For most verbs, the simple past tense is created by adding a d, ed or ied at the end of the word. These are called regular verbs.
The simple past tense of some verbs do not end in ed. Such verbs are called irregular verbs. Since they are irregular, they do not follow any pattern and the best way to learn them would be to repeat and memorize them.
They go to the movies every weekend. (go - base form)
They went to the movie yesterday. (went - past tense)
They have gone to the movies. (gone - past participle)
The following is a list of commonly used irregular verbs. (Check out the videos below for more irregular verbs.)
Base Form
Past Tense
Past Participle
arise
arose
arisen
awake
awoke
awoken
be
was, were
been
bear
bore
born/borne
beat
beat
beaten
become
became
become
begin
began
begun
behold
beheld
beheld
bend
bent
bent
bet
bet
bet
bid
bade
bidden
bid
bid
bid
bind
bound
bound
bite
bit
bitten
bleed
bled
bled
blow
blew
blown
break
broke
broken
breed
bred
bred
bring
brought
brought
build
built
built
burst
burst
burst
bust
bust
bust
buy
bought
bought
cast
cast
cast
catch
caught
caught
choose
chose
chosen
clap
clapped
clapped
cling
clung
clung
come
came
come
cost
cost
cost
creep
crept
crept
cut
cut
cut
dare
dared
dared
deal
dealt
dealt
dig
dug
dug
dive
dived
dived
do
did
done
draw
drew
drawn
dream
dreamt
dreamt
drink
drank
drunk
drive
drove
driven
dwell
dwelt
dwelt
eat
ate
eaten
fall
fell
fallen
feed
fed
fed
feel
felt
felt
fight
fought
fought
find
found
found
flee
fled
fled
fling
flung
flung
fly
flew
flown
forbid
forbade
forbidden
foresee
foresaw
foreseen
foretell
foretold
foretold
forget
forgot
forgotten
forgive
forgave
forgiven
forsake
forsook
forsaken
freeze
froze
frozen
frostbite
frostbit
frostbitten
get
got
gotten
give
gave
given
go
went
gone
go
went
gone/been
grind
ground
ground
grow
grew
grown
handwrite
handwrote
handwritten
have
had
had
hear
heard
heard
hide
hid
hidden
hit
hit
hit
hold
held
held
hurt
hurt
hurt
inlay
inlaid
inlaid
input
input
input
interlay
interlaid
interlaid
keep
kept
kept
kneel
knelt
knelt
know
knew
known
lay
laid
laid
lead
led
led
learn
learnt
learnt
leave
left
left
lend
lent
lent
let
let
let
lie
lay
lain
light
lit
lit
lose
lost
lost
make
made
made
mean
meant
meant
meet
met
met
pay
paid
paid
quit
quit
quit
read
read
read
ride
rode
ridden
run
ran
run
say
said
said
see
saw
seen
seek
sought
sought
sell
sold
sold
send
sent
sent
shake
shook
shaken
shine
shone
shone
sing
sang
sung
sit
sat
sat
sleep
slept
slept
speak
spoke
spoken
spend
spent
spent
spring
sprang
sprung
stand
stood
stood
steal
stole
stolen
swim
swam
swum
swing
swung
swung
take
took
taken
teach
taught
taught
tear
tore
torn
tell
told
told
think
thought
thought
throw
threw
thrown
understand
understood
understood
wake
woke
woken
wear
wore
worn
win
won
won
write
wrote
written
Videos
This video will help students of English learn the past and present tense forms of many irregular verbs.
This video shows irregular verbs in the simple form, the past tense, and as past participles. It will help you remember how these verbs change. It might also help with pronunciation.
This video is designed to help you learn the most frequently used English irregular verbs. You can practice the pronunciation while memorizing them. (Part 1)
This video is designed to help you learn English irregular verbs. You can practice the pronunciation while memorizing them. (Part 2)
This video is designed to help you learn English irregular verbs. You can practice the pronunciation while memorizing them. (Part 3)
This video is designed to help you learn English irregular verbs. You can practice the pronunciation while memorizing them. (Part 4)
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