Language/English/Grammar/Irregular-Verbs

Verbs in English are irregular if they don't have an usual "ed" ending (such as "studied") in the past tense and/or the past participle forms.

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Irregular Verb List

Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle
abide	abode	abode
arise	arose	arisen
awake	awoke	awoken
be	was, were	been
bear	bore	borne / born
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
beget	begat / begot	begotten
begin	began	begun
bend	bent	bent
bet	bet	bet
bid	bid / bade	bid / bidden
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	burnt / burned	burnt / burned
burst	burst	burst
buy	bought	bought
can	could	could
cast	cast	cast
catch	caught	caught
chide	chid / chode	chid / chidden
choose	chose	chosen
cling	clung	clung
clothe	clad / clothed	clad / clothed
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
creep	crept	crept
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dig	dug	dug
dive	dived	dived / dove
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
dream	dreamt / dreamed	dreamt / dreamed
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
dwell	dwelt	dwelt / dwelled
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
forecast	forecast	forecast
foresee	foresaw	foreseen
forget	forgot	forgotten / forgot
forgive	forgave	forgiven
forsake	forsook	forsaken
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	gotten / got
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grind	ground	ground
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
hurt	hurt	hurt
keep	kept	kept
kneel	knelt / knelled	knelt / kneeled
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
lean	leant / leaned	leant / leaned
leap	leapt / leaped	leapt / leaped
learn	learnt	learnt
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
let	let	let
lie	lay	lain
light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
mow	mowed	mowed / mown
offset	offset	offset
overcome	overcame	overcome
partake	partook	partaken
pay	paid	paid
plead	pled / pleaded	pled / pleaded
preset	preset	preset
prove	proved	proven / proved
put	put	put
quit	quit	quit
read	read	read
relay	relaid	relaid
rend	rent	rent
rid	rid	rid
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
saw	saw / sawed	sawn / sawed
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
seek	sought	sought
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
set	set	set
shake	shook	shaken
shed	shed	shed
shine	shone	shone
shoe	shod	shod
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown
shut	shut	shut
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank / sunk	sunk / sunken
sit	sat	sat
slay	slew	slain
sleep	slept	slept
slide	slid	slid
slink	slunk / slinked	slunk / slinked
slit	slit	slit
smell	smelt	smelt
sow	sowed	sown / sowed
speak	spoke	spoken
speed	sped	sped
spell	spelt	spelt
spend	spent	spent
spill	spilt / spilled	spilt / spilled
spin	spun	spun
spit	spat / spit	spat / spit
split	split	split
spoil	spoilt	spoilt
spread	spread	spread
spring	sprang	sprung
stand	stood	stood
steal	stole	stolen
stick	stuck	stuck
sting	stung	stung
stink	stank	stunk
strew	strewed	strewn / strewed
strike	struck	stricken / struck
strive	strove	striven
swear	swore	sworn
sweat	sweat / sweated	sweat / sweated
sweep	swept	swept
swell	swelled	swollen / swelled
swim	swam	swum
swing	swung	swung
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
thrive	throve / thrived	thriven / thrived
throw	threw	thrown
thrust	thrust	thrust
tread	trod	trodden
typeset	typeset	typeset
undergo	underwent	undergone
understand	understood	understood
wake	woke	woken
wear	wore	worn
weep	wept	wept
wet	wet / wetted	wet / wetted
win	won	won
wind	wound	wound
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn
wring	wrung	wrung
write	wrote	written

We've learned many of the irregular verbs, nou let us see some sentenses using their:

Example Sentences Using Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs, on the other hand, need to be studied individually. These example sentences in all tenses will help students learn irregular verb forms in context. Click on one of the irregular verbs listed below for example sentences of irregular verbs in all tenses including active and passive forms, as well as conditional and modal forms.

To help you choose the verb you need, each verb includes three example sentences to get you started.

be / was / were / been

Tom was in New York yesterday.
I've been at this job for a long time.
She'll be at the party next weekend.

beat  / beat / beaten

We beat the home team yesterday.
I've never beaten Tom at chess.
Do you think you could beat him?

become  / became / become

Jason has become an excellent doctor.
I'll become your friend if you move here.
The situation became a problem for Bob.

begin  / began / begun

They haven't begun the play yet.
I began to work early this morning.
She'll begin to explain in a moment.

bend  / bent / bent

He bent the branch until it broke.
The flag poll bends in the wind.
I've bent the nail in the board. 

break / broke / broken

My boy has broken three windows this week!
I broke that window last week.
She usually breaks the egg over the sink. 

buy  / bought / bought

Janice bought a new watch last week.
I usually buy my vegetables at a country stand.
He's bought more than ten cars in his life. 

come  / came / come

We came home earlier yesterday.
He comes to class on time every day.
He's come across that song before. 

cut / cut / cut

How many pieces have you cut?
I cut my finger on a glass yesterday.
The boy never cuts his own steak.

draw / drew / drawn

She drew a beautiful picture in class. Jackie has drawn a few clowns this week.
She'll draw the money from the account tomorrow. 

drink / drank / drunk

I was so thirsty I drank two bottles of water.
Have you drunk any water yet?
I'll drink something when I get there. 

drive / drove / driven

Have you ever driven across the US?
I drove to the basketball game after work.
He's going to drive to the airport this evening. 

eat / ate / eaten

We ate lunch early today.
Have you eaten already?
Where did you eat dinner yesterday?

find / found / found

Have you found him yet?
I found this book on that table over there.
I'll find him, don't worry!

fly / flew / flown

Cheryl flew to Brazil last month. Have you ever flown around the world?
He's going to fly a commercial airliner some day.

Practice Resources

https://quizlet.com/164041806/irregular-verbs-english-irregular-verbs-flash-cards/

https://www.memrise.com/course/100903/learn-english-irregular-verbs/

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1042687651