Grammar: A partial list of irregular verbs

This page © 1997 by Nicholas E. Miller

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The following list of irregular verbs is by no means comprehensive. While it is longer than that included with most student textbooks, any good dictionary will have a list about twice as long. It is what the author considers to be some of the more common ones, and is provided for study purposes only.


Present

Past

Past participle

Present participle

Present

Past

Past participle

Present participle

abide

abode or abided

abode or abided

abiding

leave

left

left

leaving

bear

bore

borne or born

bearing

lend

lent

lent

lending

beat

beat

beaten or beat

beating

let

let

let

letting

begin

began

begun

beginning

lie

lay

lain

lying

bid

bade or bid

bidden or bid

bidding

lie

lied

lied

lying

bite

bit

bitten

biting

lose

lost

lost

losing

bleed

bled

bled

bleeding

make

made

made

making

bless

blessed or blest

blessed or blest

blessing

meet

met

met

meeting

blow

blew

blown

blowing

mistake

mistook

mistaken

mistaking

break

broke

broken

breaking

pay

paid

paid

paying

breed

bred

bred

breeding

prove

proved or proven

proved or proven

proving

bring

brought

brought

bringing

put

put

put

putting

burn

burned or burnt

burned or burnt

burning

read

read

read

reading

burst

burst

burst

bursting

ride

rode

ridden

riding

buy

bought

bought

buying

ring

rang

rung

ringing

cast

cast

cast

casting

run

ran

run

running

catch

caught

caught

catching

seek

sought

sought

seeking

cling

clung

clung

clinging

see

saw

seen

seeing

come

came

come

coming

sell

sold

sold

selling

cost

cost

cost

costing

shake

shook

shaken

shaking

creep

crept

crept

creeping

shoot

shot

shot

shooting

curse

cursed or curst

cursed or curst

cursing

shrink

shrank or shrunk

shrunk or shrunken

shrinking

cut

cut

cut

cutting

shut

shut

shut

shutting

deal

dealt

dealt

dealing

sink

sank

sunk

sinking

dive

dived or dove

dived

diving

sing

sang

sung

singing

draw

drew

drawn

drawing

sit

sat

sat

sitting

dream

dreamed or dreamt

dreamed or dreamt

dreaming

sleep

slept

slept

sleeping

do

did

done

doing

smell

smelled or smelt

smelled or smelt

smelling

drink

drank

drunk

drinking

speak

spoke

spoken

speaking

drive

drove

driven

driving

speed

sped or speeded

sped or speeded

speeding

eat

ate

eaten

eating

spit

spat or spit

spat or spit

spitting

fall

fell

fallen

falling

split

split

split

splitting

feel

felt

felt

feeling

stand

stood

stood

standing

fling

flung

flung

flinging

steal

stole

stolen

stealing

fly

flew

flown

flying

sting

stung

stung

stinging

forecast

forecast or forecasted

forecast or forecasted

forecasting

stink

stank or stunk

stunk

stinking

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgetting

strive

strove

striven or strived

striving

forgive

forgave

forgiven

forgiving

sweep

swept

swept

sweeping

freeze

froze

frozen

freezing

swim

swam

swum

swimming

get

got

gotten

getting

swear

swore

sworn

swearing

give

gave

given

giving

tear

tore

torn

tearing

go

went

gone

going

take

took

taken

taking

grind

ground

ground

grinding

teach

taught

taught

teaching

grow

grew

grown

growing

tell

told

told

telling

hang

hung

hung

hanging

think

thought

thought

thinking

have

had

had

having

throw

threw

thrown

throwing

hear

heard

heard

hearing

thrust

thrust

thrust

thrusting

hide

hid

hidden or hid

hiding

tread

trod

trodden or trod

treading

hit

hit

hit

hitting

undergo

undergone

underwent

undergoing

hold

held

held

holding

wake

woke or waked

woken or waked

waking

hurt

hurt

hurt

hurting

wear

wore

worn

wearing

know

knew

known

knowing

weave

wove

woven

weaving

lay

laid

laid

laying

weep

wept

wept

weeping

lead

led

led

leading

win

won

won

winning

leap

leaped or leapt

leaped or leapt

leaping

write

wrote

written

writing


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