Irregular Verbs Definition
verbs that do not follow the normal patterns for tense and past participleIrregular Verbs:
| Present | Simple Past | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| be (am, is, are) | was (were) | been |
| bear | bore | born/borne |
| beat | beat | beaten/beat |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bereave | bereaved/bereft | bereaved/bereft |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid (on a price) | bid | bid |
| bid (torequest) | bade/bid | bidden/bid |
| bind | bound | bound |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| breed | bred | bred |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burned/burnt | burned/burnt |
| burst | burst/bursted | burst/bursted |
| buy | bought | bought |
| can | could | could |
| cast | cast | cast |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| cleave (split apart) | clove | cloven |
| cleave (cling to) | cleft/cleaved | cleft/cleaved |
| cling | clung | clung |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| creep | crept | crept |
| cut | cut | cut |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| dive | dove | dived |
| do | did | done |
| drag | drugdrgged | drug/dragged |
| drw | drew | drawn |
| dream | dreamt/dreamed | dreamt/dreamed |
| drink | drank/drunk | drunk/drunken |
| drive | drove | driven |
| dwell | dwelt/dwelled | dwelt/dwelled |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | fell | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fit | fit/fitted | fit/fitted |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fling | flung | flung |
| fly | flew | flown |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| fret | fret/fretted | fret/fretted |
| get | got | gotten/got |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grind | ground | ground |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung/hanged | hung/hanged |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hew | hew/hewed | hewn |
| hide | hid | hid/hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| knewwl | knelt/kneeled | knelt/kneeled |
| knit | knit/knitted | knit/knitted |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leap | leaped/leapt | leaped/leapt |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| let | let | let |
| lie | lay | lain |
| light | lit/lighted | lit/lighted |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| may | might | N/A |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| mow | mowed | mowed/mown |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| quit | quit | quit |
| read | read | read |
| rend | rent | rent |
| rid | rid/ridded | rid/ridden/ridded |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | rang | rn |
| saw | sawed | sawed/sawn |
| say | said | said |
| see | aw | seen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sew | sewed | sewed/sewn |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shall | should | N/A |
| shave | shaved | shaven/shaved |
| shear | sheared | shorn/sheared |
| shed | shed | shed |
| shoe | shoed/shod | shoed/shod |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | shown |
| shrink | shrank/shrunk | shrunk/shrunken |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank/sunk | sunk/sunken |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew | slain |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slde | slid | slid |
| sling | slang/slung | slung |
| slink | slunk/slinked | slunk/slinked |
| slit | slit | slit |
| smite | smote | snitten |
| sneak | sneaked/snuck | sneaked/snuck |
| sow | sowed | sowed/sown |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| speed | sped/speeded | sped/speeded |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spin | spun | spun |
| spit | spit/spat | spit |
| split | split | split |
| spoil | spoiled/spoilt | spoiled/spoilt |
| spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang/sprung | sprung |
| stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | stung |
| stink | stank/stunk | stunk |
| strew | strew/strewed | strewn/strewed |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| strike | struck | stricken/struck |
| string | strung | strung |
| strive | strove/strived | striven/strived |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swell | swelled | swelled/swollen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| tread | trod | trodden/trod |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| weave | wove | woven |
| wed | wed | wed |
| weep | wept | wept |
| wet | wet | wet |
| will | would | willed |
| win | won | won |
| wind | wound | wound |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| write | wrote | written |
