Large list of English Irregular Verbs
What will I learn from the English lesson A List of English Irregular Verbs?
This English is to help you to understand irregular verbs and how to use them in simple past tense, past participle, 3rd person singular and present participle / gerund.
What is an irregular verb?
An irregular verb is when a verb does not end with -ed or -d, when it is used for the Past Simple and Past Participle forms. Sometimes irregular verbs do not change at all.
Regular verbs will add -ed or -d
In the English language, regular verbs will add -ed or -d if the end with the letter 'e') when you need to form the past tense and past participle.
The English language has a lot of irregular verbs, which don't add -ed or -d to the end of the verb
Some irregular verbs do not change at all, while others change completely, or they can even change letters in the middle.
What does the table show?
Below is a list of over 200 of the most common English irregular verbs, the first column shows their base form, the second columns shows past simple, the the third columns shows past participle, the third column shows 3rd person singular, and last column shows present participle - gerund.
Verb base form |
Simple past tense |
(+ have) Past Participle |
3rd Person Singular |
Present Participle - Gerund |
Abide |
Abode/Abided |
Abode/Abided/Abidden |
Abides |
Abiding |
Alight |
Alit/Alighted |
Alit/Alighted |
Alights |
Alighting |
Arise |
Arose |
Arisen |
Arises |
Arising |
Awake |
Awoke |
Awoken |
Awakes |
Awaking |
Be |
Was/Were |
Been |
Is |
Being |
Bear |
Bore |
Born/Borne |
Bears |
Bearing |
Beat |
Beat |
Beaten |
Beats |
Beating |
Become |
Became |
Become |
Becomes |
Becoming |
Begin |
Began |
Begun |
Begins |
Beginning |
Behold |
Beheld |
Beheld |
Beholds |
Beholding |
Bend |
Bent |
Bent |
Bends |
Bending |
Bet |
Bet |
Bet |
Bets |
Betting |
Bid |
Bade |
Bidden |
Bids |
Bidding |
Bid |
Bid |
Bid |
Bids |
Bidding |
Bind |
Bound |
Bound |
Binds |
Binding |
Bite |
Bit |
Bitten |
Bites |
Biting |
Bleed |
Bled |
Bled |
Bleeds |
Bleeding |
Blow |
Blew |
Blown |
Blows |
Blowing |
Break |
Broke |
Broken |
Breaks |
Breaking |
Breed |
Bred |
Bred |
Breeds |
Breeding |
Bring |
Brought |
Brought |
Brings |
Bringing |
Broadcast |
Broadcast / Broadcasted |
Broadcast / Broadcasted |
Broadcasts |
Broadcasting |
Build |
Built |
Built |
Builds |
Building |
Burn |
Burnt/Burned |
Burnt/Burned |
Burns |
Burning |
Burst |
Burst |
Burst |
Bursts |
Bursting |
Bust |
Bust |
Bust |
Busts |
Busting |
Buy |
Bought |
Bought |
Buys |
Buying |
Cast |
Cast |
Cast |
Casts |
Casting |
Catch |
Caught |
Caught |
Catches |
Catching |
Choose |
Chose |
Chosen |
Chooses |
Choosing |
Clap |
Clapped / Clapt |
Clapped / Clapt |
Claps |
Clapping |
Cling |
Clung |
Clung |
Clings |
Clinging |
Clothe |
Clad/Clothed |
