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Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of adding "-ed" to the base form to make the past simple and past participle forms. Instead, irregular verbs can completely change their form or have partial changes. The document provides examples of different types of irregular verbs and lists many common irregular verbs along with their base, past simple, and past participle forms. Learning irregular verbs involves memorizing their forms rather than following rules.

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Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of adding "-ed" to the base form to make the past simple and past participle forms. Instead, irregular verbs can completely change their form or have partial changes. The document provides examples of different types of irregular verbs and lists many common irregular verbs along with their base, past simple, and past participle forms. Learning irregular verbs involves memorizing their forms rather than following rules.

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Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are an important feature of English. We


use irregular verbs a lot when speaking, less when
writing. Of course, the most famous English verb of all,
the verb "to be", is irregular.
What is the difference between regular verbs and
irregular verbs?
Base
Form

Past
Simple

Past
Participle

With regular verbs, the rule is simple...


The past simple and
past participle always
end in -ed:

finish

finished

finished

stop

stopped

stopped

work

worked

worked

But with irregular verbs, there is no rule...


Sometimes the verb
changes completely:

sing

sang

sung

Sometimes there is
"half" a change:

buy

bought

bought

cut

cut

Sometimes there is no cut


change:

One good way to learn irregular verbs is to try sorting


them into groups, as above.
If in doubt, a good dictionary can
tell you if a verb is regular or
irregular.

Here is a list of irregular verbs in English.

Irregular Verbs List

This is a list of some irregular verbs in English. Of


course, there are many others, but these are the more
common irregular verbs.
V1
V2
Base Form Past Simple

V3
Past Participle

awake

awoke

awoken

be

was, were

been

beat

beat

beaten

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bent

bet

bet

bet

bid

bid

bid

bite

bit

bitten

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

bring

brought

brought

broadcast

broadcast

broadcast

build

built

built

burn

burned/burnt

burned/burnt

buy

bought

bought

catch

caught

caught

choose

chose

chosen

come

came

come

cost

cost

cost

cut

cut

cut

dig

dug

dug

do

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt

drive

drove

driven

drink

drank

drunk

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feel

felt

felt

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fly

flew

flown

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

gotten

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

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

know

knew

known

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

learn

learned/learnt

learned/learnt

leave

left

left

lend

lent

lent

let

let

let

lie

lay

lain

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

sell

sold

sold

send

sent

sent

show

showed

showed/shown

shut

shut

shut

sing

sang

sung

sit

sat

sat

sleep

slept

slept

speak

spoke

spoken

spend

spent

spent

stand

stood

stood

swim

swam

swum

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

win

won

won

write

wrote

written

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