Comprehensive List of Irregular Verbs in English

Irregular Verbs in English

Past Simple and Past Participle Forms


  • Abide (bear): Abided, Abode
  • Arise (arise): Arose, Arisen
  • Awake (waking): Awoke, Awaked, Awoken
  • Bear (carry): Bore, Borne
  • Beat (beat): Beat, Beat
  • Become (be): Became, Become
  • Befall (reach): Befell, Befallen
  • Beget (breed): Begot, Begotten
  • Begin (start): Began, Begun
  • Behold (warn): Beheld, Beheld
  • Bend (bend): Bent, Bent
  • Bereave (deprive): Bereaved, Bereft
  • Beseech (beg): Besought, Besought
  • Bestride (ride): Bestrode, Bestridden
  • Bet (bet): Bet, Better, Bet, Better
  • Bid (offer): Bade, Bidden
  • Bind (connect): Bound, Bound
  • Bite (bite): Bit, Bitten
  • Bleed (bleed): Bled, Bled
  • Blow (blow): Blew, Blown
  • Break (break): Broke, Broken
  • Breed (breed): Bred, Bred
  • Bring (bring): Brought, Brought
  • Broadcast (broadcast): Broadcast, Broadcast
  • Build (build): Built, Built
  • Burn (burn): Burnt, Burned, Burnt, Burned
  • Burst (burst): Burst, Burst
  • Buy (buy): Bought, Bought
  • Cast (throw): Cast, Cast
  • Catch (catch): Caught, Caught
  • Choose (choose): Chose, Chosen
  • Cleave (splitting): Clove, Cleft, Cloven, Cleft
  • Cleave (adhere): Cleaved, Cleaved
  • Cling (cling): Clung, Clung
  • Clothe (dress): Clothed, Clad, Clothed, Clad
  • Come (come): Came, Come
  • Cost (cost): Cost, Cost
  • Creep (crawl): Crept, Crept
  • Crow (crow): Crow, Crew, Crow
  • Cut (cut): Cut, Cut
  • Dare (dare): Dared, Durst, Dared, Durst
  • Deal (deal): Dealt, Dealt
  • Dig (dig): Dug, Dug
  • Dive (diving): Dived, Dove, Dived
  • Draw (draw, pull): Drew, Drawn
  • Dream (dream): Dreamed, Dreamt, Dreamed, Dreamt
  • Drink (drink): Drank, Drunk
  • Drive (drive): Drove, Driven
  • Dwell (dwell): Dwelt, Dwelled, Dwelt, Dwelled
  • Eat (eat): Ate, Eaten
  • Fall (fall): Fell, Fallen
  • Feed (feed): Fed, Fed
  • Feel (feel): Felt, Felt
  • Fight (fight): Fought, Fought
  • Find (find): Found, Found
  • Fit (set): Fit, Fitted, Fit, Fitted
  • Flee (flee): Fled, Fled
  • Fling (throw): Flung, Flung
  • Fly (fly): Flew, Flown
  • Forbear (abstain): Forbore, Forborne
  • Forbid (forbid): Forbade, Forbidden
  • Forget (forget): Forgot, Forgotten
  • Forgive (forgive): Forgave, Forgiven
  • Forsake (abandon): Forsook, Forsaken
  • Freeze (freeze): Froze, Frozen
  • Get (get): Got, Got, Gotten
  • Gild (gild): Gilt, Gilded, Gilt, Gilded
  • Gird (surround): Girt, Girded, Girt, Girded
  • Give (give): Gave, Given
  • Go (go): Went, Gone
  • Grind (grind): Ground, Ground
  • Grow (grow): Grew, Grown
  • Hang (hang): Hung, Hanged, Hung, Hanged
  • Hear (hear): Heard, Heard
  • Heave (raise): Hove, Heaved, Hove, Heaved
  • Hew (carve): Hewed, Hewn, Hewed
  • Hide (hide): Hid, Hidden
  • Hit (hit): Hit, Hit
  • Hold (keep): Held, Held
  • Hurt (hurt): Hurt, Hurt
  • Keep (keep): Kept, Kept
  • Kneel (kneel): Knelt, Kneeled, Knelt, Kneeled
  • Knit (knit): Knit, Knitted, Knit, Knitted
  • Know (know): Knew, Known
  • Lay (lay): Laid, Laid
  • Lead (lead): Led, Led
  • Lean (lean): Leant, Leaned, Leant, Leaned
  • Leap (skip): Leapt, Leaped, Leapt, Leaped
  • Learn (learn): Learned, Learnt, Learned, Learnt
  • Leave (leave): Left, Left
  • Lend (lend): Lent, Lent