Clad/Clothed |
Clothes |
Clothing |
Come |
Came |
Come |
Comes |
Coming |
Cost |
Cost |
Cost |
Costs |
Costing |
Creep |
Crept |
Crept |
Creeps |
Creeping |
Cut |
Cut |
Cut |
Cuts |
Cutting |
Dare |
Dared/Durst |
Dared |
Dares |
Daring |
Deal |
Dealt |
Dealt |
Deals |
Dealing |
Dig |
Dug |
Dug |
Digs |
Digging |
Dive |
Dived/Dove |
Dived |
Dives |
Diving |
Do |
Did |
Done |
Does |
Doing |
Draw |
Drew |
Drawn |
Draws |
Drawing |
Dream |
Dreamt/Dreamed |
Dreamt/Dreamed |
Dreams |
Dreaming |
Drink |
Drank |
Drunk |
Drinks |
Drinking |
Drive |
Drove |
Driven |
Drives |
Driving |
Dwell |
Dwelt |
Dwelt |
Dwells |
Dwelling |
Eat |
Ate |
Eaten |
Eats |
Eating |
Fall |
Fell |
Fallen |
Falls |
Falling |
Feed |
Fed |
Fed |
Feeds |
Feeding |
Feel |
Felt |
Felt |
Feels |
Feeling |
Fight |
Fought |
Fought |
Fights |
Fighting |
Find |
Found |
Found |
Finds |
Finding |
Fit |
Fit/Fitted |
Fit/Fitted |
Fits |
Fitting |
Flee |
Fled |
Fled |
Flees |
Fleeing |
Fling |
Flung |
Flung |
Flings |
Flinging |
Fly |
Flew |
Flown |
Flies |
Flying |
Forbid |
Forbade / Forbad |
Forbidden |
Forbids |
Forbidding |
Forecast |
Forecast / Forecasted |
Forecast / Forecasted |
Forecasts |
Forecasting |
Foresee |
Foresaw |
Foreseen |
Foresees |
Foreseeing |
Foretell |
Foretold |
Foretold |
Foretells |
Foretelling |
Forget |
Forgot |
Forgotten |
Forgets |
Foregetting |
Forgive |
Forgave |
Forgiven |
Forgives |
Forgiving |
Forsake |
Forsook |
Forsaken |
Forsakes |
Forsaking |
Freeze |
Froze |
Frozen |
Freezes |
Freezing |
Frostbite |
Frostbit |
Frostbitten |
Frostbites |
Frostbiting |
Get |
Got |
Got/Gotten |
Gets |
Getting |
Give |
Gave |
Given |
Gives |
Giving |
Go |
Went |
Gone/Been |
Goes |
Going |
Grind |
Ground |
Ground |
Grinds |
Grinding |
Grow |
Grew |
Grown |
Grows |
Growing |
Handwrite |
Handwrote |
Handwritten |
Handwrites |
Handwriting |
Hang |
Hung/Hanged |
Hung/Hanged |
Hangs |
Hanging |
Have |
Had |
Had |
Has |
Having |
Hear |
Heard |
Heard |
Hears |
Hearing |
Hide |
Hid |
Hidden |
Hides |
Hiding |
Hit |
Hit |
Hit |
Hits |
Hitting |
Hold |
Held |
Held |
Holds |
Holding |
Hurt |
Hurt |
Hurt |
Hurts |
Hurting |
Inlay |
Inlaid |
Inlaid |
Inlays |
Inlaying |
Input |
Input/Inputted |
Input/Inputted |
Inputs |
Inputting |
Interlay |
Interlaid |
Interlaid |
Interlays |
Interlaying |
Keep |
Kept |
Kept |
Keeps |
Keeping |
Kneel |
Knelt/Kneeled |
Knelt/Kneeled |
Kneels |
Kneeling |
Knit |
Knit/Knitted |
Knit/Knitted |
Knits |
Knitting |
Know |
Knew |
Known |
Knows |
Knowing |
Lay |
Laid |
Laid |
Lays |
laying |
Lead |
Led |
Led |
Leads |
Leading |
Lean |
Leant/Leaned |
Leant/Leaned |
Leans |
Leaning |
Leap |
Leapt/Leaped |
Leapt/Leaped |
Leaps |
Leaping |
Learn |
Learnt/Learned |
Learnt/Learned |
Learns |
Learning |
Leave |
Left |
Left |
Leaves |
Leaving |
Lend |
Lent |
Lent |
Lends |
Lending |
Let |
Let |
Let |
