English Irregular Verbs

Verb Simple Past Past Participle

to abide abode / abided abode / abided / abidden

to alight alit / alighted alit / alighted

to arise arose arisen

to backbite backbit backbitten

to backlight backlit backlit

to backslide backslid backslid / backslidden

to be was / were been

to bear bore born / borne

to beat beat beaten

to become became become

to befall befell befallen

to beget begot / begat begotten

to begin began begun

to behold beheld beheld

to belay belaid / belayed belaid / belayed

to bend bent bent

to bereave bereft bereft / bereaved

to beseech besought / beseeched besought / beseeched

to beset beset beset

to bespeak bespoke bespoken

to bestrew bestrewed bestrewed / bestrewn

to bestride bestrode bestridden

to bet bet bet

to betake betook betaken

to bethink bethought bethought

to bid bid bid

to bid bade bidden

to bide bided / bode bided

to bind bound bound

to bite bit bitten

to bleed bled bled

to blend blended / blent blended / blent

to bless blessed / blest blessed / blest

to blow blew blown

to break broke broken

to breast-feed breast-fed breast-fed

to breed bred bred

to bring brought brought

to broadcast broadcast / broadcasted broadcast / broadcasted

to browbeat browbeat browbeat / browbeaten

to build built built

to burn burnt / burned burnt / burned

to burst burst burst

to bust bust bust

to buy bought bought

to can could -

to cast cast cast

to catch caught caught

to chide chid chid / chidden

to choose chose chosen

to clap clapped / clapt clapped / clapt

to clear-cut clear-cut clear-cut

to cleave cleft / cleaved / clove cleft / cleaved / cloven

to cling clung clung

to clothe clad / clothed clad / clothed

to come came come

to cost cost cost

to countersink countersank / countersunk countersunk

to creep crept crept

to crossbreed crossbred crossbred

to crosscut crosscut crosscut

to crow crowed / crew crowed

to cut cut cut

to dare dared / durst dared

to daydream daydreamt / daydreamed daydreamt / daydreamed

to deal dealt dealt

to dig dug dug

to disprove disproved disproven / disproved

to dive dived / dove dived

to do did done

to draw drew drawn

to dream dreamt / dreamed dreamt / dreamed

to drink drank drunk

to drive drove driven

to dwell dwelt dwelt

to eat ate eaten

to engrave engraved engraved / engraven

to fall fell fallen

to feed fed fed

to feel felt felt

to fight fought fought

to find found found

to fit fit / fitted fit / fitted

to flee fled fled

to fling flung flung

to floodlight floodlit floodlit

to fly flew flown

to forbear forbore forborne / forborn

to forbid forbade / forbad forbidden

to force-feed force-fed force-fed

to forecast forecast / forecasted forecast / forecasted

to forego forewent foregone

to foresee foresaw foreseen

to foretell foretold foretold

to forget forgot forgotten

to forgive forgave forgiven

to forsake forsook forsaken

to forswear forswore forsworn

to freeze froze frozen

to frostbite frostbit frostbitten

to gainsay gainsaid gainsaid

to geld gelded / gelt gelded / gelt

to get got got / gotten

to gild gilt / gilded gilt / gilded

to gin gan gan

to gird girded / girt girded / girt

to give gave given

to gnaw gnawed gnawed / gnawn

to go went gone / been

to grave graved graven / graved

to grind ground ground

to grow grew grown

to hamstring hamstrung / hamstringed hamstrung / hamstringed

to handwrite handwrote handwritten

to hang hung / hanged hung / hanged

to have had had

to hear heard heard

to heave heaved / hove heaved / hove

to hew hewed hewn

to hide hid hidden

to hit hit hit

to hoist hoist / hoisted hoist / hoisted

to hold held held

to hurt hurt hurt

to inbreed inbred inbred

to inlay inlaid inlaid

to input input / inputted input / inputted

to inset inset inset

to interbreed interbred interbred

to interlay interlaid interlaid

to interweave interwove interwoven

to keep kept kept

to ken kent / kenned kent / kenned

to kneel knelt / kneeled knelt / kneeled

to knit knit / knitted knit / knitted

to know knew known

to lade laded laden / laded

to lay laid laid

to lead led led

to lean leant / leaned leant / leaned

to leap leapt / leaped leapt / leaped

to learn learnt / learned learnt / learned

to leave left left

to lend lent lent

to let let let

to lie lay lain

to light lit lit

to lose lost lost

to make made made

to may might -

to mean meant meant

to meet met met

to melt melted molten / melted

to miscast miscast miscast

to misdo misdid misdone

to mishear misheard misheard

to mislay mislaid mislaid

to mislead misled misled

to misread misread misread

to misspeak misspoke misspoken

to misspell misspelt / misspelled misspelt / misspelled

to misspend misspent misspent

to mistake mistook mistaken

to misunderstand misunderstood misunderstood

to miswed miswed / miswedded miswed / miswedded

to moonlight moonlit moonlit

to mow mowed mown

to must - -

to offset offset offset

to outbid outbid outbid

to outdo outdid outdone

to outgrow outgrew outgrown

to outlay outlaid outlaid

to output output / outputted output / outputted

to outrun outran outrun

to outsell outsold outsold

to outshine outshone outshone

to outspend outspent outspent

to outwear outwore outworn

to outwork outworked / outwrought outworked / outwrought

to overbear overbore overborne

