IRREGULAR VERBS

No. BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING

was/were used to say that someone or something is the same as
1 be (bi) been (bin)
(uás/uér) the subject of the sentence
2 beat (bit) beat (bit) beaten (bíten) to hit someone or something
become to begin to be something, or to develop in a particular
3 became (bikéim
bikéim) become (bikám)
(bikám) way
4 begin (biguín) began (bigán
bigán) begun (bigán) to start doing something
5 bend(bend) bent (bent) bent (bent) to move part of your body so that it is not straight
6 bet (bet) bet (bet) bet (bet) to risk money on the result of a race, game, competition
7 bite (báit) bit (bit) bitten (bíten) to use your teeth to cut, crush, or chew something
8 blow (blóu) blew (blu) blown (blóun) if the wind or a current of air blows
if you break something, you make it separate into two or
9 break (bréik) broke (bróuk
bróuk) broken (bróken)
more pieces
to take something or someone with you to the place
10 bring (bring) brought (brout
brout) brought (brout)
where you are now
to make something, especially a building or something
11 build (bild) built (bilt) built (bilt)
large
12 buy (bái) bought (bout
bout) bought (bout) to get something by paying money for it
13 catch (catch) caught (cot) caught (cot) to get hold of and stop an object
to decide which one of a number of things or people you
14 choose (chus) chose (chous
chous) chosen (choúsen)
want
to move towards you or arrive at the place where you
15 come (kám) came (keím) come (kám)
are
16 cost (cost) cost (cost) cost (cost) to have a particular price

17 cut (kat) cut (kat) cut (kat) to reduce the amount of something
18 dig (dig) dug (dag) dug (dag) to move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground
19 do (dú) did (díd) done (doon) to perform an action or activity
20 draw (dro) drew (dru) drawn (droon) to produce a picture of something using a pencil, pen etc
21 drink (drink) drank (dránk
dránk) drunk (drank) to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it
22 drive (dráiv) drove (dróuv) driven (dríven) to make a car, truck, bus etc move along
23 eat (íit) ate (éit) eaten (íten) to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow it
to move or drop down from a higher position to a lower
24 fall (fol) fell (fel) fallen (fólen)
position
25 feed (fíid) fed (fed) fed (fed) to give food to a person or animal
26 feel (fil) felt (felt) felt (felt) to experience a particular physical feeling or emotion
27 fight (fáit) fought (fot) fought (fot) to take part in a war or battle
to discover, see, or get something that you have been
28 find (fáind) found (faund) found (faund)
searching for
29 fit (fit) fit (fit) fit (fit) the right size
30 fly (flái) flew (flu) flown (flóun) to travel by plane
forgotten
31 forgót)
forget (forguét) forgot (forgót
(forgóten) to not remember facts
forgiven to stop being angry with someone and stop blaming
32 forgive (forguiv) forgave (forgéiv
forgéiv)
(forgíven) them, although they have done something wrong
when a liquid becomes hard and solid because the
33 freeze (fríis) froze (fróus)) frozen (fróusen)
temperature is very cold
to receive something that someone gives you or sends
34 get (guét) got (got) gotten (goten)
you
to let someone have something as a present, or to
35 give (guív) gave (guéiv) given (guíven)
provide something for someone
to travel or move to a place that is away from where you
36 go (góu) went (uént) gone (gón)
are or where you live
37 grow (gróu) grew (gru) grown (gróun) to increase in amount, size, number, or strength

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 to put something in a position so that the top part is
38 hang (jang) hung (jaang)) hung (jaang) fixed or supported, and the bottom part is free to move
and does not touch the ground
used to say that someone owns something or that it is
39 have (jav) had (jad) had (jad)
available for them to use
40 hear (jír) heard (jerd) heard (jerd) to know that a sound is being made, using your ears
to deliberately put or keep something or someone in a
41 hide (jáid) hid (jid) hidden (jíden)
place where they cannot easily be seen or found
42 hit (jit) hit (jit) hit (jit) to touch someone or something quickly and hard
43 hold (jóuld) held (jeld) held (jeld) to have something in your hand, hands, or arms
44 hurt (jert) hurt (jert) hurt (jert) to injure yourself or someone else
to stay in a particular state, condition, or position, or to
45 keep (kíip) kept (kept) kept (kept)
make someone or something do this
46 know (nóu) knew (niú) known (nóun) to have information about something
to put someone or something down carefully into a flat
47 lay (ley) laid (leid) laid (leid)
position
to take someone somewhere by going in front of them
48 lead (líid) led (led) led (led)
while they follow, or by pulling them gently
49 leave (líiv) left (left) left (left) to go away from a place or a person
to let someone borrow money or something that belongs
50 lend (lend) lent (lent) lent (lent)
to you for a short time
51 let (let) let (let) let (let) to allow someone to do something
to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor,
52 lie (lai) lay (ley) lain (lein)
on a bed etc
53 light (lait) lit (lit) lit (lit) to provide light for a place
to stop having a particular attitude, quality, ability etc, or
54 lose (lús) lost (lost) lost (lost)
to gradually have less of it
to produce something, for example by putting the
55 make (méik) made (méid)) made (méid)
different parts of it together
56 mean (míin) meant (ment
ment) meant (ment) to have or represent a particular meaning
to go to a place where someone will be at a particular
57 meet (míít) met (met) met (met) time, according to an arrangement, so that you can talk
or do something together
to give someone money for something you buy or for a
58 pay (péi) paid (péid) paid (péid)
service
to move something to a particular place or position,
59 put (put) put (put) put (put)
especially using your hands
to leave a job, school etc, especially without finishing it
60 quit (quit) quit (quit) quit (quit)
completely
to look at written words and understand what they
61 read (rid) read (red) read (red)
mean
to sit on an animal, especially a horse, and make it move
62 ride (ráid) rode (róud) ridden (ríden) along

