Verbs that are easily confused
March 31st, 2011 in Improve English
Infinitive / simple past / past participle
Fall / fell / fallen
Feel / felt / felt
Fill / filled / filled
Find / found / found
Found / founded / founded
Flow / flowed / flowed
Fly / flew / flown
Lay / laid / laid
Lie / lay / lain
Lie / lied / lied
Leave / left /left
Live / lived / lived
Raise / raised / raised
Rise / rose / risen
Strike / struck / struck
Stroke / stroked / stroked
Wind / wound / wound
Wound / wounded / wounded
Notes
Find = get back something lost.
I have found my keys.
Found = start up an organization or institution
Who founded the Red Cross?
Flow = move (of a liquid)
Liquids flow.
Fly = move in the air
Birds fly in the sky.
Lay = put down flat
She laid the books on the table.
Lie = be down
Lie = say things that are not true
Raise = put up
She raised her hand.
Rise = go / get up
He rose from his seat.
Strike = hit
Strike the iron while it is hot.
Stroke = pass the hand gently over
Wind = turn, tighten a spring etc.
Wound = injure in a battle
He was wounded in the battle.