Lets |
Letting |
Lie |
Lay |
Lain |
Lies |
Lying |
Light |
Lit |
Lit |
Lights |
Lighting |
Lose |
Lost |
Lost |
Loses |
Losing |
Make |
Made |
Made |
Makes |
Making |
Mean |
Meant |
Meant |
Means |
Meaning |
Meet |
Met |
Met |
Meets |
Meeting |
Melt |
Melted |
Molten/Melted |
Melts |
Melting |
Mislead |
Misled |
Misled |
Misleads |
Misleading |
Mistake |
Mistook |
Mistaken |
Mistake |
Mistaking |
Misunderstand |
Misunderstood |
Misunderstood |
Misunderstands |
Misunderstanding |
Miswed |
Miswed/Miswedded |
Miswed/Miswedded |
Misweds |
Miswedding |
Mow |
Mowed |
Mown |
Mows |
Mowing |
Overdraw |
Overdrew |
Overdrawn |
Overdraws |
Overdrawing |
Overhear |
Overheard |
Overheard |
Overhears |
Overhearing |
Overtake |
Overtook |
Overtaken |
Overtakes |
Overtaking |
Pay |
Paid |
Paid |
Pays |
Paying |
Preset |
Preset |
Preset |
Presets |
Presetting |
Prove |
Proved |
Proven/Proved |
Proves |
Proving |
Put |
Put |
Put |
Puts |
Putting |
Quit |
Quit |
Quit |
Quits |
Quitting |
Re-prove |
Re-proved |
Re-proven/Re-proved |
Re-proves |
Re-proving |
Read |
Read |
Read |
Reads |
Reading |
Rid |
Rid/Ridded |
Rid/Ridded |
Rids |
Ridding |
Ride |
Rode |
Ridden |
Rides |
Riding |
Ring |
Rang |
Rung |
Rings |
Ringing |
Rise |
Rose |
Risen |
Rises |
Rising |
Rive |
Rived |
Riven/Rived |
Rives |
Riving |
Run |
Ran |
Run |
Runs |
Running |
Saw |
Sawed |
Sawn/Sawed |
Saws |
Sawing |
Say |
Said |
Said |
Says |
Saying |
See |
Saw |
Seen |
Sees |
Seeing |
Seek |
Sought |
Sought |
Seeks |
Seeking |
Sell |
Sold |
Sold |
Sells |
Selling |
Send |
Sent |
Sent |
Sends |
Sending |
Set |
Set |
Set |
Sets |
Setting |
Sew |
Sewed |
Sewn/Sewed |
Sews |
Sewing |
Shake |
Shook |
Shaken |
Shakes |
Shaking |
Shave |
Shaved |
Shaven/Shaved |
Shaves |
Shaving |
Shear |
Shore/Sheared |
Shorn/Sheared |
Shears |
Shearing |
Shed |
Shed |
Shed |
Sheds |
Shedding |
Shine |
Shone |
Shone |
Shines |
Shining |
Shoe |
Shod |
Shod |
Shoes |
Shoeing |
Shoot |
Shot |
Shot |
Shoots |
Shooting |
Show |
Showed |
Shown |
Shows |
Showing |
Shrink |
Shrank |
Shrunk |
Shrinks |
Shrinking |
Shut |
Shut |
Shut |
Shuts |
Shutting |
Sing |
Sang |
Sung |
Sings |
Singing |
Sink |
Sank |
Sunk |
Sinks |
Sinking |
Sit |
Sat |
Sat |
Sits |
Sitting |
Slay |
Slew |
Slain |
Slays |
Slaying |
Sleep |
Slept |
Slept |
Sleeps |
Sleeping |
Slide |
Slid |
Slid/Slidden |
Slides |
Sliding |
Sling |
Slung |
Slung |
Slings |
Slinging |
Slink |
Slunk |
Slunk |
Slinks |
Slinking |
Slit |
Slit |
Slit |
Slits |
Slitting |
Smell |
Smelt/Smelled |
Smelt/Smelled |
Smells |
Smelling |
Sneak |
Sneaked/Snuck |
Sneaked/Snuck |
Sneaks |
Sneaking |
Soothsay |
Soothsaid |
Soothsaid |
Soothsays |
Soothsaying |
Sow |
Sowed |
Sown |
Sows |
Sowing |
Speak |
Spoke |
Spoken |
Speaks |
Speaking |
Speed |
Sped/Speeded |
Sped/Speeded |
Speeds |
Speeding |
Spell |
Spelt/Spelled |
