What are Irregular Verbs?

There are about 200 irregular verbs in English. We can divide these into four
types:
1. Verbs which have the same base form, past simple and past
participle
2. Verbs which have the same past simple and past participle
3. Verbs which have the same base form and past participle
4. Verbs which have a different base form, past simple and past
participle
A good way to learn irregular verbs is to study them in these groups because as
they are similar they’re easier to remember. Here are the most common irregular
verbs in these groups.

For example:
“Our car  cost  a lot of money but it’s always breaking down.”
“Pasha  hurt  himself in a soccer match last weekend.”
“My parents have  let  me stay out late tonight.”
“They  put  on their jackets because it was very cold.”
For example:
“They  had  lunch at a Thai restaurant on Monday.”
“Have you  heard  the news about the train strike?”
“Tim has  sent  an email to all the suppliers.”
“Who  won  the match?” – “The Giants.”

For example:
“He  came  back home at 4 a.m. on Saturday.”
“Suzi has  become  the Managing Director.”
“The dog  ran  into the garden after Lee opened the door.”
“Has Mrs. O’Connor  come  back from lunch yet?”

For example:
“The kids  ate  a lot of cakes at the party.”
“They  drove  to the airport and left their car there.”
“Has she  taken  her tickets yet?”
“I’ve  written  a letter of application for the manager’s job.”
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SIMPLE PARTICIPLE

1 Abide Abode/Abided Abode/ Abiding

Abided/
Abidden

2 Alight Alit Alit/Alighted Alighting

3 Arise Arose Arisen Arising

4 Awake Awoke Awoken Awaking

5 Be Was/Were Been Being

6 Bear Bore Borne Bearing

7 Beat Beat Beaten Beating

8 Become Became Become Becoming

9 Begin Began Begun Beginning

10 Behold Beheld Beheld Beholding

11 Bend Bent Bent Bending

12 Bet Bet Bet Betting

13 Bid Bade Bidden Bidding

14 Bind Bind Bound Binding

15 Bite Bit Bitten Biting

16 Bleed Bled Bled Bleeding

17 Blow Blew Blown Blowing

18 Break Broke Broken Breaking

19 Breed Bred Bred Breeding

20 Bring Brought Brought Bringing

21 Build Built Built Building

22 Burn Burnt Burnt Burning

23 Burst Burst Burst Bursting

24 Bust Bust Bust Busting

25 Buy Bought Bought Buying

26 Cast Cast Cast Casting

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27 Catch Caught Caught Catching

28 Choose Chose Chosen Choosing

29 Cling Clung Clung Clinging

30 Clothe Clad Clad Clothing

31 Come Came Come Coming

32 Cost Cost Cost Costing

33 Creep Crept Crept Creeping

34 Cut Cut Cut Cutting

35 Deal Dealt Dealt Dealing

36 Dig Dug Dug Digging

37 Dive Dove/Dived Dove/Dived Diving

38 Do Did Done Doing

39 Draw Drew Drawn Drawing

40 Dream Dreamt Dreamt Dreaming

41 Drink Drank Drunk Drinking

42 Drive Drove Driven Driving

43 Dwell Dwelt Dwelt Dwelling

44 Eat Ate Eaten Eating

45 Fall Fell Fallen Falling

46 Feed Fed Fed Feeding

47 Feel Felt Felt Feeling

48 Fight Fought Fought Fighting

49 Find Found Found Finding

50 Fit Fit Fit Fitting

51 Flee Fled Fled Fleeing

52 Fling Flung Flung Flinging

53 Fly Flew Flown Flying

54 Forbid Forbade Forbidden Forbidding

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55 Foresee Foresaw Foreseen Foreseeing

