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Irregular verbs with i-o-en pattern
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)
- drive → drove → driven
- write → wrote → written
- ride → rode → ridden
- rise → rose → risen
- arise → arose → arisen
- rewrite → rewrote → rewritten
- stride → strode → stridden
* "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 |
i-o-en Verb Quiz
Exercise: Exercise of English Irregular Verbs
