1. THIRD OPEN SPELLING BEE 2012
3rd Grade Junior High
IRREGULAR VERBS
Simple Past Simple Past
Base Form PastParticiple Base Form PastParticiple
Tense Tense
1 awake awoke awoken 41 forsake forsook forsaken
2 be was, were been 42 freeze froze frozen
3 bear bore born 43 give gave given
4 beat beat beat 44 go went gone
5 become became become 45 grind ground ground
6 begin began begun 46 grow grew grown
7 bend bent bent 47 hang hung hung
8 bind bound bound 48 hear heard heard
9 bleed bled bled 49 hold held held
10 blow blew blown 50 hurt hurt hurt
11 break broke broken 51 keep kept kept
12 breed bred bred 52 kneel knelt knelt
13 bring brought brought 53 knit knit knit
14 broadcast broadcast broadcast 54 know knew know
15 build built built 55 lay laid laid
16 burn burned/burnt burned/burnt 56 lead led led
17 burst burst burst 57 leap leaped/leapt leaped/leapt
18 buy bought bought 58 learn learned/learnt learned/learnt
19 catch caught caught 59 leave left left
20 choose chose chosen 60 lend lent lent
21 cling clung clung 61 lie lay lain
22 come came come 62 light lighted/lit lighted
23 creep crept crept 63 lose lost lost
24 deal dealt dealt 64 make made made
25 dig dug dug 65 mean meant meant
26 dive dived/dove dived 66 meet met met
misspelled/ misspelled/
draw drew drawn 67 misspell
27 misspelt misspelt
28 dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt 68 mistake mistook mistaken
29 drive drove driven 69 mow mowed mowed/mown
30 drink drank drunk 70 overcome overcame overcome
31 feel felt felt 71 overdo overdid overdone
32 fight fought fought 72 overtake overtook overtaken
33 find found found 73 overthrow overthrew overthrown
34 flee fled fled 74 pay paid paid
35 fling flung flung 75 plead pled pled
36 fly flew flown 76 prove proved proved/proven
37 forbid forbade forbidden 77 quit quit quit
38 forget forgot forgotten 78 read read read
forego
forewent foregone ride rode ridden
39 (forgo) 79
40 forgive forgave forgiven 80 ring rang rung

2. Base Simple Past Simple Past
PastParticiple Base Form PastParticiple
Form Tense Tense
81 rise rose risen 116 spring sprang/sprung sprung
82 saw sawed sawed/sawn 117 stand stood stood
83 say said said 118 steal stole stolen
84 see saw seen 119 stick stuck stuck
85 seek sought sought 120 sting stung stung
86 sell sold sold 121 stink stank stunk
87 send sent sent 122 stride strod stridden
88 sew sewed sewed/sewn 123 strike struck struck
89 shake shook shaken 124 string strung strung
90 shave shaved shaved/shaven 125 strive strove striven
91 shear shore shorn 126 swear swore sworn
92 shed shed shed 127 sweep swept swept
93 shine shone shone 128 swell swelled swelled/swollen
94 shoe shoed shoed/shod 129 swim swam swum
95 shoot shot shot 130 swing swung swung
96 show showed showed/shown 131 take took taken
97 shrink shrank shrunk 132 teach taught taught
98 shut shut shut 133 tear tore torn
99 sing sang sung 134 tell told told
100 sink sank sunk 135 think thought thought
101 sleep slept slept 136 thrive thrived/throve thrived
102 slay slew slain 137 throw threw thrown
103 slide slid slid 138 thrust thrust thrust
104 sling slung slung 139 understand understood understood
105 slit slit slit 140 uphold upheld upheld
106 smite smote smitten 141 upset upset upset
107 sow sowed sowed/sown 142 wake woke woken
108 speak spoke spoken 143 wear wore worn
109 speed sped sped 144 weave weaved/wove weaved/woven
110 spend spent spent 145 weep wept wept
111 spill spilled/spilt spilled/spilt 146 wind wound wound
112 spin spun spun 147 withhold withheld withheld
113 spit spit/spat spit 148 withstand withstood withstood
114 split split split 149 wring wrung wrung
115 spread spread spread 150 write wrote written

3. THIRD OPEN SPELLING BEE 2012
3rd Grade High School
REGULAR VERBS
1 accept 26 cough 51 hurry 76 prefer
2 admit 27 crawl 52 identify 77 program
3 analyse 28 decay 53 increase 78 puncture
4 announce 29 deceive 54 influence 79 realize
5 apologize 30 delight 55 interfere 80 receive
6 appreciate 31 describe 56 interrupt 81 recognize
7 attempt 32 destroy 57 juggle 82 regret
8 bathe 33 disagree 58 knock 83 release
9 blot 34 disappear 59 laugh 84 reply
10 borrow 35 disapprove 60 launch 85 reproduce
11 bounce 36 drag 61 license 86 rhyme
12 breathe 37 drum 62 lighten 87 satisfy
13 bury 38 embarrass 63 manage 88 separate
14 calculate 39 employ 64 marry 89 spot
15 carry 40 empty 65 measure 90 squeeze
16 challenge 41 entertain 66 mess up 91 strengthen
17 chop 42 exercise 67 multiply 92 succeed
18 clap 43 fancy 68 obey 93 surround
19 clip 44 frighten 69 observe 94 unfasten
20 command 45 grab 70 overflow 95 weigh
21 communicate 46 grease 71 paddle 96 whip
22 concentrate 47 guarantee 72 permit 97 wobble
23 consider 48 hammer 73 please 98 worry
24 continue 49 handle 74 possess 99 wrap
25 copy 50 harass 75 practice 100 wriggle