Irregular Verbs in English: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction
Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of verb conjugation in English. This means that their past tense and past participle forms are not formed by simply adding -ed to the base form of the verb.
List of Irregular Verbs
The following is a list of the most common irregular verbs in English, along with their past tense and past participle forms:
Be
- Past tense: was or were - Past participle: been
Become
- Past tense: became - Past participle: become
Begin
- Past tense: began - Past participle: begun
Blow
- Past tense: blew - Past participle: blown
Break
- Past tense: broke - Past participle: broken
Bring
- Past tense: brought - Past participle: brought
Build
- Past tense: built - Past participle: built
Buy
- Past tense: bought - Past participle: bought
Can
- Past tense: could - Past participle: been
Catch
- Past tense: caught - Past participle: caught
Choose
- Past tense: chose - Past participle: chosen
Come
- Past tense: came - Past participle: come
Cost
- Past tense: cost - Past participle: cost
Cut
- Past tense: cut - Past participle: cut
Do
- Past tense: did - Past participle: done
Drink
- Past tense: drank - Past participle: drunk
Drive
- Past tense: drove - Past participle: driven
Eat
- Past tense: ate - Past participle: eaten
Fall
- Past tense: fell - Past participle: fallen
Feel
- Past tense: felt - Past participle: felt
Fight
- Past tense: fought - Past participle: fought
Find
- Past tense: found - Past participle: found
Fly
- Past tense: flew - Past participle: flown
Forget
- Past tense: forgot - Past participle: forgotten
Get
- Past tense: got - Past participle: got
Give
- Past tense: gave - Past participle: given
Go
- Past tense: went - Past participle: gone
Grow
- Past tense: grew - Past participle: grown
Have
- Past tense: had - Past participle: had
Hear
- Past tense: heard - Past participle: heard
Hit
- Past tense: hit - Past participle: hit
Hold
- Past tense: held - Past participle: held
Hurt
- Past tense: hurt - Past participle: hurt
Keep
- Past tense: kept - Past participle: kept
Know
- Past tense: knew - Past participle: known
Leave
- Past tense: left - Past participle: left
Let
- Past tense: let - Past participle: let
Lose
- Past tense: lost - Past participle: lost
Make
- Past tense: made - Past participle: made
Meet
- Past tense: met - Past participle: met
Pay
- Past tense: paid - Past participle: paid
Put
- Past tense: put - Past participle: put
Read
- Past tense: read - Past participle: read
Ring
- Past tense: rang - Past participle: rung
Ride
- Past tense: rode - Past participle: ridden
Run
- Past tense: ran - Past participle: run
Say
- Past tense: said - Past participle: said
See
- Past tense: saw - Past participle: seen
Sell
- Past tense: sold - Past participle: sold
Send
- Past tense: sent - Past participle: sent
Shut
- Past tense: shut - Past participle: shut
Sing
- Past tense: sang - Past participle: sung
Sit
- Past tense: sat - Past participle: sat
Sleep
- Past tense: slept - Past participle: slept
Speak
- Past tense: spoke - Past participle: spoken
Spend
- Past tense: spent - Past participle: spent
Stand
- Past tense: stood - Past participle: stood
Steal
- Past tense: stole - Past participle: stolen
Swim
- Past tense: swam - Past participle: swum
Take
- Past tense: took - Past participle: taken
Teach
- Past tense: taught - Past participle: taught
Tell
- Past tense: told - Past participle: told
Think
- Past tense: thought - Past participle: thought
Understand
- Past tense: understood - Past participle: understood
Wake
- Past tense: woke - Past participle: woken
Wear
- Past tense: wore - Past participle: worn
Win
- Past tense: won - Past participle: won
Write
- Past tense: wrote - Past participle: written
Bite
- Past tense: bit - Past participle: bitten
Draw
- Past tense: drew - Past participle: drawn
Stick
- Past tense: stuck - Past participle: stuck
Steal
- Past tense: stole - Past participle: stolen
Stand
- Past tense: stood - Past participle: stood
Spring
- Past tense: sprang - Past participle: sprung
Spoil
- Past tense: spoilt - Past participle: spoilt
Spill
- Past tense: spilt - Past participle: spilt
Spend
- Past tense: spent - Past participle: spent
Spell
- Past tense: spelt - Past participle: spelt
Speak
- Past tense: spoke - Past participle: spoken
Smell
- Past tense: smelt - Past participle: smelt
Sleep
- Past tense: slept - Past participle: slept
Sit
- Past tense: sat - Past participle: sat
Sink
-sank-sunk(hundirse), sing-sang-sung, show-showed-shown(enseñar), shoot-shot-shot(disparar), shine-shone-shone(brillar), shake-shook-shaken(agitar), sew-sewed-sewn(coser), send-sent-sent(enviar), sell-sold-sold(vender), see-saw-see, say-said-said(decir), run-ran-run, rise-rose-risen(elevarse), ring-rang-rung, lie-lay-lain(tumbarse), light-lit-lit(encender), pay-paid-paid, meet-met-met, ride-rode-ridden, make-made-made(fabricar).