to make a bell make a sound, especially to call

63 ring (ring) rang (raang)) rung (rang)
someone's attention to you
64 rise (raiz) rose (roz) risen (rizen) to increase in number, amount, or value
to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly
65 run (ran) ran (raan) run (ran)
than when you walk
66 say (séi) said (séd) said (sed) to express an idea, feeling, thought etc using words
to notice or examine someone or something, using your
67 see (síí) saw (sóu) seen (síín)
eyes
68 sell (sel) sold (sóudl) sold (sóuld) to give something to someone in exchange for money
to arrange for something to go or be taken to another
69 send (send) sent (sent) sent (sent)
place, especially by post
70 set (set) set (set) set (set) to carefully put something down somewhere
71 shake (shéik) shook (shuk)) shaken (shéiken) to move suddenly from side to side or up and down

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72 shine (sháin) shone (shóun
shóun) shone (shóun) to produce bright light
73 shoot (shút) shot (shót) shot (shot) to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun
74 shut (shat) shut (shat) shut (shat) to close something, or to become closed
75 sing (sing) sang (sang) sung (saang) to produce a musical sound with your voice
76 sink (sink) sank (saank)) sunk (sank) to go down below the surface of water, mud etc
77 to be on a chair or seat, or on the ground, with the top
sit (sit) sat (sat) half of your body upright and your weight resting on
sat (sat)
your buttocks
to rest your mind and body, usually at night when you
78 sleep (slíp) slept (slépt) slept (síépt)
are lying in bed with your eyes closed
to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to
79 slide (sláid) slid (slid) slid (slid)
touch it, or to make something move in this way
spoken
80 speak (spík) spoke (spóuk
spóuk) to talk to someone about something
(spóuken)
81 spend (spend) spent (spent
spent) spent (spent) to use your money to pay for goods or services
if something spreads or is spread, it becomes larger or
82 spread (spred) spread (spred
spred) spread (spred)
moves so that it affects more people or a larger area
to support yourself on your feet or be in an upright
83 stand (stand) stood (stúd) stood (stúd)
position
84 steal (stíil) stole (stóul) stolen (stóulen) to take something that belongs to someone else
to attach something to something else using a substance,
85 stick (stik) stuck (stak) stuck (stak)
or to become attached to a surface
86 strike (straik) struck (strak
strak) struck (strak) to hit or fall against the surface of something
87 swear (súer) swore (suór)) sworn (suórn) to promise that you will do something
to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground, using
88 sweep (suíip) swept (suépt
suépt) swept (suépt)
a brush with a long handle
89 swim (suím) swam (suáam
suáam) swum (suám) to move yourself through water using your arms and legs
to make regular movements forwards and backwards or
90 swing (suíng) swung (suáng
suáng) swung (suáng) from one side to another while hanging from a particular
point
used with a noun instead of using a verb to describe an
91 take (téik) took (tuk) taken (téiken) action. For example, if you take a walk, you walk
somewhere
to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to
92 teach (tích) taught (tout)) taught (tout)
help someone
to damage something such as paper or cloth by pulling it
93 tear (tir) tore (tor) torn (torn)
hard or letting it touch something sharp
if someone tells you something, they communicate
94 tell (tel) told (told) told (told)
information, a story, their feelings etc to you
to have a particular opinion or to believe that something
95 think (zink) thought (zot
zot) thought (zot)
is true
to make an object such as a ball move quickly through
throw (zróu) threw (zru) thrown (zróun) the air by pushing your hand forward quickly and letting
96
the object go
97 upset (apset) upset (apset) upset (apset) to make someone feel unhappy or worried
understand understood understood to know the meaning of what someone is telling you, or
98
(anderstánd) (anderstúd) (anderstúd) the language that they speak
99 wake (weik) woke (wuok) woken (wuoken) to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping
to have something such as clothes, shoes, or jewellery on
100 wear (wer) wore (wor) worn (worn)
your body
to be the best or most successful in a competition, game,
101 win (win) won (won) won (won)
election etc
withdraw withdrew withdrawn to stop taking part in an activity, belonging to an
102
(widhrou) (widhrú) (widhróun) organization etc, or to make someone do this
103 write (ráit) wrote (róut)) written (ríten) to produce a new book, article, poem etc:

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