English Irregular Verbs: Present, Past, and Past Participle

Mastering Irregular Verbs: A Comprehensive List

Understanding Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the standard pattern of adding -ed or -d to form their past simple and past participle forms. Mastering these verbs is crucial for achieving fluency in English.

List of Common Irregular Verbs

This list provides the present, past simple, and past participle forms of common irregular verbs, along with their meanings in Spanish where applicable.

B

  • Beat: Beat, Beaten
  • Break: Broke, Broken
  • Build: Built, Built
  • Burn: Burnt, Burnt
  • Buy: Bought, Bought

C

  • Cast: Cast, Cast
  • Catch: Caught, Caught
  • Choose: Chose, Chosen

D

  • Dig: Dug, Dug
  • Draw: Drew, Drawn
  • Dream: Dreamt, Dreamt

F

  • Fall: Fell, Fallen
  • Feel: Felt, Felt (Sentir)
  • Fight: Fought, Fought
  • Find: Found, Found
  • Flee: Fled, Fled (Huir)
  • Fly: Flew, Flown (Volar)
  • Forget: Forgot, Forgotten
  • Forgive: Forgave, Forgiven
  • Freeze: Froze, Frozen

G

  • Get: Got, Gotten
  • Give: Gave, Given
  • Grow: Grew, Grown

H

  • Hide: Hid, Hidden
  • Hit: Hit, Hit (Golpear)
  • Hold: Held, Held (Agarrar, Celebrar)
  • Hurt: Hurt, Hurt (Herir)

K

  • Keep: Kept, Kept (Conservar)
  • Know: Knew, Known (Saber, Conocer)
  • Kneel: Knelt, Knelt (Arrodillarse)
  • Knit: Knit, Knit (Hacer punto)

L

  • Lay: Laid, Laid
  • Lead: Led, Led
  • Lean: Leant, Leant
  • Learn: Learnt, Learnt
  • Leave: Left, Left
  • Lend: Lent, Lent
  • Let: Let, Let
  • Lie: Lay, Lain
  • Lose: Lost, Lost

M

  • Make: Made, Made
  • Mean: Meant, Meant
  • Meet: Met, Met

P

  • Pay: Paid, Paid

R

  • Read: Read, Read
  • Ride: Rode, Ridden
  • Ring: Rang, Rung
  • Rise: Rose, Risen

S

  • Say: Said, Said
  • See: Saw, Seen
  • Sell: Sold, Sold
  • Send: Sent, Sent
  • Shake: Shook, Shaken
  • Shoot: Shot, Shot (Disparar)
  • Show: Showed, Shown (Mostrar)
  • Shrink: Shrank, Shrunk (Encogerse)
  • Shut: Shut, Shut
  • Sing: Sang, Sung
  • Sink: Sank, Sunk
  • Sit: Sat, Sat
  • Sleep: Slept, Slept
  • Speak: Spoke, Spoken
  • Spell: Spelt, Spelt
  • Spend: Spent, Spent
  • Spread: Spread, Spread
  • Spring: Sprang, Sprung
  • Steal: Stole, Stolen (Robar)
  • Strike: Struck, Struck
  • Swear: Swore, Sworn
  • Swell: Swelled, Swollen
  • Swing: Swung, Swung

T

  • Take: Took, Taken
  • Teach: Taught, Taught
  • Tell: Told, Told
  • Think: Thought, Thought
  • Throw: Threw, Thrown

U

  • Understand: Understood, Understood

W

  • Wake: Woke, Woken
  • Wear: Wore, Worn
  • Win: Won, Won
  • Write: Wrote, Written