Irregular verbs do not follow the -d, -ed, or -ied suffix pattern in their past and past participle forms.
Present tense | Simple past | Past participle |
go | went | gone |
put | put | put |
send | sent | sent |
think | thought | thought |
drive | drove | driven |
ring | rang | rung |
grow | grew | grown |
tell | told | told |
To avoid making mistakes with irregular verbs, we should learn them by heart.
Simple Present | Simple Past | Past Participle |
arise | arose | arisen |
awake | awoke or awaked | awaked or awoken |
am, is, are | was, were | been |
bear | bore | borne or born |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bend | bent | bent |
bet | bet | bet |
bid | bid | bid |
bid | bade | bidden |
bind | bound | bound |
bite | bit | bitten or bit |
bleed | bled | bled |
blow | blew | blown |
breed | bred | bred |
break | broke | broken |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
build | built | built |
burn | burnt/burned | burnt/burned |
burst | burst | burst |
buy | bought | bought |
can | could | been able |
cast | cast | cast |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
cling | clung | clung |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
creep | crept | crept |
cut | cut | cut |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dig | dug | dug |
dive | dived or dove | dived |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
dream | dreamed or dreamt | dreamed or 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 |
flee | fled | fled |
fling | flung | flung |
fly | flew | flown |
forbid | forbade or forbad | forbidden |
forget | forgot | forgotten or forgot |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
forsake | forsook | forsaken |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | got or gotten |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grind | ground | ground |
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 |
lean | leant/leaned | leant/leaned |
leap | leaped or leapt | leaped or leapt |
learn | learnt/learned | learnt/learned |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
let | let | let |
lie | lay | lain |
light | lighted or lit | lighted or lit |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
overtake | overtook | overtaken |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
prove | proved | proved or proven |
quit | quit | quit |
read | read | read |
rid | rid | rid |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
seek | sought | sought |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
set | set | set |
shake | shook | shaken |
shed | shed | shed |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | showed | shown or showed |
shrink | shrank | shrunk |
shut | shut | shut |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank or sunk | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
slay | slew | slain |
sleep | slept | slept |
sling | slung | slung |
smell | smelt | smelt |
sneak | sneaked or snuck | sneaked or snuck |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spell | spelt/spelled | spelt/spelled |
spend | spent | spent |
spill | spilt/spilled | spilt/spilled |
spin | spun | spun |
spit | spat | spat |
spread | spread | spread |
spring | sprang or sprung | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
stink | stank or stunk | stunk |
stride | strode | stridden |
strike | struck | struck |
strive | strove | striven |
swear | swore | sworn |
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 or waked | waked or woken |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove or weaved | woven or wove |
weep | wept | wept |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
wring | wrung | wrung |
write | wrote | written |
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