Irregular verbs

Lesson-16

English has many irregular verbs. Students should make sure that they know all of them. Here is a list of the more common irregular verbs. For a complete list of irregular verbs, see a good dictionary.

Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Arise	Arose	Arisen
Awake	Awoke	Awoken
Bet	Bet, betted	Bet, betted
Beat	Beat	Beaten
Become	Became	Become
Begin	Began	Begun
Bend	Bent	Bent
Bind	Bound	Bound
Bite	Bit	Bitten
Bleed	Bled	Bled
Blow	Blew	Blown
Break	Broke	Broken
Bring	Brought	Brought
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
Deal	Dealt	Dealt
Dig	Dug	Dug
Do	Did	Done
Draw	Drew	Drawn
Dream	Dreamt/dreamed	Dreamt/dreamed
Drink	Drank	Drunk
Drive	Drove	Driven
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Feed	Fed	Fed
Fight	Fought	Fought
Find	Found	Found
Fly	Flew	Flown
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
Freeze	Froze	Frozen
Get	Got	Got/gotten
Give	Gave	Given
Go	Went	Gone/been
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
Lean	Leant/leaned	Leant/leaned
Learn	Learnt/learned	Learnt/learned
Mean	Meant	Meant
Read	Read	Read
Ride	Rode	Ridden
Shake	Shook	Shaken
Sink	Sank	Sunk
Speed	Sped	Sped
Steal	Stole	Stolen
Spoil	Spoilt/spoiled	Spoilt/spoiled
Swing	Swung	Swung
Teach	Taught	Taught
Throw	Threw	Thrown
Wear	Wore	Worn
Write	Wrote	Written