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English Grammar: Irregular Verbs
This page is part of a publication called Number One ESL Discussion Book & Reference Guide.
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