Irregular Verbs with the i-o-en
Pattern
These are verbs whose base form has the vowel i, past simple changes to o, and past participle ends in -en.
infinitive (i) → simple past (o) → past participle (-en)
* "Stridden" is quite rare and mostly used in literary contexts.
# | Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | drive | drove | driven | |
2 | write | wrote | written | |
3 | ride | rode | ridden | |
4 | rise | rose | risen | |
5 | arise | arose | arisen | |
6 | rewrite | rewrote | rewritten | |
7 | stride | strode | stridden |
Exercise: Exercise of English Irregular Verbs