English Irregular Verbs List: A Comprehensive Guide

English Irregular Verbs List

A Comprehensive Guide

Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t follow the standard rules for forming their past tense and past participle. Instead of simply adding “-ed” to the base form, they undergo unique changes. This list provides a comprehensive overview of common English irregular verbs.

A

  • Arise: arose, arisen – levantarse; surgir
  • Awake: awoke, awoken – despertarse

B

  • Be: was/were, been – ser, estar
  • Bear: bore, born – soportar; llevar
  • Beat: beat, beaten – golpear; vencer
  • Become: became, become – llegar a ser; convertirse
  • Begin: began, begun – empezar
  • Bend: bent, bent – doblar, flexionar
  • Bet: bet, bet – apostar
  • Bind: bound, bound – vendar; encuadernar
  • Bite: bit, bitten – morder
  • Bleed: bled, bled – sangrar
  • Blow: blew, blown – soplar
  • Break: broke, broken – romper
  • Bring: brought, brought – traer
  • Broadcast: broadcast, broadcast – emitir
  • Build: built, built – construir
  • Buy: bought, bought – comprar

C

  • Catch: caught, caught – coger, atrapar
  • Choose: chose, chosen – elegir
  • Come: came, come – venir
  • Cost: cost, cost – costar
  • Creep: crept, crept – deslizarse; trepar
  • Cut: cut, cut – cortar

D

  • Deal: dealt, dealt – tratar
  • Dig: dug, dug – cavar, excavar
  • Do: did, done – hacer
  • Draw: drew, drawn – dibujar
  • Dream: dreamt/dreamed, dreamt/dreamed – soñar
  • Drink: drank, drunk – beber
  • Drive: drove, driven – conducir

E

  • Eat: ate, eaten – comer

F

  • Fall: fell, fallen – caer
  • Feed: fed, fed – alimentar
  • Feel: felt, felt – sentir
  • Fight: fought, fought – luchar
  • Find: found, found – encontrar
  • Fit: fit/fitted, fit/fitted – encajar, ajustar
  • Flee: fled, fled – huir
  • Fly: flew, flown – volar
  • Forbid: forbade, forbidden – prohibir
  • Forecast: forecast, forecast – prever, predecir
  • Forget: forgot, forgotten – olvidar
  • Freeze: froze, frozen – congelar(se)

G

  • Get: got, got – obtener
  • Give: gave, given – dar
  • Go: went, gone – ir
  • Grow: grew, grown – crecer; cultivar

H

  • Hang: hung/hanged, hung/hanged – colgar
  • Have: had, had – tener
  • Hear: heard, heard – oír
  • Hide: hid, hidden – ocultar(se)
  • Hit: hit, hit – golpear
  • Hold: held, held – sostener, coger
  • Hurt: hurt, hurt – herir

K

  • Keep: kept, kept – guardar
  • Kneel: knelt/kneeld, knelt/kneeld – arrodillarse
  • Knit: knit/knitted, knit/knitted – tejer, hacer punto
  • Know: knew, known – saber, conocer

L

  • Lay: laid, laid – colocar, poner
  • Lead: led, led – guiar, dirigir
  • Lean: leant/leaned, leant/leaned – apoyar(se)
  • Leap: leapt/leaped, leapt/leaped – saltar
  • Learn: learnt/learned, learnt/learned – aprender
  • Leave: left, left – dejar; salir
  • Lend: lent, lent – prestar
  • Let: let, let – dejar, permitir
  • Lie: lay, lain – estar tumbado
  • Light: lit, lit – encender
  • Lose: lost, lost – perder

M

  • Make: made, made – hacer, fabricar
  • Mean: meant, meant – significar
  • Meet: met, met – encontrarse; conocer
  • Mow: mowed, mown/mowed – cortar, segar

P

  • Pay: paid, paid – pagar
  • Prove: proved, proven/proved – probar, demostrar
  • Put: put, put – poner

Q

  • Quit: quit, quit – dejar

R

  • Read: read, read – leer
  • Ride: rode, ridden – montar, cabalgar