Common English Irregular Verbs: Base, Past, Past Participle
Common English Irregular Verbs: Base, Past, Past Participle
Irregular Verbs — Base · Past · Past Participle
Columns: Base form · Past simple · Past participle
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| awake | awoke | awoken, awaked |
| be | was / were | been |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burnt, burned | burnt, burned |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cut | cut | cut |
| dive | dived | dived |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| get | got | got, gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grind | ground | ground |
| grow | grew | grown |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| learn | learnt / learned | learnt / learned |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| light | lit / lighted | lit / lighted |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| melt | melted | melted |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| quit | quit / quitted | quit / quitted |
| rebind | rebound | rebound |
| rebuild | rebuilt | rebuilt |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| saw | sawed | sawn |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shave | shaved | shaved |
| shine | shone | shone |
| shoe | shod | shod |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slide | slid | slid |
| smell | smelt / smelled | smelt / smelled |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spell | spelt / spelled | spelt / spelled |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| take | took | taken |
| think | thought | thought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wake | woke | woken |
| win | won | won |
| work | worked | worked |
| write | wrote | written |
Note: Some verbs have alternative forms (for example, “gotten” as a past participle in American English, or “lit/lighted”). Both common variants are provided where relevant.