56 Forget Forgot Forgotten Forgetting

57 Forgive Forgave Forgiven Forgiving

58 Forsake Forsook Forsaken Forsaking

59 Freeze Froze Frozen Freezing

60 Frostbite Frostbit Frostbitten Frostbiting

61 Get Got Got Getting

62 Give Gave Given Giving

63 Go Went Gone Going

64 Grind Ground Ground Grinding

65 Grow Grew Grown Growing

66 Handwrite Handwrote Handwritten Handwriting

67 Hang Hung Hung Hanging

68 Have Had Had Having

69 Hear Heard Heard Hearing

70 Hide Hid Hidden Hiding

71 Hit Hit Hit Hitting

72 Hold Held Held Holding

73 Hurt Hurt Hurt Hurting

74 Inlay Inlaid Inlaid Inlaying

75 Keep Kept Kept Keeping

76 Kneel Knelt Knelt Kneeling

77 Knit Knit Knit Knitting

78 Know Knew Known Knowing

79 Lay Laid Laid Laying

80 Lead Led Led Leading

81 Lean Leant Leant Leaning

82 Leap Leapt Leapt Leaping

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83 Learn Learnt Learnt Learning

84 Leave Left Left Leaving

85 Lend Lent Lent Lending

86 Let Let Let Letting

87 Lie Lay Lain Lying

88 Light Lit Lit Lighting

89 Lose Lost Lost Losing

90 Make Made Made Making

91 Mean Meant Meant Meaning

92 Meet Met Met Meeting

93 Melt Melted Molten Melting

94 Mislead Misled Misled Misleading

95 Mistake Mistook Mistaken Mistaking

96 Misunderstand Misunderstood Misunderstood Misunderstanding

97 Mow Mowed Mown Mowing

98 Overdraw Overdrew Overdrawn Overdrawing

99 Overhear Overheard Overheard Overhearing

100 Overtake Overtook Overtaken Overtaking

101 Pay Paid Paid Paying

102 Preset Preset Preset Presetting

103 Prove Proved Proven Proving

104 Put Put Put Putting

105 Quit Quit Quit Quitting

106 Read Read Read Reading

107 Rid Rid Rid Ridding

108 Ride Rode Ridden Riding

109 Ring Rang Rung Ringing

110 Rise Rose Risen Rising

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111 Rive Rived Riven Riving

112 Run Ran Run Running

113 Saw Sawed Sawn Sawing

114 Say Said Said Saying

115 See Saw Seen Seeing

116 Seek Sought Sought Seeking

117 Sell Sold Sold Selling

118 Send Sent Sent Sending

119 Set Set Set Setting

120 Sew Sewed Sewn Sewing

121 Shake Shook Shaken Shaking

122 Shave Shaved Shaven Shaving

123 Shear Shore Shorn Shearing

124 Shed Shed Shed Shedding

125 Shine Shone Shone Shining

126 Shoe Shod Shod Shoeing

127 Shoot Shot Shot Shooting

128 Show Showed Shown Showing

129 Shrink Shrank Shrunk Shrinking

130 Shut Shut Shut Shutting

131 Sing Sang Sung Singing

132 Sink Sank Sunk Sinking

133 Sit Sat Sat Sitting

134 Slay Slew Slain Slaying

135 Sleep Slept Slept Sleeping

136 Slide Slid Slid Sliding

137 Sling Slung Slung Slinging

138 Slink Slunk Slunk Slinking

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139 Slit Slit Slit Slitting

140 Smell Smelt Smelt Smelling

141 Sneak Snuck Snuck Sneaking

142 Sow Sowed Sown Sowing

143 Speak Spoke Spoken Speaking

144 Speed Sped Sped Speeding

145 Spell Spelt Spelt Spelling

146 Spend Spent Spent Spending

147 Spill Spilt Spilt Spilling

148 Spin Span Spun Spinning

149 Spit Spat Spat Spitting

150 Split Split Split Splitting

151 Spoil Spoilt Spoilt Spoiling

152 Spread Spread Spread Spreading

153 Spring Sprang Sprung Springing

154 Stand Stood Stood Standing

155 Steal Stole Stolen Stealing

156 Stick Stick Stuck Sticking

157 Sting Stung Stung Stinging

158 Stink Stank Stunk Stinking

159 Stride Strode Stridden Striding

160 Strike Struck Struck Striking

161 String Strung Strung Stringing

162 Strip Stripped/Stript Stripped/Stript Stripping

163 Strive Strove Striven Striving

164 Sublet Sublet Sublet Subletting

165 Sunburn Sunburnt Sunburnt Sunburning

166 Swear Swore Sworn Swearing

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167 Sweat Sweat Sweat Sweating

