Meet in the past: learn irregular verbs in groups

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Irregular verbs are one of the most difficult parts of English for Spanish speakers. They are much more abundant than in Spanish and vary in very unpredictable ways. The good thing is that they don't have conjugations colombia phone number list such. Each irregular verb has a past form and a participle, and that's it. For example, meet in the past tense is met , and the participle is met . And that's it. In this case they coincide, but there are many verbs that have different forms. You have no choice but to learn it by heart, but there are tricks to make this task easier.

We have already made lists of verbs separated by past and participle forms . Today we are going to see a more thematic separation .

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Irregular verbs for social activities
Drink (beber) — drank — drunk
We drank a couple of beers the last time we went out. — The last time we went out we had a couple of beers.
Tell (contar) — told — told
She told me they had broken up. — She told me they had broken up.
Feel (sentir) — felt — felt
If you felt uncomfortable you should have said so. — If you felt uncomfortable you should have said so.
Meet (conocerse/quedar) — met — met She met her wife at a friend's dinner party
. — Conochó a su mujer en una cena a una amiga's casa .
Lend (prestar) — lent — lent I lent him a book so he'll have something to do these days. —
Le lenté un libro para que tengo algo que hacer estos días .
Show (enseñar) — showed — shown
When he came home I showed him my new bike and he loved it. — When he came home I showed him my new bike and he loved it.