I. Les Verbes Réguliers - Prétérit
A) 📜 Fonctionnement
- Les verbes réguliers prennent tous « ed » à la fin pour former le prétérit.
II. Les Verbes Irréguliers - Prétérit
A) 📚 Les Très Faciles
- Les trois formes (Base Verbale / Prétérit / Participe Passé) sont identiques pour les verbes suivants :
| Base verbale | Prétérit | Participe passé | Traduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| bet | bet | bet | parier |
| burst | burst | burst | éclater |
| cast | cast | cast | jeter |
| cost | cost | cost | coûter |
| cut | cut | cut | couper |
| hit | hit | hit | frapper |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | blesser |
| let | let | let | permettre |
| put | put | put | mettre |
| quit | quit | quit | cesser |
| read | read | read | lire |
| set | set | set | fixer |
| shut | shut | shut | fermer |
| spread | spread | spread | répandre |
| upset | upset | upset | bouleverser |
B) 📖 Les Autres
- Ces verbes ont trois formes différentes, mais ils sont très communs :
| Base verbale | Prétérit | Participe passé | Traduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been | être |
| become | became | become | devenir |
| begin | began | begun | commencer |
| bite | bit | bitten | mordre |
| blow | blew | blown | souffler |
| break | broke | broken | casser |
| choose | chose | chosen | choisir |
| come | came | come | venir |
| do | did | done | faire |
| draw | drew | drawn | dessiner |
| drink | drank | drunk | boire |
| drive | drove | driven | conduire |
| eat | ate | eaten | manger |
| fall | fell | fallen | tomber |
| fly | flew | flown | voler |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden | interdire |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | oublier |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | pardonner |
| freeze | froze | frozen | geler |
| give | gave | given | donner |
| go | went | gone | aller |
| grow | grew | grown | grandir |
| hear | heard | heard | entendre |
| hide | hid | hidden | (se) cacher |
| know | knew | known | savoir, connaître |
| ride | rode | ridden | chevaucher |
| ring | rang | rung | sonner |
| rise | rose | risen | s'élever, se lever |
| run | ran | run | courir |
| see | saw | seen | voir |
| shake | shook | shaken | secouer |
| show | showed | shown | montrer |
| sing | sang | sung | chanter |
| speak | spoke | spoken | parler |
| steal | stole | stolen | voler, dérober |
| swear | swore | sworn | jurer |
| swim | swam | swum | nager |
| take | took | taken | prendre |
| throw | threw | thrown | jeter |
| wake | woke | woken | se réveiller |
| wear | wore | worn | porter (des vêtements) |
| write | wrote | written | écrire |