Publié le 17 février 2025

Cours sur les verbes irréguliers en anglais - Préparation TOEIC®

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Introduction

Voici une liste non exhaustive des verbes irréguliers en anglais. Pour chaque verbe, nous avons ajouté une probabilité (hypothétique et non officielle, basée sur nos propres observations) que ce verbe se retrouve dans le TOEIC®.

L'objectif est que vous puissiez vous rendre compte de quels mots vont le plus apparaître dans le TOEIC®.

Cette base vous sera très utile car elle vous offrira une base de vocabulaire minimale, ce qui vous permettra d'appréhender le TOEIC® plus facilement.

Verbes irréguliers TOEIC®

Base Verbale	Prétérit	Participe Passé	Traduction	Probabilité
abide	abode	abode	respecter/se conformer à	10%
arise	arose	arisen	survenir	20%
awake	awoke	awoken	se réveiller	15%
be	was	been	être	95%
bear	bore	borne	porter/supporter	25%
beat	beat	beaten	battre	30%
become	became	become	devenir	95%
begin	began	begun	commencer	80%
bend	bent	bent	plier/courber	25%
bet	bet	bet	parier	20%
bid	bid	bid	offrir, faire une enchère	15%
bind	bound	bound	engager, lier	20%
bite	bit	bitten	mordre	15%
bleed	bled	bled	saigner	10%
blow	blew	blown	souffler	25%
break	broke	broken	casser	80%
breed	bred	bred	élever (des animaux)	15%
bring	brought	brought	apporter	95%
build	built	built	construire	80%
burn	burnt	burnt	brûler	20%
burst	burst	burst	éclater	15%
buy	bought	bought	acheter	95%
cast	cast	cast	lancer, distribuer (rôles)	20%
catch	caught	caught	attraper	80%
choose	chose	chosen	choisir	50%
cling	clung	clung	s'accrocher	15%
come	came	come	venir	95%
cost	cost	cost	coûter	80%
creep	crept	crept	ramper	15%
cut	cut	cut	couper	80%
deal	dealt	dealt	distribuer	25%
dig	dug	dug	creuser	20%
do	did	done	faire	95%
draw	drew	drawn	dessiner	50%
dream	dreamt/dreamed	dreamt/dreamed	rêver	20%
drink	drank	drunk	boire	50%
drive	drove	driven	conduire	50%
dwell	dwelt/dwelled	dwelt/dwelled	habiter	10%
eat	ate	eaten	manger	80%
fall	fell	fallen	tomber	50%
feed	fed	fed	nourrir	30%
feel	felt	felt	(se) sentir	80%
fight	fought	fought	se battre	30%
find	found	found	trouver	95%
flee	fled	fled	s'enfuir	15%
fling	flung	flung	lancer	10%
fly	flew	flown	voler	30%
forbid	forbade	forbidden	interdire	20%
forecast	forecast	forecast	prévoir	20%
foresee	foresaw	foreseen	prévoir/pressentir	15%
foretell	foretold	foretold	prédire	10%
forget	forgot	forgotten	oublier	50%
forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardonner	25%
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abandonner	15%
freeze	froze	frozen	geler	30%
get	got	got	obtenir	95%
give	gave	given	donner	95%
go	went	gone	aller	95%
grind	ground	ground	moudre	15%
grow	grew	grown	croître	50%
hang	hung	hung	pendre	25%
have	had	had	avoir	95%
hear	heard	heard	entendre	80%
hide	hid	hidden	(se) cacher	30%
hit	hit	hit	frapper	50%
hold	held	held	tenir	80%
hurt	hurt	hurt	(se) blesser	50%
keep	kept	kept	garder	80%
kneel	knelt/kneeled	knelt/kneeled	s'agenouiller	10%
knit	knit	knit	tricoter	10%
know	knew	known	savoir	95%
lay	laid	laid	poser	30%
lead	led	led	mener	50%
lean	leaned/leant	leaned/leant	s'incliner/se pencher	15%
leap	leaped/leapt	leaped/leapt	sauter/bondir	20%
learn	learnt	learnt	apprendre	50%
leave	left	left	laisser/partir	80%
