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Irregular verbs

List of most common irregular verbs

Verb

Past Simple

Past Participle

be

was/were

been

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

break

broke

broken

blow

blew

blown

bring

brought

brought

build

built

built

buy

bought

bought

catch

caught

caught

choose

chose

chosen

come

came

come

cost

cost

cost

cut

cut

cut

do

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fly

flew

flown

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

got/gotten

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

grow

grew

grown

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hold

held

held

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

know

knew

known

leave

left

left

let

let

let

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

sell

sold

sold

send

sent

sent

set

set

set

shake

shook

shaken

shine

shone

shone

shoot

shot

shot

show

showed

shown

sing

sang

sung

sit

sat

sat

sleep

slept

slept

speak

spoke

spoken

spend

spent

spent

spread

spread

spread

stand

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

swim

swam

swum

take

took

taken

teach

taught

taught

tell

told

told

think

thought

thought

throw

threw

thrown

understand

understood

understood

wake

woke

woken

wear

wore

worn

win

won

won

write

wrote

written

Other verbs 


The rest of irregular verbs

Verb

Past Simple

Past Participle

arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke

awaken

bear

bore

born/borne

beat

beat

beaten/beat

bend

bent

bent

bet

bet

bet

bid

bid

bid

bind

bound

bound

bite

bit

bitten

bleed

bled

bled

blow

blew

blown

breed

bred

bred

broadcast

broadcast

broadcast

burn

burnt/burned

burnt/burned

burst

burst

burst

cast

cast

cast

cling

clung

clung

cost

cost

cost

creep

crept

crept

deal

dealt

dealt

dig

dug

dug

dream

dreamt/dreamed

dreamt/dreamed

feed

fed

fed

fight

fought

fought

fit

fit/fitted

fit/fitted

flee

fled

fled

fling

flung

flung

forbid

forbade

forbidden

forecast

forecast

forecast

forsake

forsook

forsaken

freeze

froze

frozen

grind

ground

ground

hang

hung

hung

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hit

hit

kneel

knelt

knelt

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

lean

leant/leaned

leant/leaned

leap

leapt/leaped

leapt/leaped

learn

learnt/learned

learnt/learned

lend

lent

lent

lie

lay

lain

light

lit/lghted

lit/lighted

mean

meant

meant

mislay

mislaid

mislaid

mistake

mistook

mistaken

prove

proved

proven/proved

quit

quit

quit

ride

rode

ridden

rise

rose

risen

set

set

set

sew

sewed

sewn/sewed

shake

shook

shaken

shine

shone

shone

shoot

shot

shot

shrink

shrank

shrunk

shut

shut

shut

sink

sank

sunk

slide

slid

slid/slidden

split

split

split

spread

spread

spread

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

stink

stank

stunk

strike

struck

struck

swear

swore

sworn

sweep

swept

swept

swim

swam

swum

swing

swung

swung

tear

tore

torn

throw

threw

thrown

weep

wept

wept

sleep 

slept

slept

speak

spoke

spoken

spend 

spent

spent

split

split

split

spread

spread

spread

stand 

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

sweep

swept

swept

swim

swam

swum

take 

took

taken

teach 

taught

taught

tell 

told

told

think

thought

thought

throw

threw

thrown

understand 

understood

understood

wake 

woke

woken

wear 

wore

worn

win 

won

won

write 

wrote

written


 
 
 

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