IRREGULAR VERBS 3 - PART 1

abide

abode

abiden

tolerar, soportar

-I can't abide his smoking in the house.

Break - broke - broken

romper

-If you play ball in the house, you will break something.

Choose - chose - chosen

elegir

-I think that he will choose the blue sweater.

-He needs to choose *from* the three options. (decide between)

Freeze - froze -frozen

congelar

-The water froze in the ice cube tray.

Steal - stole -stolen

robar

-The thieves stole my car!

-The employee had been *stealing from* the company for years before she was caught. (take illicitly from)

Speak - spoke- spoken

hablar

-They spoke for many hours on the phone.

Wake - woke - woken

despertarse

-She *wakes up* at seven o'clock in the morning.

Weave -wove - woven

tejer

-Harriet wove the silk into a fine piece of cloth.

Eat - ate - eaten

comer

-I eat pasta every day.

Fall - fell - fallen

caer, caerse

-I fell from a ladder yesterday.

Arise - arose - arisen

surgir (dificultades)

- Problems always arise during such protests for human rights.

Ride- rode - ridden

montar (bici, moto, animales)

-He rides his bike to school every day.

Rise - rose - risen

levantarse

-The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
- When the judge walked into the courtroom, everyone rose.

Drive - drove - driven

conducir

-I can't drive yet. I'm only 15.

Stride - strode - stridden

Caminar con pasos largos

-Peter strode into the office and demanded to see the manager.

Write - wrote - written

escribir

-Elizabeth wants to write a book.

Forbid - forbade - forbidden

prohibir

-John's parents forbade *him TO spend* any more time with his troublesome friends.

Forgive - forgave - forgiven

perdonar

-If you apologise for being late, I will forgive you.

Give - gave - given

dar

-Could you give me that book over there, please?

Beat - beat - beaten

golpear, derrotar, batir

-He beat the desk with his fist to try to get his point across.

Lie - lay - lain

yacer, echarse

-If I lie on the sofa, I'll fall asleep.


Lie - lied - lied = not tell the truth
-She lied to her parents about where she was on Friday night.

Bear - bore - born

soportar (weight / aguantar / parir


-The bridge must bear the weight of the cars and trucks.

-He could hardly bear the suspense.

-The queen bore fourteen children, but only three survived childhood.

Shear - shore - shorn

esquilar, cortar

-The farmer is shearing his sheep.

Swear - swore - sworn

jurar, decir palabrotas, maldecir

-I swear *to* tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

-It's rude to swear.

-Children should not swear *at* their parents.

Tear - tore -torn

desgarrar, romper / arrancar

-Julian grabbed the photo and tore it.

-He tore the page *from/ the book.

Wear - wore - worn

vestir, llevar puesto

-Everybody wears jeans these days.