IRREGULAR VERBS

Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle
be [biː] was/were [wɒz/wɜː] been [biːn] lend [lend] lent [lent] lent [lent]
become [bɪˈkʌm] became [bɪˈkeɪm] become [bɪˈkʌm] let [let] let [let] let [let]
begin [bɪˈgɪn] began [bɪˈgæn] begun [bɪˈgʌn] lie [laɪ] lay [leɪ] lain [leɪn]
break [breɪk] broke [brəʊk] broken [ˈbrəʊkən] light [laɪt] lit [lɪt] lit [lɪt]
bring [brɪŋ] brought [brɔːt] brought [brɔːt] lose [lʊːz] lost [lɒst] lost [lɒst]
build [bɪld] built [bɪlt] built [bɪlt] make [meɪk] made [meɪd] made [meɪd]
burned [bɜːnd]/ burned [bɜːnd]/ mean [miːn] meant [ment] meant [ment]
burn [bɜːn]
burnt [bɜːnt] burnt [bɜːnt]
meet [miːt] met [met] met [met]
buy [baɪ] bought [bɔːt] bought [bɔːt]
pay [peɪ] paid [peɪd] paid [peɪd]
catch [kætʃ] caught [kɔːt] caught [kɔːt]
put [pʊt] put [pʊt] put [pʊt]
choose [tʃuːz] chose [tʃəʊz] chosen [ˈtʃəʊzn]
read [riːd] read [red] read [red]
come [kʌm] came [keɪm] come [kʌm]
ride [raɪd] rode [rəʊd] ridden [ˈrɪdn]
cost [kɒst] cost [kɒst] cost [kɒst]
ring [rɪŋ] rang [ræŋ] rung [rʌŋ]
cut [kʌt] cut [kʌt] cut [kʌt]
run [rʌn] ran [ræn] run [rʌn]
dig [dɪg] dug [dʌg] dug [dʌg]
say [seɪ] said [sed] said [sed]
do [duː] did [dɪd] done [dʌn]
see [siː] saw [sɔː] seen [siːn]
draw [drɔː] drew [druː] drawn [drɔːn]
sell [sel] sold [səʊld] sold [səʊld]
dreamed [driːmd]/ dreamed [driːmd]/
dream [driːm] send [send] sent [sent] sent [sent]
dreamt [dremt] dreamt [dremt]
set [set] set [set] set [set]
drink [drɪnk] drank [drænk] drunk [drʌnk]
shine [ʃaɪn] shone [ʃɒn] shone [ʃɒn]
drive [draɪv] drove [drəʊv] driven [ˈdrɪvn]
show [ʃəʊ] showed [ʃəʊd] shown [ʃəʊn]
eat [iːt] ate [et] eaten [ˈiːtn]
shut [ʃʌt] shut [ʃʌt] shut [ʃʌt]
fall [fɔːl] fell [fel] fallen [ˈfɔːln]
sing [sɪŋ] sang [sæŋ] sung [sʌŋ]
feed [fiːd] fed [fed] fed [fed]
sit [sɪt] sat [sæt] sat [sæt]
feel [fiːl] felt [felt] felt [felt]
sleep [sliːp] slept [slept] slept [slept]
fight [faɪt] fought [fɔːt] fought [fɔːt]
smelled [smeld]/ smelled [smeld]/
find [faɪnd] found [faʊnd] found [faʊnd] smell [smel]
smelt [smelt] smelt [smelt]
fly [flaɪ] flew [fluː] flown [fləʊn]
speak [spiːk] spoke [spəʊk] spoken [ˈspəʊkən]
forget [fəˈget] forgot [fəˈgɒt] forgotten [fəˈgɒtn]
spend [spend] spent [spent] spent [spent]
forgive [fəˈgɪv] forgave [fəˈgeɪv] forgiven [fəˈgɪvn]
spilled [spɪld]/ spilled [spɪld]/
spill [spɪl]
get [get] got [gɒt] got [gɒt] spilt [spɪlt] spilt [spɪlt]
give [gɪv] gave [geɪv] given [ˈgɪvn] stand [stænd] stood [stʊd] stood [stʊd]
gone [gɒn]/ steal [stiːl] stole [stəʊl] stolen [ˈstəʊlən]
go [gəʊ] went [went]
been [biːn]
swim [swɪm] swam [swæm] swum [swʌm]
grow [grəʊ] grew [gruː] grown [grəʊn]
take [teɪk] took [tʊk] taken [ˈteɪkən]
have [hæv] had [hæd] had [hæd]
teach [tiːtʃ] taught [tɔːt] taught [tɔːt]
hear [hɪə] heard [hɜːd] heard [hɜːd]
tear [teə] tore [tɔː] torn [tɔːn]
hide [haɪd] hid [hɪd] hidden [ˈhɪdn]
tell [tel] told [təʊld] told [təʊld]
hit [hɪt] hit [hɪt] hit [hɪt]
think [θɪŋk] thought [θɔːt] thought [θɔːt]
hold [həʊld] held [held] held [held]
throw [θrəʊ] threw [θruː] thrown [θrəʊn]
hurt [hɜːt] hurt [hɜːt] hurt [hɜːt]
understand understood understood
keep [kiːp] kept [kept] kept [kept] [ˌʌndəˈstænd] [ˌʌndəˈstʊd] [ˌʌndəˈstʊd]
know [nəʊ] knew [njuː] known [nəʊn] wake [weɪk] woke [wəʊk] woken [ˈwəʊkən]
lead [liːd] led [led] led [led] wear [weə] wore [wɔː] worn [wɔːn]
learned [lɜːnd]/ learned [lɜːnd]/ win [wɪn] won [wʌn] won [wʌn]
learn [lɜːn]
learnt [lɜːnt] learnt [lɜːnt]
write [raɪt] wrote [rəʊt] written [ˈrɪtn]
leave [liːv] left [left] left [left]

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