Taalcursus Engels

Welcome to the part dedicated to English. Here we shall have a look at - among others - grammar and spelling. I'd like to start out with the basics:

Regular verbs (Regelmatige werkwoorden)

to look = kijken

I look
You look
He looks
She looks
It looks
We look
They look

Past tense: We looked it up

Same with 'to cook' (koken)

I cook
You cook
He cooks
She cooks
It cooks
We cook
They cook

Past tense: We cooked

Irregular verbs:

You will have to learn those by heart. Here's a list:
Test your irregular verbs knowledge


be, was/were ,been
become, became, become
begin, began, begun
blow, blew, blown
break, broke, broken
bring, brought, brought
build, built, built
burst, burst, burst
buy, bought, bought
catch, caught, caught
choose, chose, chosen
come, came, come
cut, cut, cut
deal, dealt, dealt
do, did, done
drink, drank, drunk
drive, drove, driven
eat, ate, eaten
fall, fell, fallen
feed, fed, fed
feel, felt, felt
fight, fought, fought
find, found, found
fly, flew, flown
forbid, forbade, forbidden
forget, forgot, forgotten
forgive, forgave, forgiven
freeze, froze, frozen
get, got, gotten
give, gave, given
go, went, gone
grow, grew, grown
have, had, had
hear, heard, heard
hide, hid, hidden
hold, held, held
hurt, hurt, hurt
keep, kept, kept
know, knew, known
lay, laid, laid
lead, led, led
leave, left, left
let, let, let
lie, lay, lain
lose, lost, lost
make, made, made
meet, met, met
pay, paid, paid
quit, quit, quit
read, read, read
ride, rode, ridden
ring, rang, rung
rise, rose, risen
run, ran, run
say, said, said
see, saw, seen
seek, sought, sought
sell, sold, sold
send, sent, sent
shake, shook, shaken
shine, shone, shone
sing, sang, sung
sit, sat, sat
sleep, slept, slept
speak, spoke, spoken
spend, spent, spent
spring, sprang, sprung
stand, stood, stood
steal, stole, stolen
swim, swam, swum
swing, swung, swung
take, took, taken
teach, taught, taught
tear, tore, torn
tell, told, told
think, thought, thought
throw, threw, thrown
understand, understood, understood
wake, woke (waked), woken (waked)
wear, wore, worn
win, won, won
write, wrote, written