Irregular Verbs / English lessons

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Irregular Verbs :

Regular verbs form their past and past participle by adding ed (d).

Base Verb Past Past Participle
learn learned learned
study studied studied
cook cooked cooked
solve solved solved
ask asked asked
watch watched watched
listen listened listened

 
Irregular verbs do not have definite rules, but there are a few patterns.

Base Verb Past Past Participle
grow grew grown
know knew known
begin began begun
draw drew drawn
drive drove driven
fly flew flown
give gave given
speak spoke spoken
swim swam swum
go went gone
take took taken
find found found
spend spent spent
teach taught taught
pay paid paid
feel felt felt
buy bought bought
meet met met
have had had
feed fed fed
keep kept kept
cut cut cut
hit hit hit
set set set
shut shut shut
fit fit fit

 

[Quiz 13.1] Irregular Verbs

Find the past and past participle forms of the following verbs using your dictionary:
bring
drink
think
tell
eat
make
beat
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[13.1]
brought – brought
drank – drunk
thought – thought
told – told
ate – eaten
made – made
beat – beaten

Common English irregular verbs

This is a list of over 180 common English irregular verbs, with their past simple and past participle forms.
The list does not include less common verbs or those which simply add the prefixes re-, un– or out– to a verb already on the list.

English irregular verbs A – E
Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle
A
arise arose arisen
awake awoke awoken
B
bear bore borne
beat beat beaten
become became become
begin began begun
bend bent bent
beset beset beset
bet bet/betted bet
bid bid bid
bind bound bound
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
breed bred bred
bring brought brought
broadcast broadcast broadcast
build built built
burn burnt/burned burnt/burned
burst burst burst
buy bought bought
Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle
C
cast cast cast
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
cling clung clung
come came come
cost cost cost
creep crept crept
cut cut cut

Verb (infinitive)

Past simple form

Past participle
D
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
dive dived/dove (AmE) dived
do did done
draw drew drawn
dream dreamt /dreamed dreamt /dreamed
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
E
eat ate eaten

Verb (infinitive)

Past simple form

Past participle
F
fall fell fallen
feed fed fed
feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
fit fit, fitted fit, fitted
flee fled fled
fling flung flung
fly flew flown
forbid forbade forbidden
forget forgot forgotten
forgo /forego forwent, forewent forgone, foregone
forgive forgave forgiven
forsake forsook forsaken
foretell foretold foretold
freeze froze frozen

G
get got got (BrE) /gotten (AmE)
give gave given
go went gone
grind ground ground
grow grew grown
H
hang hung hung
hang hanged hanged
have had had
hear heard heard
hide hid hidden
hit hit hit
hold held held
hurt hurt hurt
K
keep kept kept
kneel knelt knelt
know knew known

Verb (infinitive)

Past simple form

Past participle
L
lay laid laid
lead led led
lean leant /leaned leant /leaned
leap leapt /leaped leapt /leaped
learn learnt /learned learnt /learned
leave left left
lend lent lent
let let let
lie lay lain
light lit /lighted lit /lighted
lose lost lost

Verb (infinitive)

Past simple form

Past participle
M
make made made
mean meant meant
meet met met
misspell misspelt /misspelled misspelt /misspelled
mistake mistook mistaken
mow mowed mowed/mown
O
overcome overcame overcome
overdo overdid overdone
overtake overtook overtaken
overthrow overthrew overthrown
P
pay paid paid
plead pleaded/ pled pleaded/ pled
prove proved proved/proven
put put put
Q
quit quit quit
R
read read read
rid rid rid
ride rode ridden
ring rang rung
rise rose risen
run ran run