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Irregular verbs do not follow the regular pattern of conjugation in the past tense (simple past) and past participle forms. Unlike regular verbs, which typically add “-ed” to form their past tense and past participle forms, irregular verbs have unique forms that do not follow this pattern.

Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle
(to) awake	awoke	awoken
(to) be	was/were	been
(to) bear	bore	born/borne
(to) beat	beat	beaten
(to) become	became	become
(to) begin	began	begun
(to) bend	bent	bent
(to) bid	bid	bid
(to) bite	bit	bitten
(to) bleed	bled	bled
(to) blow	blew	blown
(to) break	broke	broken
(to) bring	brought	brought
(to) broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
(to) build	built	built
(to) burn	burned or burnt (UK)	burned or burnt (UK)
(to) bust	bust	bust
(to) buy	bought	bought
(to) catch	caught	caught
(to) choose	chose	chosen
(to) cling	clung	clung
(to) come	came	come
(to) cost	cost	cost
(to) creep	crept	crept
(to) cut	cut	cut
(to) dig	dug	dug
(to) do	did	done
(to) draw	drew	drawn
(to) dream	dreamed or dreamt (UK)	dreamed or dreamt (UK)
(to) drive	drove	driven
(to) drink	drank	drunk
(to) eat	ate	eaten
(to) fall	fell	fallen
(to) feed	fed	fed
(to) feel	felt	felt
(to) fight	fought	fought
(to) find	found	found
(to) flee	fled	fled
(to) fling	flung	flung
(to) fly	flew	flown
(to) forbid	forbade	forbidden
(to) forget	forgot	forgotten
(to) forgive	forgave	forgiven
(to) freeze	froze	frozen
(to) get	got	got or gotten (US)
(to) give	gave	given
(to) grind	ground	ground
(to) go	went	gone
(to) grow	grew	grown
(to) hang	hung	hung
(to) have	had	had
(to) hear	heard	heard
(to) hide	hid	hidden
(to) hit	hit	hit
(to) hold	held	held
(to) hurt	hurt	hurt
(to) keep	kept	kept
(to) know	knew	known
(to) lay	laid	laid
(to) lead	led	led
(to) learn	learned or learnt (UK)	learned or learnt (UK)
(to) leave	left	left
(to) lend	lent	lent
(to) let	let	let
(to) lie	lay	lain
(to) lose	lost	lost
(to) make	made	made
(to) mean	meant	meant
(to) meet	met	met
(to) pay	paid	paid
(to) prove	proved	proven
(to) put	put	put
(to) quit	quit	quit
(to) read	read	read
(to) ride	rode	ridden
(to) ring	rang	rung
(to) rise	rose	risen
(to) run	ran	run
(to) say	said	said
(to) see	saw	seen
(to) seek	sought	sought
(to) sell	sold	sold
(to) send	sent	sent
(to) set	set	set
(to) sew	sewed	sewn
(to) shake	shook	shaken
(to) show	showed	shown
(to) shut	shut	shut
(to) sing	sang	sung
(to) sink	sank	sunk
(to) sit	sat	sat
(to) sleep	slept	slept
(to) slide	slid	slid
(to) sling	slung	slung
(to) sow	sowed	sown
(to) speak	spoke	spoken
(to) spend	spent	spent
(to) spin	spun	spun
(to) stand	stood	stood
(to) steal	stole	stolen
(to) sting	stung	stung
(to) stink	stank	stunk
(to) swear	swore	sworn
(to) swim	swam	swum
(to) swing	swung	swung
(to) take	took	taken
(to) teach	taught	taught
(to) tear	tore	torn
(to) tell	told	told
(to) think	thought	thought
(to) throw	threw	thrown
(to) understand	understood	understood
(to) wake	woke	woken
(to) wear	wore	worn
(to) weep	wept	wept
(to) win	won	won
(to) write	wrote	written

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