  • Let (let): Let, Let
  • Lie (lie): Lay, Lain
  • Light (light): Lit, Lighted, Lit, Lighted
  • Lose (lose): Lost, Lost
  • Make (make): Made, Made
  • Mean (mean): Meant, Meant
  • Meet (meet): Met, Met
  • Melt (melt): Melted, Melted, Molten
  • Mow (mow): Mowed, Mown, Mowed
  • Pay (pay): Paid, Paid
  • Plead (implore): Pled, Pleaded, Pled, Pleaded
  • Put (put): Put, Put
  • Quit (quit): Quit, Quitted, Quit, Quitted
  • Read (read): Read, Read
  • Rend (tear): Rent, Rent
  • Rid (rid): Rid, Rid
  • Ride (ride): Rode, Ridden
  • Ring (ring): Rang, Rung
  • Rise (rise): Rose, Risen
  • Run (run): Ran, Run
  • Saw (saw): Sawed, Sawn, Sawed
  • Say (say): Said, Said
  • See (see): Saw, Seen
  • Seek (search): Sought, Sought
  • Sell (sell): Sold, Sold
  • Send (send): Sent, Sent
  • Set (set): Set, Set
  • Sew (sew): Sewed, Sewn, Sewed
  • Shake (shake): Shook, Shaken
  • Shear (shear): Shore, Shorn, Shore
  • Shed (shed): Shed, Shed
  • Shine (shine): Shone, Shone
  • Shoe (shoe): Shod, Shoed, Shod, Shoed
  • Shoot (shoot): Shot, Shot
  • Show (show): Showed, Shown, Showed
  • Shrink (shrink): Shrank, Shrunk, Shrunk, Shrunken
  • Shut (close): Shut, Shut
  • Sing (sing): Sang, Sung
  • Sink (sink): Sank, Sunk, Sunken
  • Sit (sit): Sat, Sat
  • Slay (kill): Slew, Slain
  • Sleep (sleep): Slept, Slept
  • Slide (slide): Slid, Slid
  • Sling (sling): Slung, Slung
  • Slink (slink): Slunk, Slunk
  • Slit (slit): Slit, Slit
  • Smell (smell): Smelt, Smelled, Smelt, Smelled
  • Smite (hit): Smote, Smitten
  • Sneak (sneak): Snuck, Sneaked, Snuck, Sneaked
  • Sow (sow): Sowed, Sown, Sowed
  • Speak (speak): Spoke, Spoken
  • Speed (speed): Sped, Speeded, Sped, Speeded
  • Spell (spell): Spelled, Spelt, Spelled, Spelt
  • Spend (spend): Spent, Spent
  • Spill (spill): Spilled, Spilt, Spilled, Spilt
  • Spin (spin): Spun, Spun
  • Spit (spit): Spat, Spit, Spat, Spit
  • Split (split): Split, Split
  • Spoil (spoil): Spoiled, Spoilt, Spoiled, Spoilt
  • Spread (spread): Spread, Spread
  • Spring (spring): Sprang, Sprung
  • Stand (stand): Stood, Stood
  • Steal (steal): Stole, Stolen
  • Stick (stick): Stuck, Stuck
  • Sting (sting): Stung, Stung
  • Stink (stink): Stank, Stunk
  • Strew (strew): Strewed, Strewn, Strewed
  • Stride (stride): Strode, Stridden
  • Strike (strike): Struck, Struck, Stricken
  • String (string): Strung, Strung
  • Strive (strive): Strove, Striven
  • Swear (swear): Swore, Sworn
  • Sweat (sweat): Sweat, Sweated, Sweat, Sweated
  • Sweep (sweep): Swept, Swept
  • Swell (swell): Swelled, Swollen, Swelled
  • Swim (swim): Swam, Swum
  • Swing (swing): Swung, Swung
  • Take (take): Took, Taken
  • Teach (teach): Taught, Taught
  • Tear (tear): Tore, Torn
  • Tell (tell): Told, Told
  • Think (think): Thought, Thought
  • Thrive (thrive): Thrived, Throve, Thrived, Thriven
  • Throw (throw): Threw, Thrown
  • Thrust (thrust): Thrust, Thrust
  • Tread (tread): Trod, Trodden
  • Understand (understand): Understood, Understood
  • Undertake (undertake): Undertook, Undertaken
  • Wake (wake): Woke, Waked, Woken, Waked
  • Wear (wear): Wore, Worn
  • Weave (weave): Wove, Woven
  • Weep (weep): Wept, Wept
  • Wet (wet): Wet, Wetted, Wet, Wetted
  • Win (win): Won, Won
  • Wind (wind): Wound, Wound
  • Wring (wring): Wrung, Wrung