Irregular verbs do not follow the typical pattern when forming their past simple and past participle forms, so it’s essential to memorize them. Here is the list of irregular verbs in table form:
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| awake | awoke | awoken | bear | bore | borne / born |
| beat | beat | beaten | become | became | become |
| bet | bet / betted | bet / betted | bite | bit | bitten |
| bleed | bled | bled | blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken | choose | chose | chosen |
| breed | bred | bred | broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| buy | bought | bought | catch | caught | caught |
| cling | clung | clung | come | came | come |
| creep | crept | crept | deal | dealt | dealt |
| dive | dived / dove | dived | do | did | done |
| drag | dragged | dragged | dream | dreamt / dreamed | dreamt / dreamed |
| drink | drank | drunk | drive | drove | driven |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt | eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen | feed | fed | fed |
| fight | fought | fought | find | found | found |
| flee | fled | fled | fling | flung | flung |
| fly | flew | flown | forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken | freeze | froze | frozen |
| get | got | got / 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 | leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent | let | let | let |
| lie (down) | lay | lain | light | lit / lighted | lit / lighted |
| lose | lost | lost | make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant | meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid | put | put | put |
| read | read | read | 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 |
| shine | shone | shone | shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | shown | shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| shut | shut | shut | sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk | sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept | slide | slid | slid |
| speak | spoke | spoken | spend | spent | spent |
| spin | spun | spun | spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang | sprung | stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen | stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | stung | stink | stank | stunk |
| 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 | woken | wear | wore | worn |
| weep | wept | wept | win | won | won |
| write | wrote |
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