English Irregular Verbs: A Comprehensive List
Mastering Irregular Verbs in English
Understanding Their Patterns
Irregular verbs are a fundamental part of the English language. Unlike regular verbs, they don’t follow a predictable pattern when changing tenses. This list provides the infinitive, past simple, and past participle forms of common irregular verbs, along with their translations in Catalan.
Common Irregular Verbs
- Be – was/were – been – ser, estar
- Beat – beat – beaten – colpejar
- Become – became – become – convertir-se, fer-se
- Begin – began – begun – començar
- Bend – bent – bent – doblegar(se)
- Bet – bet – bet – apostar
- Bite – bit – bitten – mossegar
- Bleed – bled – bled – sagnar
- Blow – blew – blown – bufar
- Break – broke – broken – trencar
- Bring – brought – brought – portar
- Build – built – built – construir
- Burn – burnt/burned – burnt/burned – cremar
- Burst – burst – burst – esclatar
- Buy – bought – bought – comprar
- Catch – caught – caught – agafar
- Choose – chose – chosen – triar, escollir
- Come – came – come – venir
- Cost – cost – cost – costar
- Cut – cut – cut – tallar
- Dig – dug – dug – cavar
- Do – did – done – fer
- Draw – drew – drawn – dibuixar
- Dream – dreamt/dreamed – dreamt/dreamed – somiar
- Drink – drank – drunk – beure
- Drive – drove – driven – conduir
- Eat – ate – eaten – menjar
- Fall – fell – fallen – caure
- Feed – fed – fed – alimentar
- Feel – felt – felt – sentir(se)
- Fight – fought – fought – lluitar
- Find – found – found – trobar
- Fly – flew – flown – volar
- Forget – forgot – forgotten – oblidar
- Forgive – forgave – forgiven – perdonar
- Freeze – froze – frozen – congelar(se)
- Get – got – got – aconseguir
- Give – gave – given – donar
- Go – went – gone – anar
- Grow – grew – grown – créixer
- Hang – hung/hanged – hung/hanged – penjar
- Have – had – had – tenir
- Hear – heard – heard – sentir
More Irregular Verbs
- Hide – hid – hidden – amagar(se)
- Hit – hit – hit – colpejar
- Hold – held – held – mantenir
- Hurt – hurt – hurt – ferir, fer mal
- Keep – kept – kept – guardar
- Know – knew – known – saber
- Lead – led – led – guiar
- Learn – learnt/learned – learnt/learned – aprendre
- Leave – left – left – marxar
- Lend – lent – lent – prestar
- Lie – lay – lain – jeure
- Light – lit/lighted – lit/lighted – encendre
- Lose – lost – lost – perdre
- Make – made – made – fer
- Meet – met – met – conèixer
- Overcome – overcame – overcome – vèncer
- Pay – paid – paid – pagar
- Quit – quit/quitted – quit/quitted – deixar
- Read – read – read – llegir
- Ride – rode – ridden – muntar
- Ring – rang – rung – sonar
- Rise – rose – risen – aixecar-se
- Run – ran – run – córrer
- Say – said – said – dir
- See – saw – seen – veure
- Sell – sold – sold – vendre
- Send – sent – sent – enviar
- Set – set – set – posar
- Shake – shook – shaken – sacsejar
- Shine – shone/shined – shone/shined – brillar
- Shoot – shot – shot – disparar
- Show – showed – shown/showed – mostrar
- Shrink – shrank – shrunk – encongir-se
- Shut – shut – shut – tancar
- Sing – sang – sung – cantar
- Sit – sat – sat – seure
- Sleep – slept – slept – dormir
- Slide – slid – slid – lliscar
- Speak – spoke – spoken – parlar
- Spell – spelt/spelled – spelt/spelled – lletrejar
- Spend – spent – spent – gastar
- Spoil – spoilt/spoiled – spoilt/spoiled – fer malbé
- Spread – spread – spread – estendre
Final List of Irregular Verbs
- Spring – sprang – sprung – saltar
- Stand – stood – stood – estar dret
- Steal – stole – stolen – robar
- Stick – stuck – stuck – enganxar
- Strike – struck – struck – colpejar
- Sweep – swept – swept – escombrar
- Swim – swam – swum – nedar
- Take – took – taken – agafar
- Teach – taught – taught – ensenyar
- Tell – told – told – dir
- Think – thought – thought – pensar
- Throw – threw – thrown – llançar
- Understand – understood – understood – entendre
- Wake – woke – woken – despertar-se
- Wear – wore – worn – portar posat
- Write – wrote – written – escriure