Verbs easily confused in English
Here is a list of verbs that are easily confused even by native speakers.
infinitive | simple past | past participle | meaning |
---|---|---|---|
find | found | found | get back something which was lost |
found | found | founded | start something i.e. a business |
flow | flowed | flowed | movement of liquid |
fly | flew | flown | move through air |
hang | hanged | hanged | killed with a rope around the neck |
hang | hung | hung | put up on a wall |
lay | laid | laid | put down flat |
lie | lay | lain | be down i.e.in bed |
lie | lied | lied | not tell the truth |
raise | raised | raised | put up i.e. hand in the air. |
rise | rose | risen | go or get up |
strike | struck | struck | hit |
stroke | stroked | stroked | gently pass hand over. |
wind /waɪnd/ | wound /waʊnd/ | wound /waʊnd/ | tighten something i.e. a spring |
wound /wuːnd/ | wounded | wounded | injure in a fight |