Irregular Verbs: English

 
 
 
Infinitive
Simple Past
Past Participle
     
arise

arose

arisen

awake awoke / awakened

awoke

be

was / were

been

bear

bore

born / borne

beat

beat

beaten / beat

become

became

become

befall

befell

befallen

begin

began

begun

begin

began

begun

behold

beheld

beheld

bend bent bent
beset beset beset
bet bet / betted bet / betted
bid (auction) bid bid
bid (greet) bade / bid bidden / bid
bind bound bound
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
breed bred bred
bring brought brought
broadcast broadcast broadcast
browbeat browbeat browbeat
build built built
burn burnt / burned burnt / burned
burst burst burst
bust busted / bust busted / bust
buy bought bought
cast cast cast
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
cling clung clung
come

came

come

cost (intransitive: be priced at)

cost

cost

cost (transitive: assign a price to)

costed

costed

creep

crept

crept

cut

cut

cut

deal

dealt

dealt

dig

dug

dug

dive (scuba)

dived

dived

dive (jump head-first)

dove

dived

do

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamt / dreamed

dreamt / dreamed

drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

dwell

dwelt / dwelled

dwelt / dwelled

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fit (to be of the right size)

fit

fit

fit (to tailor, adapt size)

fit / fitted

fit / fitted

flee

fled

fled

fling

flung

flung

fly

flew

flown

forbid

forbade / forbad

forbidden

forecast

forecast

forecast

forego (also forgo)

forewent

foregone

foresee

foresaw

foreseen

foretell

foretold

foretold

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

forsake

forsook

forsaken

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

gotten

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

grind

ground

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang (suspend)

hung

hung

hang (execute by hanging)

hanged

hanged

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hit

hit

hold

held

held

hurt

hurt

hurt

input

input

input

inset

inset

inset

interbreed

interbred

interbred

interweave

interwove

interwoven

keep

kept

kept

kneel

kneeled

kneeled

knit

knit / knitted

knit / knitted

know

knew

known

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

lean

leaned / leant

leaned / leant

leap

leapt / leaped

leapt / leaped

learn

learned / learnt

learned / learnt

leave

left

left

lend

lent

lent

let

let

let

lie (to place your body horizontally)

lay

lain

lie (to say something that is not true)

lied

lied

light

lit / lighted

lit / lighted

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

mean

meant

meant

meet

met

met

mishear

misheard

misheard

mislay

mislaid

mislaid

mislead

misled

misled

misread

misread

misread

misspell

misspelled / misspelt

misspelled / misspelt

mistake

mistook

mistaken

misunderstand

misunderstood

misunderstood

mow

mowed

mowed

outbid

outbid

outbid

outdo

outdid

outdone

outgrow

outgrew

outgrown

outrun

outran

outrun

outsell

outsold

outsold

overcast

overcast

overcast

overcome

overcame

overcome

overdo

overdid

overdone

overdraw

overdrew

overdrawn

overeat

overate

overeaten

overhang

overhung

overhung

overhear

overheard

overheard

overlay

overlaid

overlaid

overlie

overlay

overlain

overpay

overpaid

overpaid

override

overrode

overridden

overrun

overran

overrun

oversee

oversaw

overseen

oversell

oversold

oversold

overshoot

overshot

overshot

oversleep

overslept

overslept

overtake

overtook

overtaken

overthrow

overthrew

overthrown

partake

partook

partaken

pay

paid

paid

plead

pled / pleaded

pled / pleaded

pre-set

pre-set

pre-set

proofread

proofread

proofread

prove

proved

proven

put

put

put

quit

quit / quitted

quit / quitted

read (sounds like "reed")

read (sounds like "red")

read (sounds like "red")

rebind

rebound

rebound

rebuild

rebuilt

rebuilt

recast

recast

recast

redo

redid

redone

re-lay (for example: tiles)

re-laid

re-laid

remake

remade

remade

repay

repaid

repaid

rerun

reran

rerun

resell

resold

resold

reset

reset

reset

rethink

rethought

rethought

rewind

rewound

rewound

rewrite

rewrote

rewritten

rid

rid

rid

ride

rode

ridden

ring

rang

rung

rise

rose

risen

run

ran

run

saw

sawed

sawed / sawn

say

said

said

see

saw

seen

seek

sought

sought

sell

sold

sold

send

sent

sent

set

set

set

sew

sewed

sewn / sewed

shake

shook

shaken

shall

should

should

shave

shaved

shaved / shaven

shear

sheared

shorn / sheared

shed

shed

shed

shine

shone / shined

shone / shined

shoe

shoed

shoed / shod

shoot

shot

shot

show

showed

swhon / showed

shrink

shrunk

shrunken

shut

shut

shut

sing

sang

sung

sink

sank

sunk

sit

sat

sat

slay

slew

slain

sleep

slept

slept

slide

slid

slid

sling

slung

slung

slit

slit

slit

smell

smelled / smelt

smelled / smelt

smite

smote

smitten

sow

sowed

sowed / sown

speak

spoke

spoken

speed

sped / speeded

sped / speeded

spell

spelled / spelt

spelled / spelt

spend

spent

spent

spin

spun

spun

spit

spit

spit

split

split

split

spoil

spoiled / spoilt

spoiled / spoilt

spoon-fed

spoon-fed

spoon-fed

spread

spread

spread

spring

sprung

sprung

stand

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

stink

stank / stunk

stunk

strew

strewed

strewn / strewed

stride

strode

stridden

strike (delete)

struck

stricken

strike (hit)

struck

struck / stricken

string

strung

strung

strive

strove / strived

striven / strived

swear

swore

sworn

sweep

swept

swept

swell

swelled

swollen / swelled

swim

swam

swum

swing

swung

swung

take

took

taken

teach

taught

taught

tar

tore

torn

tell

told

told

think

thought

thought

throw

threw

thrown

thrust

thrust

thrust

tread

trod

trodden, trod

unbind

unbound

unbound

underlie

underlay

underlain

understand

understood

understood

undertake

undertook

undertaken

underwrite

underwrote

underwritten

undo

undid

undone

unwind

unwound

unwound

uphold

upheld

upheld

upset

upset

upset

wake

woke / waked

woken / waked

waylay

waylaid

waylaid

wear

wore

worn

weave

wove

woven

wed

wed / wedded

wed / wedded

weep

wept

wept

wet

wet / wetted

wet / wetted

win

won

won

wind

wound

wound

withdraw

withdrew

withdrawn

withhold

withheld

withheld

withstand

withstood

withstood

work

wrought

wrought

wring

wrung

wrung

write

wrote

written

 

 

 

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