Irregular Verbs
More Lessons English as a Second Language
Welcome to our collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, and educators.
We have lots of free videos that will help you improve your English and also advice and tips that will help you in English proficiency examinations like TOEFL and IELTS.
In this lesson, we will learn
- how to form simple past tense for irregular verbs
- how to pronounce and spell the past tense of irregular 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.
Usually we will try to remember the base form (infinitive), past tense and past participle.
Examples:
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 |
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)
Try out our new and fun Fraction Concoction Game.
Add and subtract fractions to make exciting fraction concoctions following a recipe. There are four levels of difficulty: Easy, medium, hard and insane. Practice the basics of fraction addition and subtraction or challenge yourself with the insane level.
We welcome your feedback, comments and questions about this site or page. Please submit your feedback or enquiries via our Feedback page.