168 Sweep Swept Swept Sweeping

169 Swell Swelled Swollen Swelling

170 Swim Swam Swum Swimming

171 Swing Swung Swung Swinging

172 Take Took Taken Taking

173 Teach Taught Taught Teaching

174 Tear Tore Torn Tearing

175 Tell Told Told Telling

176 Think Thought Thought Thinking

177 Thrive Throve Thriven Thriving

178 Throw Threw Thrown Throwing

179 Thrust Thrust Thrust Thrusting

180 Tread Trod Trodden Treading

181 Undergo Underwent Undergone Undergoing

182 Understand Understood Understood Understanding

183 Undertake Undertook Undertaken Undertaking

184 Upset Upset Upset Upsetting

185 Vex Vext/Vexed Vext/Vexed Vexing

186 Wake Woke Woken Waking

187 Wear Wore Worn Wearing

188 Weave Wove Woven Weaving

189 Wed Wed Wed Wedding

190 Weep Wept Wept Weeping

191 Wend Went Went Wending

192 Wet Wet Wet Wetting

193 Win Won Won Winning

194 Wind Wound Wound Winding

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195 Withdraw Withdrew Withdrawn Withdrawing

196 Withhold Withheld Withheld Withholding

197 Withstand Withstood Withstood Withstanding

198 Wring Wrung Wrung Wringing

199 Write Wrote Written Writing

200 Zinc Zincked Zincked Zincking

The most useful irregular verbs in English

List of Irregular Verbs Table

STT Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle

1 abide abode/abided abode/abided

2 arise arose arisen

3 awake awoke awoken

4 backslide backslid backslidden/backslid

5 be was/were been

6 bear bore borne

7 beat beat beaten/beat

8 become became become

9 befall befell befallen

10 begin began begun

11 behold beheld beheld

12 bend bent bent

13 beset beset beset

14 bespeak bespoke bespoken

15 bet bet/betted bet/betted

16 bid bid bid

17 bind bound bound

18 bite bit bitten

19 bleed bled bled

20 blow blew blown

21 break broke broken

22 breed bred bred

23 bring brought brought

24 broadcast broadcast broadcast

25 browbeat browbeat browbeaten/browbeat

26 build built built

27 burn burnt/burned burnt/burned

28 burst burst burst

29 bust busted/bust busted/bust

30 buy bought bought

31 cast cast cast

32 catch caught caught

33 chide chid/chided chid/chidden/chided

34 choose chose chosen

35 cleave clove/cleft/cleaved cloven/cleft/cleaved

36 cleave clave cleaved

37 cling clung clung

38 clothe clothed/clad clothed/clad

39 come came come

40 cost cost cost

41 creep crept crept

42 crossbreed crossbred crossbred

43 crow crew/crewed crowed

44 cut cut cut

 daydreamed daydreamed
45 daydream
daydreamt daydreamt

46 deal dealt dealt

47 dig dug dug

48 disprove disproved disproved/disproven

49 dive dove/dived dived

50 do did done

51 draw drew drawn

52 dream dreamt/dreamed dreamt/dreamed

53 drink drank drunk

54 drive drove driven

55 dwell dwelt dwelt

56 eat ate eaten

57 fall fell fallen

58 feed fed fed

59 feel felt felt

60 fight fought fought

61 find found found

62 fit fitted/fit fitted/fit

63 flee fled fled

64 fling flung flung

65 fly flew flown

66 forbear forbore forborne

67 forbid forbade/forbad forbidden

68 forecast forecast/forecasted forecast/forecasted

69 forego (also forgo) forewent foregone

70 foresee foresaw foreseen

71 foretell foretold foretold

72 forget forgot forgotten

73 forgive forgave forgiven

74 forsake forsook forsaken

