List of irregular verbs in English
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Here you will find a list of common English irregular verbs.
Infinitive | Past simple | Past perfect |
---|---|---|
Arise | Arose | Arisen |
Awake | Awoke | Awoken |
Be | Was / were | Been |
Bear | Bore | Borne |
Beat | Beat | Beaten |
Become | Became | Become |
Begin | Began | Begun |
Bend | Bent | Bent |
Bet | Bet | Bet |
Bid | Bid | 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 | Burnt | Burnt |
Burst | Burst | Burst |
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 |
Do | Did | Done |
Draw | Drew | Drawn |
Dream | Dreamt | 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 |
Fly | Flew | Flown |
Forbid | Forbade | Forbidden |
Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven |
Freeze | Froze | Frozen |
Get | Got | Got |
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 | Leant |
Leap | Leapt | Leapt |
Leave | Left | Left |
Lend | Lent | Lent |
Let | Let | Let |
Lie | Lay | Lain |
Light | Lit | Lit |
Lose | Lost | Lost |
Make | Made | Made |
Mean | Meant | Meant |
Meet | Met | Met |
Overcome | Overcame | Overcome |
Pay | Paid | Paid |
Plead | Pled | Pled |
Prove | Proved | Proven |
Put | Put | Put |
Read | Read | Read |
Ride | Rode | Ridden |
Ring | Rang | Rung |
Rise | Rose | Risen |
Run | Ran | Run |
Saw | Sawed | Sawn |
Say | Said | Said |
See | aw | Seen |
Seek | Sought | Sought |
Sell | Sold | Sold |
Send | Sent | Sent |
Set | Set | Set |
Sew | Sewed | Sewn |
Shake | Shook | Shaken |
Shear | Sheared | Shorn |
Shine | Shone | Shone |
Shot | 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 |
Smell | Smelt | Smelt |
Sow | Sowed | Sown |
Speak | Spoke | Spoken |
Speed | Sped | Sped |
Spell | Spelt | Spelt |
Spend | Spent | Spent |
Spill | Split | Split |
Spit | Spat | Spat |
Split | Split | Split |
Spoil | Spoilt | Spoilt |
Spread | Spread | Spread |
Stand | Stood | Stood |
Steal | Stole | Stolen |
Stick | Stuck | Stuck |
Sting | Stung | Stung |
Spring | Sprang | Sprung |
Stink | Stank | Stank |
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 | Tore |
Tell | Told | Told |
Think | Thought | Thought |
Throw | Threw | Thrown |
Tread | Trod | Trodden |
Undergo | Underwent | Underwent |
Understand | Understood | Understood |
Upset | Upset | Upset |
Wake | Woke | Woken |
Wear | Wore | Worn |
Weave | Wove | Woven |
Weep | Wept | Wept |
Win | Won | Won |
Wind | Wound | Wound |
Withdraw | Withdrew | Withdrawn |
Wring | Wrung | Wrung |
Write | Wrote | Written |
For the explanation of the conjugation of the other tenses visit: present tense, past tense, future tense.
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