Irregular Past Tense Verbs
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Base Form | Past Simple | Participle | | | Base Form | Past Simple | Participle | | | Base Form | Past Simple | Participle | |||
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No change | read | read | read | | | take | take | took | taken | | | others | think | thought | thought |
quit | quit | quit | | | overtake | overtook | overtaken | | | bring | brought | brought | |||
spread | spread | spread | | | shake | shook | shaken | | | buy | bought | bought | |||
bet | bet | bet | | | mistake | mistook | mistaken | | | catch | caught | caught | |||
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast | | | -ay | lay | laid | laid | | | eat | ate | eaten | ||
burst | burst | burst | | | pay | paid | paid | | | forget | forgot | forgotten | |||
cost | cost | cost | | | say | said | said | | | get | got | gotten | |||
cut | cut | cut | | | -eak | break | broke | broken | | | stand | stood | stood | ||
hurt | hurt | hurt | | | speak | spoke | spoken | | | see | saw | seen | |||
set | set | set | | | -eal | steal | stole | stolen | | | hold | held | held | ||
shed | shed | shed | | | | | slide | slid | slid | ||||||
shut | shut | shut | | | -ean | lean | leant | leant | | | come | come | came | come | |
rid | rid | rid | | | learn | learnt | learnt | | | become | became | become | |||
split | split | split | | | mean | meant | meant | | | overcome | overcame | overcome | |||
upset | upset | upset | | | | | |||||||||
input | input | input | | | | | -oot | shoot | shot | shot | |||||
-ell | sell | sold | sold | | | | | -ow | fly | flew | flown | ||||
tell | told | told | | | -eel | feel | felt | felt | | | flow | flew | flown | ||
-end | spend | spent | spent | | | -eep | sleep | slept | slept | | | know | knew | known | |
lend | lent | lent | | | keep | kept | kept | | | ||||||
bend | bent | bent | | | creep | crept | crept | | | ||||||
send | sent | sent | | | sweep | swept | swept | | | ||||||
rend | rent | rent | | | weep | wept | wept | | | ||||||
build | built | built | | | | | |||||||||
-eed | feed | fed | fed | | | | | ||||||||
bleed | bled | bled | | | | | |||||||||
breed | bred | bred | | | | | |||||||||
-ead | lead | led | led | | | | | ||||||||
-in- | begin | began | begun | | | -it | spit | spat | spat | | | -ind | find | found | found |
drink | drank | drunk | | | sit | sat | sat | | | bind | bound | bound | |||
sing | sang | sung | | | | | grind | ground | ground | ||||||
sink | sank | sunk | | | -ive | drive | drove | driven | | | wind | wound | wound | ||
shrink | shrank | shrunk | | | give | gave | given | | | ||||||
stink | stank | stunk | | | forgive | forgave | forgiven | | | ||||||
sting | stung | stung | | | strive | strove | striven | | | ||||||
swing | swung | swung | | | -ise | rise | rose | risen | | | |||||
win | won | won | | | arise | arose | arisen | | | ||||||
spin | spun | spun | | | -ite | write | wrote | written | | |
What are Irregular Verbs?
Regular verbs: In the English language, most verbs are turned into the past tense by adding -ed
to the end of a base form of the verb.
- Cook → Cooked
- Walk → Walked
- Talk → Talked
- Finish → Finished
Irregular verbs (or irregular past tense verbs) are common verbs in English that do not follow the simple system of adding -d
or -ed
to the end of the word to form the past tense (the past simple and/or the past participle)
- Do – did – done
- Draw – drew – drawn
- Drink – drank – drunk