75 freeze froze frozen

76 frostbite frostbit frostbitten

77 get got got/gotten

78 gild gilt/gilded gilt/gilded

79 gird girt/girded girt/girded

80 give gave given

81 go went gone

82 grind ground ground

83 grow grew grown

84 hand-feed hand-fed hand-fed

85 handwrite handwrote handwritten

86 hang hung hung

87 have had had

88 hear heard heard

89 heave hove/heaved hove/heaved

90 hew hewed hewn/hewed

91 hide hid hidden

92 hit hit hit

93 hurt hurt hurt

94 inbreed inbred inbred

95 inlay inlaid inlaid

96 input input input

97 inset inset inset

98 interbreed interbred interbred

interwove interwoven
99 interweave
interweaved interweaved

100 interwind interwound interwound

101 jerry-build jerry-built jerry-built

102 keep kept kept

103 kneel knelt/kneeled knelt/kneeled

104 knit knit/knitted knit/knitted

105 know knew known

106 lay laid laid

107 lead led led

108 lean leaned/leant leaned/leant

109 leap leapt /leaped leapt /leaped

110 learn learnt/learned learnt/learned

111 leave left left

112 lend lent lent

113 let let let

114 lie lay lain

115 light lit/lighted lit/lighted

116 lip-read lip-read lip-read

117 lose lost lost

118 make made made

119 mean meant meant

120 meet met met

121 miscast miscast miscast

122 misdeal misdealt misdealt

123 misdo misdid misdone

124 mishear misheard misheard

125 mislay mislaid mislaid

126 mislead misled misled

mislearned mislearned
127 mislearn
mislearnt mislearnt

128 misread misread misread

129 misset misset misset

130 misspeak misspoke misspoken

131 misspell misspelt misspelt

132 misspend misspent misspent

133 mistake mistook mistaken

134 misteach mistaught mistaught

135 misunderstand misunderstood misunderstood

136 miswrite miswrote miswritten

137 mow mowed mown/mowed

138 offset offset offset

139 outbid outbid outbid

140 outbreed outbred outbred

141 outdo outdid outdone

142 outdraw outdrew outdrawn

143 outdrink outdrank outdrunk

144 outdrive outdrove outdriven

145 outfight outfought outfought

146 outfly outflew outflown

147 outgrow outgrew outgrown

148 outleap outleaped/outleapt outleaped/outleapt

149 outlie outlied outlied

150 output output output

151 outride outrode outridden

152 outrun outran outrun

153 outsell outsold outsold

154 outshine outshined/outshone outshined/outshone

155 outshoot outshot outshot

156 outsing outsang outsung

157 outsit outsat outsat

158 outsleep outslept outslept

159 outsmell outsmelled/outsmelt outsmelled/outsmelt

160 outspeak outspoke outspoken

161 outspeed outsped outsped

162 outspend outspent outspent

163 outswear outswore outsworn

164 outswim outswam outswum

165 outthink outthought outthought

166 outthrow outthrew outthrown

167 outwrite outwrote outwritten

168 overbid overbid overbid

169 overbreed overbred overbred

170 overbuild overbuilt overbuilt

171 overbuy overbought overbought

172 overcome overcame overcome

173 overdo overdid overdone

174 overdraw overdrew overdrawn

175 overdrink overdrank overdrunk

176 overeat overate overeaten

177 overfeed overfed overfed

178 overfly overflew overflown

179 overhang overhung overhung

180 overhear overheard overheard

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181 overlay overlaid overlaid

