Mastering Irregular Verbs in English
What are Irregular Verbs?
In English, irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the standard pattern of adding -ed or -d to form their past simple and past participle forms. Instead, they have unique forms that must be memorized. This list provides a comprehensive overview of common irregular verbs.
Common Irregular Verbs
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| Arise | Arose | Arisen |
| Awake | Awoke | Awoken |
| Be | Was/Were | Been |
| Beat | Beat | Beaten |
| Become | Became | Become |
| Begin | Began | Begun |
| Bend | Bent | Bent |
| Bite | Bit | Bitten |
| Bleed | Bled | Bled |
| Blow | Blew | Blown |
| Break | Broke | Broken |
| Bring | Brought | Brought |
| Build | Built | Built |
| Burn | Burnt | Burnt |
| 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 | Dreamt |
| 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 |
| Forbid | Forbade | Forbidden |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven |
| Freeze | Froze | Frozen |
| Get | Got | Got/Gotten |
| 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 |
| Kneel | Knelt | Knelt |
| Know | Knew | Known |
| Lay | Laid | Laid |
| Lead | Led | Led |
| Learn | Learnt | Learnt |
| Leave | Left | Left |
| Lend | Lent | Lent |
| Let | Let | Let |
| Lie | Lay | Lain |
| Light | Lit | Lit |
| 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 |
| Sew | Sewed | Sewn |
| Shake | Shook | Shaken |
| Shine | Shone | Shone |
| Shoot | Shot | Shot |
| Show | Showed | Shown |
| Shut | Shut | Shut |
| Sing | Sang | Sung |
| Sink | Sank | Sunk |
| Sit | Sat | Sat |
| Sleep | Slept | Slept |
| Smell | Smelt | Smelt |
| Speak | Spoke | Spoken |
| Spell | Spelt | Spelt |
| Spend | Spent | Spent |
| Spill | Spilt | Spilt |
| Spoil | Spoilt | Spoilt |
| 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 |