What are irregular verbs? IRREGULAR VERBS (With Example)
IRREGULAR VERBS
Irregular verbs follow
no fixed rules for forming the various past, present, and future tenses. You
simply have to memorize them or consult your dictionary. Some of the most
commonly used irregular verbs are listed below.
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
be
beat
become
bend
break
buy
cast
choose
come
cut
do
draw
drink
drive
eat
fight
find
fly
get
give
go
grow
have
hide
hit
hold
hurt
keep
know
leave
make
meet
put
read
ride
ring
run
say
see
sell
send
sing
sit
sleep
speak
spend
stand
steal
swim
take
teach
tell
think
throw
understand
wear
win
write
|
was
beat
became
bent
broke
bought
cast
chose
came
cut
did
drew
drank
drove
ate
fought
found
flew
got
gave
went
grew
had
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
knew
left
made
met
put
read
rode
rang
ran
said
saw
sold
sent
sang
sat
slept
spoke
spent
stood
stole
swam
took
taught
told
thank
threw
understood
wore
won
wrote
|
been
beaten
become
bent
broken
bought
cast
chosen
come
cut
done
drawn
drunk
driven
eaten
fought
found
flown
gotten
given
gone
grown
had
hidden
hit
held
hurt
kept
known
left
made
met
put
read
ridden
rung
ran
said
seen
sold
sent
sung
sat
slept
spoken
spent
stood
stolen
swum
taken
taught
told
thought
thrown
understood
worn
won
written
|
What are irregular verbs?
Regular
verbs have ed at the end of the simple past and past participle forms:
Base verb + ed
|
Examples
of regular verbs:
Infinitive
|
Simple past
|
Past participle
|
play
|
played
|
played
|
visit
|
visited
|
visited
|
work
|
worked
|
worked
|
In
contrast to the above examples of regular verbs, irregular verbs are verbs which don't follow the above pattern
of conjugation.
Irregular verbs
Irregular
verb forms can not be predicted, that's why you should learn them by heart. The
best way to deal with them is as follows:
·
Use them in appropriate
contexts (in your writing or in your conversation)
·
Write down examples in
your exercise book.
·
Always keep a list of
irregular verbs at your disposal. (Note that most language books include a
section at the end for irregular verbs.)
A list of irregular verbs
Infinitive
|
Simple Past Tense
|
Past Participle
|
awake
|
awoke
|
awoken
|
be
|
was, were
|
been
|
bear
|
bore
|
born
|
beat
|
beat
|
beat
|
become
|
became
|
become
|
begin
|
began
|
begun
|
bend
|
bent
|
bent
|
beset
|
beset
|
beset
|
bet
|
bet
|
bet
|
bid
|
bid / bade
|
bid / bidden
|
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
|
burned / burnt
|
burned / burnt
|
burst
|
burst
|
burst
|
buy
|
bought
|
bought
|
cast
|
cast
|
cast
|
catch
|
caught
|
caught
|
choose
|
chose
|
chosen
|
cling
|
clung
|
clung
|
come
|
came
|
come
|
cost
|
cost
|
cost
|
creep
|
crept
|
crept
|
cut
|
cut
|
cut
|
deal
|
dealt
|
dealt
|
dig
|
dug
|
dug
|
dive
|
dived / dove
|
dived
|
do
|
did
|
done
|
draw
|
drew
|
drawn
|
dream
|
dreamed / dreamt
|
dreamed / dreamt
|
drive
|
drove
|
driven
|
drink
|
drank
|
drunk
|
eat
|
ate
|
eaten
|
fall
|
fell
|
fallen
|
feed
|
fed
|
fed
|
feel
|
felt
|
felt
|
fight
|
fought
|
fought
|
find
|
found
|
found
|
fit
|
fit
|
fit
|
flee
|
fled
|
fled
|
fling
|
flung
|
flung
|
fly
|
flew
|
flown
|
forbid
|
forbade
|
forbidden
|
forget
|
forgot
|
forgotten
