Irregular English Verbs: A Quick Reference List
Irregular English Verbs
Here’s a list of common irregular verbs in English, showing their base form, past simple, and past participle:
- Be – was/were – been
- Become – became – become
- Come – came – come
- Do – did – done
- Find – found – found
- Go – went – gone
- Shoot – shot – shot
- Sit – sat – sat
- Slide – slid – slid
- Stand – stood – stood
- Understand – understood – understood
- Have – had – had
- Hear – heard – heard
- Tell – told – told
- Dig – dug – dug (creuser)
- Hang – hung – hung
- Sting – stung – stung (piquer)
- Win – won – won
- Pay – paid – paid
- Say – said – said
- Bet – bet – bet (parier)
- Cost – cost – cost
- Cut – cut – cut
- Hit – hit – hit (frapper)
- Hurt – hurt – hurt
- Let – let – let
- Put – put – put
- Set – set – set (poser, se coucher)
- Shut – shut – shut (fermer)
- Build – built – built
- Burn – burnt – burnt
- Dream – dreamt – dreamt
- Learn – learnt – learnt
- Lend – lent – lent (prêter)
- Lose – lost – lost
- Send – sent – sent
- Spell – spelt – spelt
- Spend – spent – spent
- Swear – swore – sworn
- Tear – tore – torn (déchirer)
- Wear – wore – worn
- Begin – began – begun
- Drink – drank – drunk
- Ring – rang – rung
- Run – ran – run
- Sing – sang – sung
- Swim – swam – swum
- Bring – brought – brought
- Buy – bought – bought
- Fight – fought – fought
- Think – thought – thought
- Catch – caught – caught
- Teach – taught – taught
- Bleed – bled – bled
- Feed – fed – fed (nourrir)
- Read – read – read
- Keep – kept – kept
- Leave – left – left
- Mean – meant – meant
- Meet – met – met
- Feel – felt – felt
- Sleep – slept – slept
- Bite – bit – bitten (mordre)
- Hide – hid – hidden
- Beat – bet – beaten ((se) battre)
- Break – broke – broken
- Choose – chose – chosen
- Drive – drove – driven
- Freeze – froze – frozen
- Ride – rode – ridden
- Rise – rose – risen
- Speak – spoke – spoken
- Steal – stole – stolen
- Wake – woke – woken
- Write – wrote – written
- Shake – shook – shaken
- Take – took – taken
- Fall – fell – fallen
- Eat – ate – eaten
- Give – gave – given
- Forget – forgot – forgotten
- See – saw – seen
- Blow – blew – blown (souffler)
- Fly – flew – flown
- Grow – grew – grown
- Know – knew – known
- Throw – threw – thrown
- Draw – drew – drawn
- Show – showed – shown