Top 20 verbes irreguliers essentiels en anglais

Ces 20 verbes representent le noyau dur de la langue anglaise. Maitrisez-les en priorite : ils apparaissent dans pratiquement chaque phrase au passe.

#	Base	Phonetique	Preterit	Part. passe	Traduction	Exemple
1	be	/biː/	was/were	been	etre	I was happy.
2	have	/hæv/	had	had	avoir	She had a great idea.
3	do	/duː/	did	done	faire	He did his homework.
4	say	/seɪ/	said	said	dire	She said hello.
5	go	/ɡəʊ/	went	gone	aller	We went to London.
6	get	/ɡet/	got	got	obtenir	I got a new job.
7	make	/meɪk/	made	made	fabriquer	She made a cake.
8	know	/nəʊ/	knew	known	savoir	I knew the answer.
9	think	/θɪŋk/	thought	thought	penser	I thought about it.
10	take	/teɪk/	took	taken	prendre	He took the train.
11	see	/siː/	saw	seen	voir	I saw a movie.
12	come	/kʌm/	came	come	venir	She came early.
13	want	/wɒnt/	wanted	wanted	vouloir	I wanted to go.
14	find	/faɪnd/	found	found	trouver	She found the key.
15	give	/ɡɪv/	gave	given	donner	He gave me advice.
16	tell	/tel/	told	told	raconter	She told me the truth.
17	work	/wɜːk/	worked	worked	travailler	He worked hard.
18	call	/kɔːl/	called	called	appeler	I called my friend.
19	try	/traɪ/	tried	tried	essayer	She tried her best.
20	leave	/liːv/	left	left	quitter	He left at 5pm.

Astuce Cabinet Action : Prononcez chaque verbe a voix haute 3 fois (base, preterit, participe passe). Revisez a J+1, J+3, J+7 et J+30 pour ancrer definitivement ces 20 verbes dans votre memoire.

Mini-exercice : completez les phrases

Yesterday, I _______ (go) to the supermarket.
She _______ (make) a beautiful painting last week.
They _______ (know) the answer immediately.
We _______ (take) the bus to work.
He _______ (find) his keys under the sofa.
I _______ (think) it was a great idea.
She _______ (give) me a present for my birthday.
They _______ (come) home at midnight.
We _______ (see) an amazing film.
He _______ (tell) me a secret.

Reponses : 1. went 2. made 3. knew 4. took 5. found 6. thought 7. gave 8. came 9. saw 10. told