Spelt/Spelled |
Spells |
Spelling |
Spend |
Spent |
Spent |
Spends |
Spending |
Spill |
Spilt/Spilled |
Spilt/Spilled |
Spills |
Spilling |
Spin |
Span/Spun |
Spun |
Spins |
Spinning |
Spit |
Spat/Spit |
Spat/Spit |
Spits |
Spitting |
Split |
Split |
Split |
Splits |
Splitting |
Spoil |
Spoilt/Spoiled |
Spoilt/Spoiled |
Spoils |
Spoiling |
Spread |
Spread |
Spread |
Spreads |
Spreading |
Spring |
Sprang |
Sprung |
Springs |
Springing |
Stand |
Stood |
Stood |
Stands |
Standing |
Steal |
Stole |
Stolen |
Steals |
Stealing |
Stick |
Stuck |
Stuck |
Sticks |
Sticking |
Sting |
Stung |
Stung |
Stings |
Stinging |
Stink |
Stank |
Stunk |
Stinks |
Stinking |
Stride |
Strode/Strided |
Stridden |
Strides |
Striding |
Strike |
Struck |
Struck/Stricken |
Strikes |
Striking |
String |
Strung |
Strung |
Strings |
Stringing |
Strip |
Stript/Stripped |
Stript/Stripped |
Strips |
Stripping |
Strive |
Strove |
Striven |
Strives |
Striving |
Sublet |
Sublet |
Sublet |
Sublets |
Subletting |
Sunburn |
Sunburned/Sunburnt |
Sunburned/Sunburnt |
Sunburns |
Sunburning |
Swear |
Swore |
Sworn |
Swears |
Swearing |
Sweat |
Sweat/Sweated |
Sweat/Sweated |
Sweats |
Sweating |
Sweep |
Swept/Sweeped |
Swept/Sweeped |
Sweeps |
Sweeping |
Swell |
Swelled |
Swollen |
Swells |
Swelling |
Swim |
Swam |
Swum |
Swims |
Swimming |
Swing |
Swung |
Swung |
Swings |
Swinging |
Take |
Took |
Taken |
Takes |
Taking |
Teach |
Taught |
Taught |
Teaches |
Teaching |
Tear |
Tore |
Torn |
Tears |
Tearing |
Tell |
Told |
Told |
Tells |
Telling |
Think |
Thought |
Thought |
Thinks |
Thinking |
Thrive |
Throve/Thrived |
Thriven/Thrived |
Thrives |
Thriving |
Throw |
Threw |
Thrown |
Throws |
Throwing |
Thrust |
Thrust |
Thrust |
Thrusts |
Thrusting |
Tread |
Trod |
Trodden |
Treads |
Treading |
Undergo |
Underwent |
Undergone |
Undergoes |
Undergoing |
Understand |
Understood |
Understood |
Understands |
Understanding |
Undertake |
Undertook |
Undertaken |
Undertakes |
Undertaking |
Upset |
Upset |
Upset |
Upsets |
Upsetting |
Vex |
Vext/Vexed |
Vext/Vexed |
Vexes |
Vexing |
Wake |
Woke |
Woken |
Wakes |
Waking |
Wear |
Wore |
Worn |
Wears |
Wearing |
Weave |
Wove |
Woven |
Weaves |
Weaving |
Wed |
Wed/Wedded |
Wed/Wedded |
Weds |
Wedding |
Weep |
Wept |
Wept |
Weeps |
Weeping |
Wend |
Wended/Went |
Wended/Went |
Wends |
Wending |
Wet |
Wet/Wetted |
Wet/Wetted |
Wets |
Wetting |
Win |
Won |
Won |
Wins |
Winning |
Wind |
Wound |
Wound |
Winds |
Winding |
Withdraw |
Withdrew |
Withdrawn |
Withdraws |
Withdrawing |
Withhold |
Withheld |
Withheld |
Withholds |
Withholding |
Withstand |
Withstood |
Withstood |
Withstands |
Withstanding |
Wring |
Wrung |
Wrung |
Wrings |
Wringing |
Write |
Wrote |
Written |
Writes |
Writing |
Zinc |
Zinced/Zincked |
Zinced/Zincked |
Zincs |
Zincking |
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