Irregular verbsIrregular verbsInfinitive+Simple past

kopen - kochtkopen - kochtI want to ---- a new sweater for

myself

buy

Last week he ------ a new pair of sunglasses

bought

schrijven – schreefschrijven – schreefI am going to ------ you a love

song

write Who ------ Romeo and Juliet?

wrote

komen - kwamkomen - kwamWhy don’t you ----- over to my

place?

come

Last night she ------ home rather late

came

dragen- droeg (kleding)dragen- droeg (kleding)I would like to ---- my new jeans

today

wear

She ---- a beautiful dress at the party last night

wore

doen – deeddoen – deedWhat would you like to ---- today?

do

I ---- karate for two years, I was purple belt

did

begrijpen - begreepbegrijpen - begreepI don’t ----- what you mean

understand

After some explanation he ------- what he had to do

understood

denken - dachtdenken - dachtWhat do you ----- of our form

teacher?

think

I never ----- I could win the contest!

thought

drinken - dronkdrinken - dronkYou should ---- enough water

every day

drink

He ---- too much last night: let’s hope his brains aren’t damaged!

drank

vertellen - verteldevertellen - verteldeI can’t ---- if he is handsome or

not

tell

I thought that I ----- you that he would break your heart

told

eten - ateneten - atenWhat would you like to ---- for

dinner?

eat

This morning we ---- breakfast at eight

ate

onderwijzen/leren - onderwijzen/leren - onderweesonderweesCan you ---- me how to play

chess?

teach

How did you learn to drive? My father ---- me

taught

voelen - voeldevoelen - voeldeHow does it --- to be back home?

feel

She --- very bad when she was ill

felt

nemen - namnemen - namWhy don’t you ---- the bus

instead of the car?

take

I ---- a lot of photographs when I was in Sweden

took

vinden - vondvinden - vondDo you know where I can -----

him?

find

I ---- out that he was not telling the truth

found

slapen - sliepslapen - sliepI’m so tired, I could ---- for a

week!

sleep

She ----- so long that she was late for school

slept

krijgen - kreegkrijgen - kreegHe doesn’t know what he will -----

for his birthday

get

Last week I --- a letter from my penpal in Australia

got

zitten - zatzitten - zatWhy don’t you --- down?

sit

She --- down and had some tea

sat

geven - gafgeven - gafMay I ----- you some advice?

give

Yesterday my brother ----- me some money to buy a CD

gave

zien - zagzien - zagWhat exactly did you ---?

see

When I last --- him he was trying to find a job

saw

gaan - ginggaan - gingWhy don’t you --- outside and

play some basketball?

go

We had a good time: the day ---- by quite quickly

went

zeggen - zeizeggen - zeiCould you --- that again, please?

say

Last night she ---- she would help me if she could

said

weten - wistweten - wistDo you ---- what he looks like?

know

I was quite sure: I ----- she was telling lies

knew

lezen - laslezen - lasShe doesn’t want to ---- the

newpaper, she thinks it’s boring

read

When I was younger I ----- a lot of books

read

verlaten - verlietverlaten - verlietWhen are you going to ----

school?

leave

He ---- school when he was seventeen

left

ontmoeten - ontmoettenontmoeten - ontmoettenI would like to ---- your new friend

meet

We ---- a lot of people at the party last night

met

maken – maakten maken – maakten Don’t be afraid to ---- mistakes!

make

I was so relieved that we ------ it through the storm!

made