|
forego (forgo)
|
forewent
|
foregone
|
forgive
|
forgave
|
forgiven
|
forsake
|
forsook
|
forsaken
|
freeze
|
froze
|
frozen
|
get
|
got
|
gotten
|
give
|
gave
|
given
|
go
|
went
|
gone
|
grind
|
ground
|
ground
|
grow
|
grew
|
grown
|
hang
|
hung
|
hung
|
hear
|
heard
|
heard
|
hide
|
hid
|
hidden
|
hit
|
hit
|
hit
|
hold
|
held
|
held
|
hurt
|
hurt
|
hurt
|
keep
|
kept
|
kept
|
kneel
|
knelt
|
knelt
|
knit
|
knit
|
knit
|
know
|
knew
|
know
|
lay
|
laid
|
laid
|
lead
|
led
|
led
|
leap
|
leaped / leapt
|
leaped / leapt
|
learn
|
learned / learnt
|
learned / learnt
|
leave
|
left
|
left
|
lend
|
lent
|
lent
|
let
|
let
|
let
|
lie
|
lay
|
lain
|
light
|
lighted/lit
|
lighted
|
lose
|
lost
|
lost
|
make
|
made
|
made
|
mean
|
meant
|
meant
|
meet
|
met
|
met
|
misspell
|
misspelled / misspelt
|
misspelled / misspelt
|
mistake
|
mistook
|
mistaken
|
mow
|
mowed
|
mowed / mown
|
overcome
|
overcame
|
overcome
|
overdo
|
overdid
|
overdone
|
overtake
|
overtook
|
overtaken
|
overthrow
|
overthrew
|
overthrown
|
pay
|
paid
|
paid
|
plead
|
pleaded / pled
|
pleaded / pled
|
prove
|
proved
|
proved / proven
|
put
|
put
|
put
|
quit
|
quit
|
quit
|
read
|
read
|
read
|
rid
|
rid
|
rid
|
ride
|
rode
|
ridden
|
ring
|
rang
|
rung
|
rise
|
rose
|
risen
|
run
|
ran
|
run
|
saw
|
sawed
|
sawed / sawn
|
say
|
said
|
said
|
see
|
saw
|
seen
|
seek
|
sought
|
sought
|
sell
|
sold
|
sold
|
send
|
sent
|
sent
|
set
|
set
|
set
|
sew
|
sewed
|
sewed / sewn
|
shake
|
shook
|
shaken
|
shave
|
shaved
|
shaved / shaven
|
shear
|
sheared / shore
|
sheared / shorn
|
shed
|
shed
|
shed
|
shine
|
shone
|
shone
|
shoe
|
shod
|
shod
|
shoot
|
shot
|
shot
|
show
|
showed
|
showed / shown
|
shrink
|
shrank
|
shrunk
|
shut
|
shut
|
shut
|
sing
|
sang
|
sung
|
sink
|
sank
|
sunk
|
sit
|
sat
|
sat
|
sleep
|
slept
|
slept
|
slay
|
slew
|
slain
|
slide
|
slid
|
slid
|
sling
|
slung
|
slung
|
slit
|
slit
|
slit
|
smite
|
smote
|
smitten
|
sow
|
sowed
|
sowed / sown
|
speak
|
spoke
|
spoken
|
speed
|
sped
|
sped
|
spend
|
spent
|
spent
|
spill
|
spilled / spilt
|
spilled / spilt
|
spin
|
spun
|
spun
|
spit
|
spit / spat
|
spit
|
split
|
split
|
split
|
spread
|
spread
|
spread
|
spring
|
sprang / sprung
|
sprung
|
stand
|
stood
|
stood
|
steal
|
stole
|
stolen
|
stick
|
stuck
|
stuck
|
sting
|
stung
|
stung
|
stink
|
stank
|
stunk
|
stride
|
strode
|
stridden
|
strike
|
struck
|
struck
|
string
|
strung
|
strung
|
strive
|
strove
|
striven
|
swear
|
swore
|
sworn
|
sweep
|
swept
|
swept
|
swell
|
swelled
|
swelled / swollen
|
swim
|
swam
|
swum
|
swing
|
swung
|
swung
|
take
|
took
|
taken
|
teach
|
taught
|
taught
|
tear
|
tore
|
torn
|
tell
|
told
|
told
|
think
|
thought
|
thought
|
thrive
|
thrived / throve
|
thrived
|
throw
|
threw
|
thrown
|
thrust
|
thrust
|
thrust
|
tread
|
trod
|
trodden
|
understand
|
understood
|
understood
|
uphold
|
upheld
|
upheld
|
upset
|
upset
|
upset
|
wake
|
woke
|
woken
|
wear
|
wore
|
worn
|
weave
|
weaved / wove
|
weaved / woven
|
wed
|
wed
|
wed
|
weep
|
wept
|
wept
|
wind
|
wound
|
wound
|
win
|
won
|
won
|
withhold
|
withheld
|
withheld
|
withstand
|
withstood
|
withstood
|
wring
|
wrung
|
wrung
|
write
|
wrote
|
written
|
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