APRENDA OS VERBOS IRREGULARES DE
UMA VEZ POR TODAS
Adir Ferreira
1. A letra D vira T.
bend – bent – bent (curvar-se)
build – build – built (construir)
lend – lent – lent (emprestar)
send – sent – sent (enviar, mandar)
spend – spent – spent (gastar)
2. Verbos have e make
have \ has – had – had (ter)
make – made – made (fazer)
6. Pronúncia diferente da mesma vogal
– terminação em D ou T.
deal – dealt – dealt (lidar)
dream – dreamed \ dreamt – dreamed \
dreamt (sonhar)
hear – heard – heard (ouvir)
leap – leapt – leapt (pular)
mean – meant – meant (significar,
querer)
read – read – read (ler)
7. ELL vira OLD
3. Terminação regular
americano e irregular
britânico
burn – burned \ burnt
(queimar)
dwell – dwelled \ dwelt
(morar)
learn – learned \ learnt
(aprender)
smell – smelled \ smelt
(cheirar)
spell – spelled \ spelt
(soletrar)
spill – spilled \ spilt
(derramar – liquido)
spoil – spoiled \ spoilt
(estragar)
no
no
inglês
inglês
sell – sold – sold (vender)
tell – told – told (contar, dizer)
– burned \ burnt
8. Terminações OUGHT ou AUGHT
– dwelled \ dwelt
– learned \ learnt
– smelled \ smelt
– spelled \ spelt
bring – brought – brought (trazer)
buy – bought – bought (comprar)
catch – caught – caught (pegar)
fight – fought – fought (lutar)
seek – sought – sought (lutar)
teach – taught – taught (ensinar)
think – thought – thought (pensar)
– spilled \ spilt
– spoiled \ spoilt
4. Terminação AY vira AID.
lay – laid – laid (colocar, pôr)
pay – paid – paid (pagar)
say – said – said (dizer)
5. EE + consoante (p, d, l, t) EPT
creep – crept – crept (rastejar)
feed – fed – fed (alimentar)
feel – felt – felt (sentir)
keep – kept – kept (manter)
leave – left – left (deixar, partir)
meet – met – met (encontrar, conhecer)
sleep – slept – slept (dormir)
sweep – swept – swept (varrer)
weep – wept – wept (chorar)
9. As três formas são iguais
bet – bet – bet (apostar)
bid – bid – bid (fazer lance)
broadcast – broadcast – broadcast
(transmitir)
burst – burst – burst (estourar)
cost – cost – cost (custar)
cut – cut – cut (cortar)
fit – fit – fit (caber)
hit – hit – hit (acertar, bater)
hurt – hurt – hurt (machucar)
let – let – let (deixar, permitir)
put – put – put (colocar)
quit – quit – quit (parar, deixar)
set – set – set (fixar)
shut – shut – shut (fechar)
spread – spread – spread (espalhar)
10. Letra O (som longo) + terminação
em –en
awake – awoke – awoken (acordar)
break – broke – broken (quebrar)
choose – chose – chosen (escolher)
freeze – froze – frozen (congelar)
speak – spoke – spoken (falar)
steal – stole – stolen (roubar)
wake – woke – woken (acordar)
weave – wove – woven (tecer)
11. Letra O (som longo) + letra I (som
curto) + EN
arise – arose – arisen (levantar)
drive – drove – driven (dirigir)
ride – rode – ridden (cavalgar)
rise – rose – risen (subir)
write – wrote – written (escrever)
fly – flew – flown (voar)
grow – grew – grown (crescer)
know – knew – known (saber, conhecer)
throw – threw – thrown (atirar, jogar)
15. Passado regular – Particípio
regular/irregular
show – showed – showed \ shown
(mostrar)
sow – sowed – sowed \ sown (semear)
mow – mowed – mowed \ mown (cortar –
grama)
swell – swelled – swelled \ swollen
(inchar)
sew – sewed – sewed \ sewn (costurar)
shine – shone (brilhar) / shined (lustrar) –
shone / shined
16. Somente muda a vogal do meio,
terminação continua igual
12. Terminação EN
beat – beat – beaten (bater)
bid – bade – bidden (dar – adeus)
bite – bit – bitten (morder)
eat – ate – eaten (comer)
fall – fell – fallen (cair)
forbid - forbad(e) – forbidden (proibir)
forget – forgot – forgotten (esquecer)
forgive – forgave – forgiven (perdoar)
get – got – gotten (conseguir)
give – gave – given (dar)
hide – hid – hidden (esconder)
lie – lay – lain (deitar-se)
see – saw – seen (ver)
shake – shook – shaken (chacoalhar)
take – took – taken (pegar, levar)
13. Padrão EAR – ORE – ORN
bear – bore – born (segurar)
swear – swore – sworn (jurar; xingar)
tear – tore – torn (rasgar)
wear – wore – worn (usar, vestir)
14. Passado OW – Particípio OWN
blow – blew – blown (soprar)
draw – drew – drawn (desenhar)
dig – dug – dug (cavar)
stick – stuck – stuck (enfiar, colar)
spin – spun – spun (rodar)
sting – stung – stung (picar)
strike – struck – struck (atingir)
swing – swung – swung (rodar)
hang – hung – hung (pendurar)
slide – slid – slid (deslizar)
light – lit – lit (iluminar)
shoot – shot – shot (atirar – arma; filmar)
17. Padrão I – OU – OU
bind – bound – bound (juntar,
encadernar)
find – found – found (encontrar, achar)
grind – ground – ground (moer)
wind – wound – wound (dar corda)
18. Padrão EE – E – E
bleed – bled – bled (sangrar)
feed – fed – fed (alimentar)
flee – fled – fled (fugir)
lead – led – led (levar, conduzir)
speed – sped – sped (agilizar,acelerar)
19. Padrão I – A – U
run – ran – run (corer)
begin – began – begun (começar)
drink – drank – drunk (beber)
ring – rang – rung (tocar – telefone)
shrink – shrank – shrunk (encolher)
sing – sang – sung (cantar)
sink – sank – sunk (afundar)
spin – span – spun (rodar)
spring – sprang – sprung (saltar)
swim – swam – swum (nadar)
21. De tudo um pouco
20. Infinitivo e particípio iguais
come – came – come (vir)
become – became – become (tornar-se)
be (am / is / are) – was/were – been (ser,
estar)
do – did – done (fazer)
go – went – gone (ir)
hold – held – held (segurar)
lie – lay – lain (deitar-se)
lose – lost – lost (perder)
sit – sat – sat (sentar-se)
stand – stood – stood (ficar em pé)
understand – understood – understood
(entender)
win – won – won (vencer, ganhar)
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Referência
Guia de Pronúncia do Inglês para Brasileiros – Christina Schumacher, Philip de Lacy
White e Marta Zanettini – Editora Campus
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