lend	lent	lent	prêter	30%
let	let	let	permettre	80%
lie	lay	lain	être étendu	30%
light	lit	lit	allumer	25%
lose	lost	lost	perdre	80%
make	made	made	faire	95%
mean	meant	meant	vouloir dire	80%
meet	met	met	rencontrer	80%
mow	mowed	mown	tondre (le gazon)	10%
overcome	overcame	overcome	surmonter	30%
partake	partook	partaken	prendre part à	10%
pay	paid	paid	payer	95%
put	put	put	mettre	95%
quit	quit	quit	cesser	20%
read	read	read	lire	80%
rid	rid	rid	débarrasser	15%
ride	rode	ridden	aller à vélo	50%
ring	rang	rung	sonner	25%
rise	rose	risen	s'élever	30%
run	ran	run	courir / gérer	95%
saw	sawed	sawn	scier	15%
say	said	said	dire	95%
see	saw	seen	voir	95%
seek	sought	sought	chercher	30%
sell	sold	sold	vendre	80%
send	sent	sent	envoyer	80%
set	set	set	fixer / placer	80%
sew	sewed	sewn	coudre	15%
shake	shook	shaken	secouer	30%
shear	sheared	shorn	tondre (des animaux)	10%
shed	shed	shed	perdre (des poils, des feuilles)	10%
shine	shone	shone	briller	20%
shoe	shod	shod	chausser	10%
shoot	shot	shot	tirer	30%
show	showed	shown	montrer	50%
shut	shut	shut	fermer	25%
sing	sang	sung	chanter	30%
sink	sank	sunk	couler	25%
sit	sat	sat	être assis	80%
slay	slew	slain	tuer, assassiner	10%
sleep	slept	slept	dormir	50%
slide	slid	slid	glisser	20%
slit	slit	slit	fendre	15%
smell	smelt/smelled	smelt/smelled	sentir	25%
sow	sowed	sown	semer	10%
speak	spoke	spoken	parler	95%
speed	sped	sped	aller vite	20%
spell	spelt	spelt	épeler	20%
spend	spent	spent	dépenser	80%
spill	spilt	spilt	renverser	15%
spin	spun	spun	tourner, filer	20%
spit	spat/spit	spat/spit	cracher	10%
split	split	split	fendre	20%
spoil	spoilt	spoilt	gâter	15%
spread	spread	spread	étaler	25%
spring	sprang	sprung	surgir / jaillir	15%
stand	stood	stood	être debout	80%
steal	stole	stolen	voler / dérober	30%
stick	stuck	stuck	coller	25%
sting	stung	stung	piquer	15%
stink	stank	stunk	puer, empester	10%
stride	strode	stridden	marcher à grands pas	10%
strike	struck	struck	frapper	30%
strive	strove	striven	s'efforcer	15%
swear	swore	sworn	jurer	25%
sweep	swept	swept	balayer	20%
swell	swelled	swollen	gonfler/enfler	15%
swim	swam	swum	nager	25%
swing	swung	swung	se balancer	15%
take	took	taken	prendre	95%
teach	taught	taught	enseigner	95%
tear	tore	torn	déchirer	25%
tell	told	told	dire / raconter	95%
think	thought	thought	penser	95%
throw	threw	thrown	jeter / lancer	50%
thrust	thrust	thrust	enfoncer	10%
tread	trod	trodden	piétiner (quelque chose)	10%
undergo	underwent	undergone	subir	20%
understand	understood	understood	comprendre	95%
undertake	undertook	undertaken	se charger de / entreprendre quelque chose	20%
upset	upset	upset	bouleverser	15%
wake	woke	woken	réveiller	30%
wear	wore	worn	porter	50%
weave	wove	woven	tisser	10%
weep	wept	wept	pleurer	20%
win	won	won	gagner (jeu)	80%
wind	wound	wound	enrouler/remonter (montre)	15%
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	retirer	25%
withhold	withheld	withheld	retenir	20%
withstand	withstood	withstood	résister à	15%
wring	wrung	wrung	tordre	10%
write	wrote	written	écrire	95%
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	diffuser	20%
deal (with)	dealt	dealt	s’occuper de	25%
shrink	shrank	shrunk	(se) rétrécir	15%

Conclusion

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