PRESENT TENSE & PAST TENSE

Irregular Verbs

Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense

awake awoke light lit
bear bore lie lay
beat beat lose lost
become became make made
begin began mean meant
bend bent meet met
bind bound pay paid
bite bit ride rode
bleed bled ring rang
blow blew rise rose
break broke run ran
bring brought say said
build built see saw
buy bought seek sought
catch caught sell sold
choose chose send sent
come came shake shook
creep crept shine shone
deal dealt shoot shot
dig dug sing sang
do did sink sank
draw drew sit sat
drink drank slay slew
drive drove sleep slept
eat ate speak spoke
fall fell spend spent
feed fed spin spun
feel felt stand stood
fight fought steal stole
find found strike struck
flee fled swear swore
fly flew swell swelled
forget forgot swim swam
forgive forgave take took
forsake forsook teach taught
freeze froze tear tore
get got tell told
give gave think thought
go went throw threw
grind ground tread trod
grow grew wake woke
hang (an hung wear wore
article)
hang (a person) hanged weave wove
hear heard withdraw withdrew
hide hid win won
hold held wind wound
keep kept wring wrung
kneel knelt write wrote
know knew
lay laid
lead led
leave left

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table end in ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’.
Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense
add added drop dropped
advise advised escape escaped
agree agreed fit fitted
allow allowed hand handed
appear appeared hope hoped
arrange arranged join joined
arrive arrived jump jumped
behave behaved laugh laughed
breathe breathed lie lied
care cared live lived
cause caused roam roamed
change changed show showed
close closed stop stopped
compare compared study studied
complete completed talk talked
continue continued tie tied
dance danced use used
die died wait waited
divide divided

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table end in ‘ied’ after omitting
the ‘y’.
Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense
carry carried hurry hurried
copy copied marry married
cry cried reply replied
dry dried study studied
fry fried try tried

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table remain the same.
Present Tense Past Tense
burst burst
cast cast
cost cost
cut cut
hit hit
hurt hurt
let let
put put
read read
rid rid
set set
shed shed
shut shut
slit slit
split split
spread spread