Teachers usually say irregular verbs are difficult because they do not have a pattern, but sometimes patterns emerge from them and it might become easier to use and learn them.

Other patterns:

WRITE – WROTE – WRITTEN

RIDE – RODE – RIDDEN

HIT – HIT – HIT

PUT – PUT – PUT

CUT – CUT – CUT

READ – READ – READ*

*Different pronunciations: /ri:d/ – /red/ – /red/

When we want to know somewhere’s weather we can ask:

HOW IS THE WEATHER? or WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE?