Simple past: Irregular verbs 2.

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This is the last part of the entry of 10.2.2013. In this post, we find the charts of the three words verbs.

The first chart is that of three different words for the infinitive (in this case base form), the simple past and the past participle are different, the last form always ends in the suffix -en:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Ser, estar	Be	Was/were	Been
Romper	Break	Broke	Broken
Elegir	Choose	Chose	Chosen
Hablar	Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Robar	Steal	Stole	Stolen
Despertarse	Wake	Woke	Woken
Morder	Bite	Bit	Bitten
Esconderse	Hide	Hid	Hidden
Conducir	Drive	Drove	Driven
Montar	Ride	Rode	Ridden
Escribir	Write	Wrote	Written
Caerse	Fall	Fell	Fallen
Olvidar	Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Comer	Eat	Ate	Eaten
Dar	Give	Gave	Given
Coger	Take	Took	Taken
Ver	See	Saw	Seen
Helarse	Freeze	Froze	Frozen

Simple Past: irregular verbs.

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In this unit, in 2nd ESO, we are starting to learn about the past. One of the most difficult things about the past is the endless list of irregular verbs that we have to learn becuase they are the most common verbs (you can check this at the Red Words game at MacMillan Dictionary Blog). In order to learn them, we are going to try and make it easier for our brains to learn them by splitting them into different groups, as you can see in this great mindmap.
Irregular verbs are irregular because they do not follow a rule, as the adding of the suffix -ed at the end of the verb as explained in this other post.

We are following the classification of the mindmap above to make different groups to learn these verbs, we start with one word irregular verbs, that is, the infinitive, simple past and past participle are the same:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Costar	Cost	Cost	Cost
Cortar	Cut	Cut	Cut
Golpear	Hit	Hit	Hit
Herir	Hurt	Hurt	Hurt
Dejar, permitir	Let	Let	Let
Poner	Put	Put	Put
Cerrar	Shut	Shut	Shut