Pasado Simple Verbos Irregulares en Inglés

 

CÓMO ENTENDER EL PAST SIMPLE (IRREGULAR VERBS)

El pasado simple se utiliza para hablar de acciones que han sucedido anteriormente, que pueden ser recientes o más lejanas en el tiempo.

Para formar el pasado simple, lo primero que tenemos que saber es si se trata de un verbo regular o irregular, pues su conjugación es muy diversa. Desafortunadamente, no hay ninguna norma para formar los verbos irregulares, por lo que hay que memorizarlos y aprenderlos con la práctica.

¿QUÉ MÁS DEBERÍAS SABER SOBRE EL PAST SIMPLE (IRREGULAR VERBS)?

Aquí tienes algunas reglas para formar el pasado simple, algunos de los verbos irregulares en inglés más utilizados y algún truco que te ayudará a memorizarlos.

Estructura de la frase

Para formar el pasado simple de los verbos irregulares, basta con poner el sujeto, el verbo en pasado simple y los complementos necesarios. Por ejemplo:

I ate chocolate yesterday.

(Comí chocolate ayer).

Verbos que se conjugan como bring

El pasado simple del verbo bring es brought. Hay otros verbos que se conjugan igual, quizás te será más fácil memorizarlos como un grupo. Por ejemplo, el pasado de buy es bought, el de fight es fought y el de think, thought.

Verbo do

El pasado del verbo do es did. Este verbo es muy importante, porque se utiliza como auxiliar para las formas interrogativa y negativa del pasado simple.

Los verbos irregulares los más importantes

Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
arise	arose	arisen	surgir
awake	awakened / awoke	awakened / awoken	despertarse
be	was / were	been	ser/estar
bear	bore	borne / born	soportar
beat	beat	beaten	golpear
become	became	become	llegar a ser
begin	began	begun	empezar
bend	bent	bent	doblar
bet	bet/betted	bet/betted	apostar
bid	bid / bade	bidden	rogar,desear
bid	bid	bid	pujar
bind	bound	bound	atar
bite	bit	bitten	morder
bleed	bled	bled	sangrar
blow	blew	blown	soplar
break	broke	broken	romper
breed	bred	bred	criar
bring	brought	brought	traer
broadcast	broadcast / broadcasted	broadcast / broadcasted	transmitir
browbeat	browbeat	browbeaten / browbeat	intimidar
build	built	built	construir
burn	burned / burnt	burned / burnt	quemar
burst	burst	burst	estallar,reventar
buy	bought	bought	comprar
cast	cast	cast	arrojar
catch	caught	caught	atrapar
choose	chose	chosen	elegir
cling	clung	clung	adherirse
come	came	come	venir
cost	cost	cost	costar
creep	crept	crept	arrastrarse
cut	cut	cut	cortar
deal	dealt	dealt	tratar
dig	dug	dug	cavar
disprove	disproved	disproved / disproven	refutar
do	did	done	hacer
draw	drew	drawn	dibujar
dream	dreamt/dreamed	dreamt/dreamed	soñar
drink	drank	drunk	beber
drive	drove	driven	conducir
eat	ate	eaten	comer
fall	fell	fallen	caer
feed	fed	fed	alimentar
feel	felt	felt	sentir
fight	fought	fought	pelear
find	found	found	encontrar
flee	fled	fled	huir
fly	flew	flown	volar
forbid	forbade	forbidden	prohibir
forecast	forecast	forecast	pronosticar (el tiempo)
forget	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
forgive	forgave	forgiven	perdonar
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abandonar
freeze	froze	frozen	congelar
get	got	got/gotten	obtener
give	gave	given	dar
go	went	gone	ir
grind	ground	ground	moler
grow	grew	grown	crecer
hang	hung	hung	colgar
have	had	had	tener
hear	heard	heard	oír
hide	hid	hidden	esconderse
hit	hit	hit	golpear
hold	held	held	mantener
hurt	hurt	hurt	herir
input	input/inputted	input/inputted	entrar (datos)
keep	kept	kept	guardar
kneel	knelt	knelt	arrodillarse
knit	knitted / knit	knitted/knit	tejer, tricotar
know	knew	known	saber
lay	laid	laid	poner
lead	led	led	guiar
lean	leaned/leant	leaned/leant	apoyarse
leap	leaped/leapt	leaped/leapt	saltar
learn	learnt/learned	learnt/learned	aprender
leave	left	left	dejar
lend	lent	lent	prestar
let	let	let	permitir
lie	lay	lain	acostarse, tenderse
lie (regular)	lied	lied	mentir
light	lit/lighted	lit/lighted	encender
lose	lost	lost	perder
make	made	made	hacer
mean	meant	meant	significar, querer decir
meet	met	met	encontrarse
mistake	mistook	mistaken	equivocarse/confundir
overcome	overcame	overcome	superar
pay	paid	paid	pagar
plead	pleaded/pled	pleaded/pled	alegar
preset	preset	preset	programar
prove	proved	proven/proved	probar, demostrar
put	put	put	poner
quit	quit/quitted	quit/quitted	abandonar
read	read	read	leer
reset	reset	reset	reajustar, restaurar
rewind	rewound	rewound	rebobinar
ride	rode	ridden	montar
ring	rang	rung	sonar, llamar por teléfono
rise	rose	risen	elevar
run	ran	run	correr
say	said	said	decir
see	saw	seen	ver
sell	sold	sold	vender
send	sent	sent	enviar
set	set	set	poner, colocar
sew	sewed	sewn/sewed	coser
shake	shook	shaken	sacudir
shave	shaved	shaved/shaven	afeitarse
shear	sheared	sheared/shorn	esquilar
shine	shone	shone	brillar
shoot	shot	shot	disparar
show	showed	shown/showed	mostrar
shrink	shrank/shrunk	shrunk	encoger
shut	shut	shut	cerrar
sing	sang	sung	cantar
sink	sank	sunk	hundir
sit	sat	sat	sentarse
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
slide	slid	slid	deslizar
smell	smelled/smelt	smelled/smelt	oler
sow	sowed	sown/sowed	sembrar
speak	spoke	spoken	hablar
speed	sped/speeded	sped/speeded	acelerar
spell	spelt/spelled	spelt/spelled	deletrear
spend	spent	spent	gastar
spill	spilt/spilled	spilt/spilled	derramar
spin	spun	spun	girar, hilar
spit	spit/spat	spit/spat	escupir
split	split	split	partir
spoil	spoilt/spoiled	spoilt/spoiled	estropear
spread	spread	spread	extenderse
stand	stood	stood	estar de pie
steal	stole	stolen	robar
stick	stuck	stuck	pegar
stink	stank/stunk	stunk	apestar
strew	strewed	strewn/strewed	esparcir
strike	struck	struck/stricken	golpear
swear	swore	sworn	jurar
sweat	sweat/sweated	sweat/sweated	sudar
sweep	swept	swept	barrer
swim	swam	swum	nadar
take	took	taken	tomar
teach	taught	taught	enseñar
tear	tore	torn	rasgar
telecast	telecast	telecast	televisar
tell	told	told	decir
think	thought	thought	pensar
throw	threw	thrown	lanzar
tread	trod	trodden/trod	pisar
understand	understood	understood	entender
undo	undid	undone	deshacer
unfreeze	unfroze	unfrozen	descongelar
wake	woke	woken	despertarse
wear	wore	worn	llevar puesto
weave	wove	woven	tejer
wed	wed/wedded	wed/wedded	casarse
weep	wept	wept	llorar
win	won	won	ganar
wring	wrung	wrung	retorcer
write	wrote	written	escribir