to overbuild overbuilt overbuilt

to overcast overcast overcast

to overcome overcame overcome

to overdo overdid overdone

to overdraw overdrew overdrawn

to overdrive overdrove overdriven

to overeat overate overeaten

to overfeed overfed overfed

to overgrow overgrew overgrown

to overhang overhung overhung

to overhear overheard overheard

to overlay overlaid overlaid

to overpass overpast / overpassed overpast / overpassed

to override overrode overridden

to overrun overran overrun

to oversee oversaw overseen

to overshoot overshot overshot

to oversleep overslept overslept

to overtake overtook overtaken

to overthrow overthrew overthrown

to partake partook partaken

to pay paid paid

to pen pent / penned pent / penned

to pinch-hit pinch-hit pinch-hit

to plead pled / pleaded pled / pleaded

to prepay prepaid prepaid

to preset preset preset

to proofread proofread proofread

to prove proved proven / proved

to put put put

to quick-freeze quick-froze quick-frozen

to quit quit quit

to rap rapped / rapt rapped / rapt

to read read read

to refit refit refit

to relay relaid relaid

to rend rent rent

to repay repaid repaid

to rerun reran rerun

to reset reset reset

to retake retook retaken

to retread retrod retrodden

to retrofit retrofit / retrofitted retrofit / retrofitted

to rewrite rewrote rewritten

to rid rid / ridded rid / ridded

to ride rode ridden

to ring rang rung

to rise rose risen

to rive rived riven / rived

to rough-hew rough-hewed rough-hewn

to run ran run

to saw sawed sawn / sawed

to say said said

to see saw seen

to seek sought sought

to sell sold sold

to send sent sent

to set set set

to sew sewed sewn / sewed

to shake shook shaken

to shall should -

to shave shaved shaven / shaved

to shear shore / sheared shorn / sheared

to shed shed shed

to shine shone shone

to shoe shod shod

to shoot shot shot

to shortcut shortcut shortcut

to show showed shown

to shrink shrank shrunk

to shrive shrove shriven

to shut shut shut

to sight-read sight-read sight-read

to sing sang sung

to sink sank sunk

to sit sat sat

to slay slew slain

to sleep slept slept

to slide slid slid / slidden

to sling slung slung

to slink slunk slunk

to slit slit slit

to smell smelt / smelled smelt / smelled

to smite smote smitten

to sneak sneaked / snuck sneaked / snuck

to soothsay soothsaid soothsaid

to sow sowed sown

to speak spoke spoken

to speed sped / speeded sped / speeded

to spell spelt / spelled spelt / spelled

to spellbind spellbound spellbound

to spend spent spent

to spill spilt / spilled spilt / spilled

to spin span / spun spun

to spit spat / spit spat / spit

to split split split

to spoil spoilt / spoiled spoilt / spoiled

to spread spread spread

to spring sprang sprung

to stand stood stood

to stave stove / staved / stoved stove / staved / stoved

to steal stole stolen

to stick stuck stuck

to sting stung stung

to stink stank stunk

to strew strewed strewn / strewed

to stride strode / strided stridden

to strike struck struck / stricken

to string strung strung

to strip stript / stripped stript / stripped

to strive strove striven

to sublet sublet sublet

to sunburn sunburned / sunburnt sunburned / sunburnt

to swear swore sworn

to sweat sweat / sweated sweat / sweated

to sweep swept / sweeped swept / sweeped

to swell swelled swollen

to swim swam swum

to swing swung swung

to switch-hit switch-hit switch-hit

to take took taken

to teach taught taught

to tear tore torn

to telecast telecast / telecasted telecast / telecasted

to tell told told

to think thought thought

to thrive throve / thrived thriven / thrived

to throw threw thrown

to thrust thrust thrust

to toss tossed / tost tossed / tost

to tread trod trodden

to typecast typecast typecast

to typeset typeset typeset

to typewrite typewrote typewritten

to unbend unbent unbent

to unbind unbound unbound

to unclothe unclad / unclothed unclad / unclothed

to underbid underbid underbid / underbidden

to undercut undercut undercut

to undergo underwent undergone

to underlie underlay underlain

to underpay underpaid underpaid

to undersell undersold undersold

to undershoot undershot undershot

to understand understood understood

to undertake undertook undertaken

to underwrite underwrote underwritten

to undo undid undone

to unlearn unlearnt / unlearned unlearnt / unlearned

to unmake unmade unmade

to unstick unstuck unstuck

to unwind unwound unwound

to uphold upheld upheld

to upset upset upset

to upsweep upswept upswept

to vex vext / vexed vext / vexed

to wake woke woken

to waylay waylaid waylaid

to wear wore worn

to weave wove woven

to wed wed / wedded wed / wedded

to weep wept wept

to wend wended / went wended / went

to wet wet / wetted wet / wetted

to whipsaw whipsawed whipsawn / whipsawed

to will would -

to win won won

to wind wound wound

to wit wist wist

to withdraw withdrew withdrawn

to withhold withheld withheld

to withstand withstood withstood

to wont wont wont / wonted

to work worked / wrought worked / wrought

to wrap wrapped / wrapt wrapped / wrapt

to wreak wreaked wreaked / wroken

to wring wrung wrung

to write wrote written

to zinc zinced / zincked zinced / zincked

come study write get be drink see take go run eat live swim leave can have play visit speak try work do want know rain walk buy read make watch