| begin | began | begun | commencer | |
| cling | clang | clung | s'accrocher, coller | |
| drink | drank | drunk | boire | |
| ring | rang | rung | sonner | |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk | rétrécir | |
| sink | sank | sunk | couler, sombrer | |
| sing | sang | sung | chanter | |
| spring | sprang | sprung | bondir, jaillir | |
| stink | stank | stunk | puer | |
| swim | swam | swum | nager |
| bear | bore | born |
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| swear | swore | sworn | jurer | |
| tear | tore | torn | déchirer | |
| wear | wore | worn | porter |
| arise | arose | arisen | survenir, surgir | |
| rise | rose | risen | se lever | |
| drive | drove | driven | conduire | |
| ride | rode | ridden | aller à cheval | |
| stride | strode | stridden | marcher à grands pas | |
| strive | strove | striven | s'efforcer | |
| write | wrote | written | écrire |
| wake | woke | woken | se réveiller | |
| break | broke | broken | casser | |
| choose | chose | chosen | choisir | |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | oublier | |
| freeze | froze | frozen | geler | |
| steal | stole | stolen | voler | |
| weave | woven | woven | tisser | |
| tread | trod | trodden | fouler | |
| speak | spoke | spoken | dire |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden | interdire | |
| bid | bade | bidden | ordonner | |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | pardonner | |
| give | gave | given | donner | |
| eat | ate | eaten | manger |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken | abandonner | |
| take | took | taken | prendre | |
| undertake | undertook | undertaken | entreprendre | |
| shake | shook | shaken | secouer |
| be | was / were | been | être | |
| see | saw |
seen | voir |
| bite | bit | bitten | mordre | |
| hide | hid | hidden | cacher | |
| eat | ate | eaten | manger | |
| fall | fell | fallen | tomber |
"ew" au passé, "own" au participe
| blow | blew | blown | souffler | |
| fly | flew | flown | voler | |
| grow | grew | grown | pousser,croître | |
| know | knew | known | savoir | |
| throw | threw | thrown | lancer | |
| draw | drew | drawn | dessiner |
Les presque réguliers
| sew | sewed | sewn | coudre | |
| show | showed | shown | montrer | |
| rot | rotted | rotten | pourrir | |
| swell | swelled | swollen | enfler, gonfler |
Les tout irréguliers
| go | went | gone | aller | |
| do | did | done | faire |
| lie | lay | lain | être allongé | |
| slay | slew | slain | massacrer |
- trois formes identiques