Irregular Verbs

What is Irregular Verbs?

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular conjugation patterns in English. Unlike regular verbs, which form their past simple and past participle forms by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form, irregular verbs have unique forms for these tenses. This means that their past simple and past participle forms must be memorized individually as they do not follow a specific pattern.

Irregular verbs can have various changes in their base form, past simple, and past participle forms. These changes can include vowel changes, completely different forms, or the same form for all three tenses. Some common examples of irregular verbs include "go" (went, gone), "eat" (ate, eaten), and "break" (broke, broken).

It is important to note that irregular verbs are an essential part of English grammar, and learning their forms is crucial for proper verb usage in different tenses and contexts.

Common Irregular Verbs List in English

Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle

Arise | Arose | Arisen

Be | Was/Were | Been

Bear | Bore | Borne/Born

Beat | Beat | Beaten

Become | Became | Become

Begin | Began | Begun

Bend | Bent | Bent

Bet | Bet | Bet

Bind | Bound | Bound

Bite | Bit | Bitten

Blow | Blew | Blown

Break | Broke | Broken

Bring | Brought | Brought

Build | Built | Built

Buy | Bought | Bought

Catch | Caught | Caught

Choose | Chose | Chosen

Come | Came | Come

Cost | Cost | Cost

Cut | Cut | Cut

Deal | Dealt | Dealt

Dig | Dug | Dug

Do | Did | Done

Draw | Drew | Drawn

Dream | Dreamt/Dreamed| Dreamt/Dreamed

Drink | Drank | Drunk

Drive | Drove | Driven

Eat | Ate | Eaten

Fall | Fell | Fallen

Feel | Felt | Felt

Fight | Fought | Fought

Find | Found | Found

Fly | Flew | Flown

Forget | Forgot | Forgotten

Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven

Freeze | Froze | Frozen

Get | Got | Gotten/Got

Give | Gave | Given

Go | Went | Gone

Grow | Grew | Grown

Hang | Hung | Hung

Have | Had | Had

Hear | Heard | Heard

Hide | Hid | Hidden

Hit | Hit | Hit

Hold | Held | Held

Hurt | Hurt | Hurt

Keep | Kept | Kept

Know | Knew | Known

Lay | Laid | Laid

Lead | Led | Led

Learn | Learnt/Learned| Learnt/Learned

Leave | Left | Left

Lend | Lent | Lent

Let | Let | Let

Lie | Lay | Lain

Lose | Lost | Lost

Make | Made | Made

Mean | Meant | Meant

Meet | Met | Met

Pay | Paid | Paid

Put | Put | Put

Read | Read | Read

Ride | Rode | Ridden

Ring | Rang | Rung

Rise | Rose | Risen

Run | Ran | Run

Say | Said | Said

See | Saw | Seen

Seek | Sought | Sought

Sell | Sold | Sold

Send | Sent | Sent

Set | Set | Set

Shake | Shook | Shaken

Shine | Shone | Shone

Shoot | Shot | Shot

Show | Showed | Shown

Shrink | Shrank | Shrunk

Shut | Shut | Shut

Sing | Sang | Sung

Sink | Sank | Sunk

Sit | Sat | Sat

Sleep | Slept | Slept

Speak | Spoke | Spoken

Spell | Spelt/Spelled | Spelt/Spelled

Spill | Spilt/Spilled | Spilt/Spilled

Spin | Spun | Spun

Split | Split | Split

Spread | Spread | Spread

Stand | Stood | Stood

Steal | Stole | Stolen

Stick | Stuck | Stuck

Strike | Struck | Struck

Sweep | Swept | Swept

Swim | Swam | Swum

Swing | Swung | Swung

Take | Took | Taken

Teach | Taught | Taught

Tear | Tore | Torn

Tell | Told | Told

Think | Thought | Thought

Throw | Threw | Thrown

Understand | Understood | Understood

Wake | Woke | Woken

Wear | Wore | Worn

Win | Won | Won

Write | Wrote | Written

Please note that irregular verbs do not follow a specific pattern and their past simple and past participle forms have to be memorized.