Učenje nepravilnih glagolov je lahko izredno neprijetna zadeva, sploh če se jih moramo naučiti cel seznam. Dosti lažje bo, če si jih razdelimo v različne vzorčne skupine.
VZOREC ABC
Sprememba v -o- v preteklem času
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| drive | drove | driven |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| tear | tore | torn |
| wear | wore | worn |
Sprememba v -oo- v preteklem času
| shake | shook | shaken |
| take | took | taken |
Sprememba v -e- v preteklem času
| blow | blew | blown |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| fly | flew | flown |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| know | knew | known |
| throw | threw | thrown |
Sprememba v -i- v preteklem času
| bite | bit | bitten |
| do | did | done |
| hide | hid | hidden |
Sprememba v -a- v preteklem času
| be | was, were | been |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| give | gave | given |
| lie | lay | lain |
| see | saw | seen |
| begin | began | begun |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| sing | sang | sung |
| swim | swam | swums |
Tudi glagol SHOW-SHOWED-SHOWN spada v ABC vzorec, vendar žal v nobeno izmed zgornjih tabel.
VZOREC ABB
Glagoli, ki se končajo na -d
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hold | held | held |
| lay | laid | laid |
| make | made | made |
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| sell | sold | sold |
| stand | stood | stood |
| tell | told | told |
| feed | fed | fed |
| lead | led | led |
| read | read | read |
| find | found | found |
Glagoli, ki se končajo na -t
| bend | bent | bent |
| build | built | built |
| feel | felt | felt |
| get | got | got |
| keep | kept | kept |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lose | lost | lost |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| send | sent | sent |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| spend | spent | spent |
Glagoli, ki se končajo na -ought/aught
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| fight | fought | fought |
| teach | taught | taught |
| think | thought | thought |
Sprememba samoglasnika -i/-a v -u/-o
| dig | dug | dug |
| hang | hung | hung |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| strike | struck | struck |
| shine | shone | shone |
| win | won | won |
Vzorec AAA
| bet | bet | bet |
| cost | cost | cost |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| let | let | let |
| put | put | put |
| set | set | set |
| split | split | split |
| spread | spread | spread |
| shut | shut | shut |
Vzorec ABA
| become | became | become |
| come | came | come |
| run | ran | run |
Glagol BEAT-BEAT-BEATEN pa ne sodi v nobeno izmed zgornjih tabel in je primer zase.
