English Irregular Verbs List: A Comprehensive Guide
Posted on May 15, 2024 in English
Irregular Verbs
1. REALLY Irregular Verbs
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| be | was/ were | been | being | ser / estar |
| do | did | done | doing | fer |
| go | went | gone | going | anar |
2. Vowel Changes from “i” to “a” to “u”
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| begin | began | begun | beginning | començar |
| drink | drank | drunk | drinking | beure |
| ring | rang | rung | ringing | trucar/ sonar |
| sing | sang | sung | singing | cantar |
| swim | swam | swum | swimming | nedar |
3. Past Simple and Past Participle Ending in -ought/-aught
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| bring | brought | brought | bringing | portar |
| buy | bought | bought | buying | comprar |
| catch | caught | caught | catching | atrapar/ agafar( al vol-un transport-una malaltia …) |
| fight | fought | fought | fighting | lluitar / barallar-se |
| teach | taught | taught | teaching | ensenyar |
| think | thought | thought | thinking | pensar / creure |
4. Identical Past Simple and Past Participle
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| build | built | built | building | construir |
| burn | burnt /burned | burnt /burned | burning | cremar/-se |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt | dreaming | somiar |
| feel | felt | felt | feeling | sentir/-se |
| find | found | found | finding | trobar |
| get | got | got | getting | obtenir(aconseguir) / rebre /arribar / tornar-se (posar-se) |
| have | had | had | having | tenir |
| hear | heard | heard | hearing | sentir (oïda) |
| keep | kept | kept | keeping | guardar / mantenir |
| learn | learned/learnt | learned/learnt | learning | aprendre |
| leave | left | left | leaving | deixar/ anar-se’n (sortir, marxar) |
| lose | lost | lost | losing | perdre |
| make | made | made | making | fer / fabricar |
| mean | meant | meant | meaning | significar / voler dir/ referir-se a |
| meet | met | met | meeting | conèixer /reunir-se(quedar) amb/ trobar |
| pay | paid | paid | paying | pagar |
| say | said | said | saying | dir |
| sell | sold | sold | selling | vendre |
| send | sent | sent | sending | enviar |
| sit | sat | sat | sitting | seure |
| sleep | slept | slept | sleeping | dormir |
| spend | spent | spent | spending | gastar (diners) / passar (temps) |
| stand | stood | stood | standing | estar dret/-a |
| tell | told | told | telling | dir /explicar |
| understand | understood | understood | understanding | entendre / comprendre |
| win | won | won | winning | guanyar |
5. Three Identical Forms
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| cost | cost | cost | costing | costar (valer) |
| cut | cut | cut | cutting | tallar |
| hit | hit | hit | hitting | pegar / donar cops (colpejar) |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | hurting | fer mal / ferir |
| let | let | let | letting | deixar (permetre) |
| put | put | put | putting | posar |
| read | read /red/ | read /red/ | reading | llegir |
| shut | shut | shut | shutting | tancar / (+up) callar |
6. Verbs with -en in the Past Participle
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| break | broke | broken | breaking | trencar |
| choose | chose | chosen | choosing | triar (escollir) |
| drive | drove | driven | driving | conduir |
| eat | ate | eaten | eating | menjar |
| fall | fell | fallen | falling | caure |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | forgetting | oblidar |
| freeze | froze | frozen | freezing | congelar/-se |
| give | gave | given | giving | donar / regalar |
| ride | rode | ridden | riding | anar (amb bici…)/muntar (a cavall…) |
| see | saw | seen | seeing | veure |
| shake | shook | shaken | shaking | sacsejar / tremolar |
| speak | spoke | spoken | speaking | parlar |
| steal | stole | stolen | stealing | robar |
| take | took | taken | taking | agafar / portar / durar(temps)/ prendre |
| wake up | woke up | woken up | waking up | despertar/-se |
| write | wrote | written | writing | escriure |
7. Past Simple with -ew/-ed, Past Participle with -own/-ewn
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| draw | drew | drawn | drawing | dibuixar |
| fly | flew | flown | flying | volar |
| grow | grew | grown | growing | créixer / cultivar/ augmentar |
| know | knew | known | knowing | saber / conèixer |
| sew | sewed | sewed /sewn | sewing | cosir |
| show | showed | shown | showing | mostrar (ensenyar) |
| throw | threw | thrown | throwing | llançar / tirar (llençar) |
8. Identical Infinitive and Past Participle
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| become | became | become | becoming | convertir-se en (arribar a ser, fer-se) |
| come | came | come | coming | venir |
| run | ran | run | running | córrer / dirigir (un negoci) |
9. Other Irregular Verbs
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE | PRESENT PARTICIPLE | TRANSLATION |
|---|
| tear | tore | torn | tearing | esquinçar/estripar |
| wear | wore | worn | wearing | portar posar |