
(often passive)
| the table is being inlaid with mother-of-pearl
## Footnote
/ˌɪnˈleɪ/ - /ˌɪnˈleɪd/ - /ˌɪnˈleɪd/
168
# irregular verb?
spell - spelt - spelt
| closing your eyes to spell words is a good way to practice
## Footnote
/spel/ - /spelt/ - /spelt/
169
# irregular verb?
come - came - come
| a big asteroid is **coming** to the Earth
## Footnote
/kʌm/ - /keɪm/ - /kʌm/
170
# irregular verb?
fling - flung - flung
| the monkey is maliciously flinging a rock at the zookeepers
## Footnote
/flɪŋ/ - /flʌŋ/ - /flʌŋ/
171
# irregular verb?
unwind - unwound - unwound
| the moment you stop working, you unwind
## Footnote
/ˌʌnˈwaɪnd/ - /ˌʌnˈwaʊnd/ - /ˌʌnˈwaʊnd/
172
# irregular verb?
hide - hid - hidden
| The Pink Panther cleverly hid from the inspector.
## Footnote
/haɪd/ - /hɪd/ - /ˈhɪdn/
173
# irregular verb?
eat - ate - eaten
| she eats happily and healthily
## Footnote
/iːt/ - /eɪt/ - /ˈiːtn/
174
# irregular verb
sell - sold - sold
| a boy is **selling** newspapers
## Footnote
/sel/ - /səʊld/ - /səʊld/
175
# irregular verb?
shoot - shot - shot
| The cannon can shoot as far as 10 km.
## Footnote
/ʃuːt/ - /ʃɑːt/ - /ʃɑːt/
176
# irregular verb?
broadcast - broadcast - broadcast
| something in outer space is broadcasting a radio signal to Earth
## Footnote
/ˈbrɔːdkæst/ - /ˈbrɔːdkæst/ - /ˈbrɔːdkæst/
177
# irregular verb?
swim - swam - swum
| he is **swimming** as fast as he can
## Footnote
/swɪm/ - /swæm/ - /swʌm/
178
# irregular verb?
hit - hit - hit
| he **drove** carelessly and hit a tree
## Footnote
/hɪt/ - /hɪt/ - /hɪt/
179
# irregular verb
run - ran - run
| he is **running** fast
## Footnote
/rʌn/ - /ræn/ - /rʌn/
180
# irregular verb?
spend - spent - spent
| they are spending time together
## Footnote
/spend/ - /spent/ - /spent/
181
# irregular verb?
win - won - won
| Bob wins a trophy cup.
## Footnote
/wɪn/ - /wʌn/- /wʌn/
182
# irregular verb?
bleed - bled - bled
| His finger is bleeding after being pricked by a thorny cactus. 🌵💢
## Footnote
/bliːd/ - /bled/ - /bled/
183
# irregular verb?
send - sent - sent
| he is sending a letter
## Footnote
/send/ - /sent/ - /sent/
184
# irregular verb?
mislead - misled - misled
| the scene in the picture is misleading us
## Footnote
/ˌmɪsˈliːd/ - /ˌmɪsˈled/ - /ˌmɪsˈled/
185
# irregular verb
see - saw - seen
| what can he see?
## Footnote
/siː/ - /sɔː/ - /siːn/
186
# irregular verb?
have (has) - had - had
| He has a pen, he has an apple, uhh, he has an applepen
## Footnote
/hæv/ - /hæz/ - /hæd/ - /hæd/
187
# irregular verb?
browbeat - browbeat - browbeaten
| A villain browbeats him into silence.
## Footnote
/ˈbraʊbiːt/ - /ˈbraʊbiːt/ - /ˈbraʊbiːtn/
188
# irregular verb
become - became - become
| caterpillars will **become** butterflies
## Footnote
/bɪˈkʌm/ - /bɪˈkeɪm/ - /bɪˈkʌm/
189
# irregular verb
bite - bit - bitten
| mosquitoes **bite** and bees **sting**
## Footnote
/baɪt/ - /bɪt/ - /ˈbɪtn/
190
# irregular verb?
foresee - foresaw - foreseen
| Accidents can be easily foreseen from confusing traffic lights
## Footnote
/fɔːrˈsiː/ - /fɔːrˈsɔː/ - /fɔːrˈsiːn/
191
# irregular verb?
swear - swore - sworn
| she remains young, yet swears like an adult
## Footnote
/swer/ - /swɔːr/ - /swɔːrn/
192
# irregular verb?
bite - bit - bitten
| Stop biting your nails!
## Footnote
/baɪt/ - /bɪt/ - /ˈbɪtn/
193
# irregular verb?
foretell - foretold - foretold
| The crystal ball does a grim job of foretelling my future
## Footnote
/fɔːrˈtel/ - /fɔːrˈtəʊld/ - /fɔːrˈtəʊld/
194
# irregular verb?
split - split - split
| They are happily **splitting the bill** at the restaurant
## Footnote
/splɪt/ - /splɪt/ - /splɪt/
195
# irregular verb?
bid - bade - bidden
| they all bade me farewell when I left
## Footnote
/bɪd/ - /beɪd/ - /ˈbɪdn/
196
# irregular verb
begin - began - begun
| the match begins when all participants enter the field
## Footnote
/bɪˈɡɪn/ - /bɪˈɡæn/ - /bɪˈɡʌn/
197
# irregular verb
arise - arose - arisen
| He arises and gets stronger than before
## Footnote
/əˈraɪz/ - /əˈrəʊz/ - /əˈrɪzn/
198
# irregular verb?
bear - bore - borne
| She can't **bear** it anymore
## Footnote
/ber/ - /bɔːr/ - /bɔːrn/
199
# irregular verb
throw - threw - thrown
| he is throwing a man out the window.
## Footnote
/θrəʊ/ - /θruː/ - /θrəʊn/
200
# irregular verb?
stick - stuck - stuck
| a big kid got stuck in the toilet
## Footnote
/stɪk/ - /stʌk/ - /stʌk/
201
# irregular verb?
spit - spat - spat
| startled, she spits out a mouthful of water on him
## Footnote
/spɪt/ - /spæt/ - /spæt/
202
# irregular verb?
ride - rode - ridden
| in the past, people rode horses, but now they are riding bikes
## Footnote
/raɪd/ - /rəʊd/ - /ˈrɪdn/
203
# irregular verb?
speak - spoke - spoken
| speak in public; speak in front of a crowd; speak to the press
## Footnote
/spiːk/ - /spəʊk/ - /ˈspəʊkən/
204
# irregular verb?
blow - blew - blown
| Micky blows out all the candles on the cake in one blow
## Footnote
/bləʊ/ - /bluː/ - /bləʊn/
205
# irregular verb?
string - strung - strung
| she is stringing beads as a toy for her infant
## Footnote
/strɪŋ/ - /strʌŋ/ - /strʌŋ/
206
# irregular verb?
bring - brought - brought
| a butterfly is bringing a flower to her closest friend
## Footnote
/brɪŋ/ - /brɔːt/ - /brɔːt/
207
# irregular verb?
sow - sowed - sown
(v3 sowed ✔)
| the kids are gleefully sowing seeds in the field
## Footnote
/səʊ/ - /səʊd/ - /səʊn/
208
# irregular verb?
lay - laid - laid
| my hen is laying a lot of eggs
## Footnote
/leɪ/ - /leɪd/ - /leɪd/
209
# irregular verb?
stand - stood - stood
| my cat can stand up and run upright, like a person
## Footnote
/stænd/ - /stʊd/ - /stʊd/
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