Irregular Verbs
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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)
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