182 overpay overpaid overpaid

183 override overrode overridden

184 overrun overran overrun

185 oversee oversaw overseen

186 oversell oversold oversold

187 oversew oversewed oversewn/oversewed

188 overshoot overshot overshot

189 oversleep overslept overslept

190 overspeak overspoke overspoken

191 overspend overspent overspent

192 overspill overspilled/overspilt overspilled/overspilt

193 overtake overtook overtaken

194 overthink overthought overthought

195 overthrow overthrew overthrown

196 overwind overwound overwound

197 overwrite overwrote overwritten

198 partake partook partaken

199 pay paid paid

200 plead pleaded/pled pleaded/pled

201 prebuild prebuilt prebuilt

202 predo predid predone

203 premake premade premade

204 prepay prepaid prepaid

205 presell presold presold

206 preset preset preset

207 preshrink preshrank preshrunk

208 proofread proofread proofread

209 prove proved proven/proved

210 put put put

211 quick-freeze quick-froze quick-frozen

212 quit quit/quitted quit/quitted

213 read read read

214 reawake reawoke reawaken

215 rebid rebid rebid

216 rebind rebound rebound

rebroadcast rebroadcast
217 rebroadcast
rebroadcasted rebroadcasted

218 rebuild rebuilt rebuilt

219 recast recast recast

220 recut recut recut

221 redeal redealt redealt

222 redo redid redone

223 redraw redrew redrawn

224 refit refitted/refit refitted/refit

225 regrind reground reground

226 regrow regrew regrown

227 rehang rehung rehung

228 rehear reheard reheard

229 reknit reknitted/reknit reknitted/reknit

230 relay relaid relaid

231 relay relayed relayed

232 relearn relearned/relearnt relearned/relearnt

233 relight relit/relighted relit/relighted

234 remake remade remade

235 rend rent rent

236 repay repaid repaid

237 reread reread reread

238 rerun reran rerun

239 resell resold resold

240 resend resent resent

241 reset reset reset

242 resew resewed resewn/resewed

243 retake retook retaken

244 reteach retaught retaught

245 retear retore retorn

246 retell retold retold

247 rethink rethought rethought

248 retread retread retread

249 retrofit retrofitted/retrofit retrofitted/retrofit

250 rewake rewoke/rewaked rewaken/rewaked

251 rewear rewore reworn

252 reweave rewove/reweaved rewoven/reweaved

253 rewed rewed/rewedded rewed/rewedded

254 rewet rewet/rewetted rewet/rewetted

255 rewin rewon rewon

256 rewind rewound rewound

257 rewrite rewrote rewritten

258 rid rid rid

259 ride rode ridden

260 ring rang rung

261 rise rose risen

262 roughcast roughcast roughcast

263 run ran run

264 sand-cast sand-cast sand-cast

265 saw sawed sawn

266 say said said

267 see saw seen

268 seek sought sought

269 sell sold sold

270 send sent sent

271 set set set

272 sew sewed sewn/sewed

273 shake shook shaken

274 shave shaved shaved/shaven

275 shear sheared shorn

276 shed shed shed

277 shine shone shone

278 shit shit/shat/shitted shit/shat/shitted

279 shoot shot shot

280 show showed shown/showed

281 shrink shrank shrunk

282 shut shut shut

283 sight-read sight-read sight-read

284 sing sang sung

285 sink sank sunk

286 sit sat sat

287 slay slew slain

288 sleep slept slept

289 slide slid slid

290 sling slung slung

291 slink slunk slunk

292 slit slit slit

293 smell smelt smelt

294 smite smote smitten

295 sneak sneaked/snuck sneaked/snuck

296 speak spoke spoken

298 speed sped/speeded sped/speeded

299 spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled

300 spend spent spent

301 spill spilt/spilled spilt/spilled

302 spin spun/span spun

303 spoil spoilt/spoiled spoilt/spoiled

304 spread spread spread

305 stand stood stood

305 steal stole stolen

306 stick stuck stuck

307 sting stung stung

308 stink stunk/stank stunk

309 stride strode stridden

310 strike struck struck

311 string strung strung

312 sunburn sunburned/sunburnt sunburned/sunburnt

313 swear swore sworn

314 sweat sweat/sweated sweat/sweated

315 sweep swept swept

316 swell swelled swollen/swelled

317 swim swam swum

318 swing swung swung

319 take took taken

320 teach taught taught

321 tear tore torn

322 telecast telecast telecast

323 tell told told

324 think thought thought

325 throw threw thrown

326 thrust thrust thrust

327 tread trod trodden/trod

328 typewrite typewrote typewritten

329 unbend unbent unbent

330 unbind unbound unbound

331 unclothe unclothed/unclad unclothed/unclad

332 undercut undercut undercut

333 underfeed underfed underfed

334 undergo underwent undergone

335 underlie underlay underlain

336 understand understood understood

337 undertake undertook undertaken

338 underwrite underwrote underwritten

339 undo undid undone

340 unfreeze unfroze unfrozen

341 unhang unhung unhung

342 unhide unhid unhidden

343 unlearn unlearned/unlearnt unlearned/unlearnt

344 unspin unspun unspun

345 unwind unwound unwound

346 uphold upheld upheld

347 upset upset upset

348 wake woke/waked woken/waked

349 wear wore worn

350 wed wed/wedded wed/wedded

351 weep wept wept

352 wet wet/wetted wet/wetted

353 win won won

354 wind wound wound

355 withdraw withdrew withdrawn

356 withhold withheld withheld

357 withstand withstood withstood

358 work worked worked

359 wring wrung wrung

360 write wrote written