Mastering Irregular Verbs in English
This is a comprehensive list of irregular verbs in English, showing the base form, past simple, and past participle, along with a brief definition.
- be | was / were | been ………. To be, exist
- become | became | become ………. To become, turn into
- begin | began | begun ………. To begin, start
- bend | bent | bent ………. To bend, fold
- bet | bet | bet ………. To bet
- bite | bit | bitten ………. To bite
- bleed | bled | bled ………. To bleed
- blow | blew | blown ………. To blow
- break | broke | broken ………. To break
- bring | brought | brought ………. To bring, carry
- build | built | built ………. To build
- burn | burned / burnt | burned / burnt ………. To burn
- buy | bought | bought ………. To buy
- catch | caught | caught ………. To catch
- choose | chose | chosen ………. To pick, choose
- come | came | come ………. To come
- cost | cost | cost ………. To cost
- cut | cut | cut ………. To cut
- dig | dug | dug ………. To dig
- do | did | done ………. To do
- draw | drew | drawn ………. To draw, paint
- dream | dreamed / dreamt | dreamed / dreamt ………. To dream
- drive | drove | driven ………. To drive
- drink | drank | drunk ………. To drink
- eat | ate | eaten ………. To eat
- fall | fell | fallen ………. To fall
- feed | fed | fed ………. To feed
- feel | felt | felt ………. To feel
- fight | fought | fought ………. To fight
- find | found | found ………. To find
- fly | flew | flown ………. To fly
- forbid | forbade | forbidden ………. To ban
- forget | forgot | forgotten ………. To forget
- forgive | forgave | forgiven ………. To forgive
- freeze | froze | frozen ………. To freeze
- get | got | gotten ………. To get, obtain
- give | gave | given ………. To give
- go | went | gone ………. To go
- grow | grew | grown ………. To grow
- hear | heard | heard ………. To hear
- hit | hit | hit ………. To hit, strike
- hold | held | held ………. To grab, hold
- hurt | hurt | hurt ………. To harm, injure
- keep | kept | kept ………. To keep, maintain
- know | knew | known ………. To know
- lead | led | led ………. To lead, direct
- learn | learned / learnt | learned / learnt ………. To learn
- leave | left | left ………. To leave
- lend | lent | lent ………. To lend
- let | let | let ………. To leave, allow
- lie | lay | lain ………. To lie
- light | lighted / lit | lighted / lit ………. To light
- lose | lost | lost ………. To lose
- make | made | made ………. To do, make
- mean | meant | meant ………. To mean
- meet | met | met ………. To meet, encounter
- pay | paid | paid ………. To pay
- put | put | put ………. To put
- read | read | read ………. To read
- ride | rode | ridden ………. To drive, ride
- ring | rang | rung ………. To call (on the phone or a doorbell)
- rise | rose | risen ………. To rise
- run | ran | run ………. To run
- say | said | said ………. To say
- see | saw | seen ………. To see
- sell | sold | sold ………. To sell
- send | sent | sent ………. To send
- shake | shook | shaken ………. To shake
- shine | shone | shone ………. To shine
- shoot | shot | shot ………. To shoot
- show | showed | shown / showed ………. To show
- shut | shut | shut ………. To close
- sing | sang | sung ………. To sing
- sink | sank | sunk ………. To sink
- sit | sat | sat ………. To sit
- sleep | slept | slept ………. To sleep
- smell | smelled / smelt | smelled / smelt ………. To smell
- speak | spoke | spoken ………. To speak, talk
- speed | sped | sped ………. To speed
- spend | spent | spent ………. To spend
- spill | spilled / spilt | spilled / spilt ………. To spill
- spin | spun | spun ………. To spin
- spread | spread | spread ………. To spread
- spring | sprang / sprung | sprung ………. To spring, jump
- stand | stood | stood ………. To stand
- steal | stole | stolen ………. To steal
- stick | stuck | stuck ………. To stick, adhere
- sting | stung | stung ………. To sting
- stink | stank | stunk ………. To stink
- sweep | swept | swept ………. To sweep
- swim | swam | swum ………. To swim
- swing | swung | swung ………. To swing
- take | took | taken ………. To take
- teach | taught | taught ………. To teach, educate
- tear | tore | torn ………. To tear
- tell | told | told ………. To tell, explain
- think | thought | thought ………. To think
- throw | threw | thrown ………. To throw
- understand | understood | understood ………. To understand, comprehend
- wake | woke | woken ………. To wake up
- wear | wore | worn ………. To wear, use
- win | won | won ………. To win
- write | wrote | written ………. To write