Irregular Verbs

Infinitive

Simple Past

Past Participle

arise

arose

arisen

awake
be

awakened /
awoke
was, were

awakened /
awoken
been

bear

bore

born / borne

beat

beat

beaten / beat

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bent

bet

bet / betted

bet / betted

bid
(farewell)
bid (offer
amount)
bind

bid / bade

bidden

bid

bid

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

burst

burned /
burnt
burst

bust

busted / bust

busted / bust

buy

bought

bought

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 (jump
head-first)

dove / dived

dived

burst

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dive (scuba
diving)
do

dived / dove

dived

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream
drink

dreamed /
dreamt
drank

dreamed /
dreamt
drunk

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fit

fit / fitted

fit / fitted

flee

fled

fled

fly

flew

flown

forbid

forbade

forbidden

forecast

forecast

forecast

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

gotten / got

give

gave

given

go

went

grind

ground

gone (been =
for past or
ground

grow

grew

grown

handwrite

handwrote

handwritten

hang

hung

hung

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hit

hit

hold

held

held

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

knit

knitted / knit

knitted / knit

know

knew

known

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lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

lean

leaned / leant leaned / leant

leap

leaped / leapt leaped / leapt

learn

learned / learnt

leave

learned /
learnt
left

lend

lent

lent

let

let

let

lie

lay

lain

lie
REGULAR
light

lied
lit / lighted

lied (not tell

truth)
lit / lighted

make

made

made

mean

meant

meant

meet

met

met

mow

mowed

mowed / mown

pay

paid

paid

plead

pleaded / pled pleaded / pled

prove

proved

proven / proved

put

put

put

quit

quit

quit

read

read (like
"red")
rid

read ( like "red")

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

sew

sewed

sewn / sewed

shake

shook

shaken

shave

shaved

shaved / shaven

shed

shed

shed

left

rid

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shine

shined /
shone
shot

shined / shone

shoot
show

showed

shown / showed

shrink

shrank /
shrunk
shut

shrunk

shut
sing

sang

sung

sink

sank / sunk

sunk

sit

sat

sat

slay

slew / slayed

slain / slayed

sleep

slept

slept

slide

slid

slid

slit

slit

slit

smell

smelled /
smelt
sneaked /
snuck
spoke

smelled / smelt

sneak
speak
speed

shot

shut

sneaked / snuck
spoken

spell

sped /
sped / speeded
speeded
spelled / spelt spelled / spelt

spend

spent

spent

spill

spilled / spilt

spilled / spilt

spin

spun

spun

spit

spit / spat

spit / spat

split

split

split

spoil

spoiled /
spoilt
spread

spoiled / spoilt
sprung

stand

sprang /
sprung
stood

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

stink

stunk / stank

stunk

stride

strode

stridden

strike

struck

struck / stricken

string

strung

strung

strive

strove /
strived
sublet

striven / strived

sunburned /
sunburnt

sunburned /
sunburnt

spread
spring

sublet
sunburn

spread
stood

sublet

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swear

swore

sworn

sweat

sweat / sweated

sweep

sweat /
sweated
swept

swell

swelled

swim

swam

swollen /
swelled
swum

swing

swung

swung

take

took

taken

teach

taught

taught

tear

tore

torn

telecast

telecast

telecast

tell

told

told

think

thought

thought

throw

threw

thrown

thrust

thrust

thrust

understand

understood

understood

uphold

upheld

upheld

upset

upset

upset

wake

woke / waked

woken / waked

wear

wore

worn

weave
wed

wove /
woven / weaved
weaved
wed / wedded wed / wedded

weep

wept

wept

wet

wet / wetted

wet / wetted

win

won

won

wind

wound

wound

withdraw

withdrew

withdrawn

withhold

withheld

withheld

withstand

withstood

withstood

wring

wrung

wrung

write

wrote

written

swept

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