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GRAMMAR REFERENC E

Irregular verbs Pronouns
Not all verbs follow the rules: Regular verbs follow a specific Pronouns are used to represent nouns, so that sentences do
spelling pattern when they are converted into the past tense, not become repetitive. Singular nouns should be replaced by
but irregular verbs do not. Here are some of the irregular singular pronouns, and plural nouns should be replaced by
verbs and their past-tense and past-participle spellings. plural pronouns. Some pronouns can be singular or plural.

Infinitive Simple Past Type Singular Plural
form past tense participle
personal I we
awake awoke awoken pronouns you you
bear bore born he they
she us
beat beat beaten it them
bend bent bent me
him
bind bound bound her
bite bit bitten
possessive mine ours
burn burned/burnt burned/burnt pronouns yours yours
deal dealt dealt his theirs
hers
dig dug dug its
dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt
relative that that
feed fed fed pronouns what what
which which
fight fought fought
who whose
forbid forbade forbidden whom
whose
forget forgot forgotten
forgive forgave forgiven reflexive myself ourselves
pronouns yourself themselves
forsake forsook forsaken
himself
grind ground ground herself
hide hid hidden
demonstrative this these
hit hit hit pronouns that those
hurt hurt hurt
interrogative who what
kneel knelt knelt pronouns whom which
what
leap leaped/leapt leaped/leapt
which
light lit lit whose
overdo overdid overdone
indefinite all all
prove proved proved/proven pronouns another any
any both
read read read anyone few
ring rang rung anything many
each most
seek sought sought more none
shine shone shone most others
neither several
slay slew slain nobody some
stink stank stunk none
no one
tread trod trodden nothing
other
wake woke woken
some
weave wove woven somebody