LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST

OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE
VERB/SIMPLE VERB/SIMPLE
PRESENT PRESENT
1. be, is, are was, were been 36. keep kept kept
2. become became become 37. know knew known
3. begin began begun 38. leave left left
4. bite bit bitten 39. lend lent lent
5. bleed bled bled 40. let let let
6. break broke broken 41. lose lost lost
7. bring brought brought 42. make made made
8. build built built 43. meet met met
9. buy bought bought 44. pay paid paid
10. choose chose chosen 45. put put put
11. come came come 46. read read read
12. cost cost cost 47. ride rode ridden
13. cut cut cut 48. ring rang rung
14. dig dug dug 49. run ran run
15. do did done 50. say said said
16. drink drank drunk 51. see saw seen
17. drive drove driven 52. sell sold sold
18. eat ate eaten 53. send sent sent
19. fall fell fallen 54. set set set
20. feed fed fed 55. show showed shown
21. feel felt felt 56. sit sat sat
22. fight fought fought 57. sleep slept slept
23. find found found 58. speak spoke spoken
24. forget forgot forgotten 59. spend spent spent
25. get got got 60. swim swam swum
26. give gave given 61. take took taken
27. go went gone 62. teach taught taught
28. grow grew grown 63. tell told told
29. hang hung hung 64. think thought thought
30. have had had 65. throw threw thrown
31. hear heard heard 66. understand understood understood
32. hide hid hidden 67. wear wore worn
33. hit hit hit 68. win won won
34. hold held held 69. write wrote written
35. hurt hurt hurt
For regular verbs, the simple past tense and past participle of these includes ed at the end of
the base form.
Example: prepare, create, jump, kiss, wash = prepared, created, jumped, kissed, washed and
many more.