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Irregular verb#24 most common-ought / -aught

bring

Base form
bring
/brɪŋ/
Past simple
brought
/brɔːt/
Past participle
brought
/brɔːt/
MeaningA1
to come with something or someone
to bring back memories

In use

  • Imperative · Form 1Bring a warm jumper, it gets cold by the sea in the evening.
  • Question · Form 1Did you bring the charger for my phone?
  • Past simple · Form 2Aisha brought homemade biscuits to the office last Friday.
  • Past simple · Form 2Last summer my uncle brought us back a huge cheese from France.
  • Present perfect · Form 3Have you brought anything to drink for the picnic?
  • Passive · Form 3The injured climber was brought down the mountain by helicopter.

Watch out

brangbrung

Brought, not brang or brung: bring does not follow sing — sang — sung.

Same pattern

-ought / -aughtForms two and three end in -ought or -aught

think—thought—thoughtbuy—bought—boughtteach—taught—taught
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