De simple past geeft aan dat een actie in het verleden is voltooid. Bij onregelmatige werkwoorden vervoeg je de simple past niet op de standaard manier. Deze woorden moet je uit je hoofd leren. Zie hieronder de lijst van onregelmatige werkwoorden en hun vervoeging in de past simple.
Mocht je nog meer uitleg willen lezen over de simple past, klik dan hier.
Lijst van onregelmatige werkwoorden en hun vervoeging in de simple past/past simple
| Werkwoord | Simple past |
|---|---|
| abide | abode |
| arise | arose |
| awake | awoke |
| be | was/were |
| bear | bore |
| beat | beat |
| become | became |
| begin | began |
| bend | bent |
| bet | bet |
| bid | bid, bade |
| bind | bound |
| bite | bit |
| bleed | bled |
| blow | blew |
| break | broke |
| breed | bred |
| bring | brought |
| broadcast | broadcast |
| build | built |
| burn | burnt |
| burst | burst |
| bust | bust |
| buy | bought |
| cast | cast |
| catch | caught |
| choose | chose |
| cling | clung |
| come | came |
| cost | cost |
| creep | crept |
| cut | cut |
| deal | dealt |
| dig | dug |
| dive | dived |
| do | did |
| draw | drew |
| dream | dreamt |
| drink | drank |
| drive | drove |
| eat | ate |
| fall | fell |
| feed | fed |
| feel | felt |
| fight | fought |
| find | found |
| flee | fled |
| fling | flung |
| fly | flew |
| forbid | forbade, forbad |
| forecast | forecast |
| forget | forgot |
| forsake | forsook |
| freeze | froze |
| get | got |
| give | gave |
| grind | ground |
| go | went |
| grow | grew |
| hang | hung |
| have | had |
| hear | heard |
| hide | hid |
| hit | hit |
| hold | held |
| hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept |
| know | knew |
| lay | laid |
| lead | led |
| learn | learnt |
| leave | left |
| lend | lent |
| let | let |
| lie | lay |
| light | lit |
| lose | lost |
| make | made |
| mean | meant |
| meet | met |
| pay | paid |
| prove | proved |
| put | put |
| quit | quit |
| read | read |
| rid | rid |
| ride | rode |
| ring | rang |
| rise | rose |
| run | ran |
| saw | sawed |
| say | said |
| see | saw |
| seek | sought |
| sell | sold |
| send | sent |
| set | set |
| sew | sewed |
| shake | shook |
| shear | sheared |
| shed | shed |
| shine | shone |
| shoot | shot |
| show | showed |
| shut | shut |
| sing | sang |
| sink | sank |
| sit | sat |
| slay | slew |
| sleep | slept |
| slide | slid |
| sling | slung |
| slink | slunk |
| slit | slit |
| sneak | snuck |
| sow | sowed |
| speak | spoke |
| speed | sped |
| spend | spent |
| spin | spun |
| spit | spat, spit |
| split | split |
| spread | spread |
| spring | sprang |
| stand | stood |
| steal | stole |
| stick | stuck |
| sting | stung |
| stink | stank, stunk |
| stride | strode |
| strike | struck |
| string | strung |
| strive | strove |
| swear | swore |
| sweep | swept |
| swell | swelled |
| swim | swam |
| swing | swung |
| take | took |
| teach | taught |
| tear | tore |
| tell | told |
| think | thought |
| thrive | throve |
| throw | threw |
| thrust | thrust |
| tread | trod |
| understand | understood |
| wake | woke |
| wear | wore |
| weave | wove |
| weep | wept |
| wet | wet |
| win | won |
| wind | wound |
| wring | wrung |
| write | wrote |
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