Irregular Verbs List: Infinitive, Past Simple and Past Participle
Irregular Verbs: Infinitive, Past Simple and Past Participle
The table below lists common irregular verbs in English, with their infinitive, past simple and past participle forms, along with IPA pronunciation.
INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE |
Be /biː/ | Was /wɒz/ Were /wɜː/ | Been /biːn/ |
Become /bɪˈkʌm/ | Became /bɪˈkeɪm/ | Become /bɪˈkʌm/ |
Begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ | Began /bɪˈɡæn/ | Begun /bɪˈɡʌn/ |
Blow /bləʊ/ | Blew /bluː/ | Blown /bluː/ |
Break /breɪk/ | Broke /brəʊk/ | Broken /ˈbrəʊkən/ |
Bring /brɪŋ/ | Brought /brɔːt/ | Brought /brɔːt/ |
Build /bɪld/ | Built /bɪlt/ | Built /bɪlt/ |
Burn /bɜːn/ | Burnt /bɜːnt/ | Burnt /bɜːnt/ |
Buy /baɪ/ | Bought /bɔːt/ | Bought /bɔːt/ |
Can /kæn/ | Could /kʊd/ | – |
Catch /kætʃ/ | Caught /kɔːt/ | Caught /kɔːt/ |
Choose /tʃuːz/ | Chose /tʃəʊz/ | Chosen /tʃəʊz/ |
Come /kʌm/ | Came /keɪm/ | Come /kʌm/ |
Cost /kɒst/ | Cost /kɒst/ | Cost /kɒst/ |
Cut /kʌt/ | Cut /kʌt/ | Cut /kʌt/ |
Do /duː/ | Did /dɪd/ | Done /dʌn/ |
Draw /drɔː/ | Drew /drɔː/ | Drawn /drɔːn/ |
Dream /driːm/ | Dreamt /drɛmt/ | Dreamt /drɛmt/ |
Drink /drɪŋk/ | Drank /dræŋk/ | Drunk /drʌŋk/ |
Drive /draɪv/ | Drove /drəʊv/ | Driven /draɪv/ |
Eat /iːt/ | Ate /ɛt/ | Eaten /ˈiːtn/ |
Fall /fɔːl/ | Fell /fɛl/ | Fallen /ˈfɔːlən/ |
Feel /fiːl/ | Felt /fɛlt/ | Felt /fɛlt/ |
Fight /faɪt/ | Fought /fɔːt/ | Fought /fɔːt/ |
Find /faɪnd/ | Found /faʊnd/ | Found /faʊnd/ |
Fly /flaɪ/ | Flew /fluː/ | Flown /fləʊn/ |
Forget /fəˈgɛt/ | Forgot /fəˈgɒt/ | Forgotten /fəˈgɒtn/ |
Get /gɛt/ | Got /gɒt/ | Got /gɒt/ |
Give /gɪv/ | Gave /geɪv/ | Given /gɪvn/ |
Go /gəʊ/ | Went /wɛnt/ | Gone /gɒn/ |
Have /hæv/ | Had /hæd/ | Had /hæd/ |
Hear /hɪə/ | Heard /hɜːd/ | Heard /hɜːd/ |
Know /nəʊ/ | Knew /njuː/ | Known /nəʊn/ |
Learn /lɜːn/ | Learnt /lɜːnt/ | Learnt /lɜːnt/ |
Leave /liːv/ | Left /lɛft/ | Left /lɛft/ |
Lose /luːz/ | Lost /lɒst/ | Lost /lɒst/ |
Make /meɪk/ | Made /meɪd/ | Made /meɪd/ |
Meet /miːt/ | Met /mɛt/ | Met /mɛt/ |
Pay /peɪ/ | Paid /peɪd/ | Paid /peɪd/ |
Put /pʊt/ | Put /pʊt/ | Put /pʊt/ |
Read /riːd/ | Read /rɛd/ | Read /rɛd/ |
Ride /raɪd/ | Rode /rəʊd/ | Ridden /ˈrɪdn/ |
Ring /rɪŋ/ | Rang /ræŋ/ | Rung /rʌŋ/ |
Run /rʌn/ | Ran /ræn/ | Run /rʌn/ |
Say /seɪ/ | Said /sɛd/ | Said /sɛd/ |
See /siː/ | Saw /sɔː/ | Seen /siːn/ |
Send /sɛnd/ | Sent /sɛnt/ | Sent /sɛnt/ |
Show /ʃəʊ/ | Showed /ʃəʊd/ | Shown /ʃəʊn/ |
Sing /sɪŋ/ | Sang /sæŋ/ | Sung /sʌŋ/ |
Sleep /sliːp/ | Slept /slɛpt/ | Slept /slɛpt/ |
Speak /spiːk/ | Spoke /spəʊk/ | Spoken /ˈspəʊkən/ |
Spell /spɛl/ | Spelt /spɛlt/ | Spelt /spɛlt/ |
Spend /spɛnd/ | Spent /spɛnt/ | Spent /spɛnt/ |
Swim /swɪm/ | Swam /swæm/ | Swum /swʌm/ |
Take /teɪk/ | Took /tʊk/ | Taken /ˈteɪkən/ |
Teach /tiːtʃ/ | Taught /tɔːt/ | Taught /tɔːt/ |
Think /θɪŋk/ | Thought /θɔːt/ | Thought /θɔːt/ |
Understand /ʌndəˈstænd/ | Understood /ˌʌndəˈstʊd/ | Understood /ˌʌndəˈstʊd/ |
Wear /wɪə/ | Wore /wɔː/ | Worn /wɔːn/ |
Win /wɪn/ | Won /wʌn/ | Won /wʌn/ |
Write /raɪt/ | Wrote /rəʊt/ | Written /ˈrɪtn/ |