For students, irregular verbs are perhaps the most annoying types of verbs in English.
To familiarise yourself with them, I have compiled below a list of 150 irregular verbs with their past simple and past participle forms.
1. List of common irregular verbs in English
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Arise | Arose | Arisen |
| Cling | Clung | Clung |
| Awake | Awoke | Awoken |
| Come | Came | Come |
| Be | Was/Were | Been |
| Cost | Cost | Cost |
| Bear | Bore | Borne/Born |
| Creep | Crept | Crept |
| Beat | Beat | Beaten |
| Cut | Cut | Cut |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Become | Became | Become |
| Deal | Dealt | Dealt |
| Begin | Began | Begun |
| Dig | Dug | Dug |
| Behold | Beheld | Beheld |
| Do | Did | Done |
| Bend | Bent | Bent |
| Draw | Drew | Drawn |
| Bet | Bet | Bet |
| Dream | Dreamt | Dreamt |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Bid | Bid/Bade | Bid/Bidden |
| Drink | Drank | Drunk |
| Bind | Bound | Bound |
| Drive | Drove | Driven |
| Bite | Bit | Bitten |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten |
| Bleed | Bled | Bled |
| Fall | Fell | Fallen |
| Blow | Blew | Blown |
| Feed | Fed | Fed |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Break | Broke | Broken |
| Feel | Felt | Felt |
| Breed | Bred | Bred |
| Fight | Fought | Fought |
| Bring | Brought | Brought |
| Find | Found | Found |
| Broadcast | Broadcast | Broadcast |
| Flee | Fled | Fled |
| Build | Built | Built |
| Fly | Flew | Flown |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Burn | Burnt | Burnt |
| Forbid | Forbade | Forbidden |
| Burst | Burst | Burst |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Buy | Bought | Bought |
| Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven |
| Cast | Cast | Cast |
| Freeze | Froze | Frozen |
| Catch | Caught | Caught |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Get | Got | Got |
| Meet | Met | Met |
| Give | Gave | Given |
| Mow | Mowed | Mowed |
| Go | Went | Gone |
| Pay | Paid | Paid |
| Grind | Ground | Ground |
| Put | Put | Put |
| Grow | Grew | Grown |
| Quit | Quit | Quit |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Hang | Hung | Hung |
| Read | Read | Read |
| Have | Had | Had |
| Ride | Rode | Ridden |
| Hear | Heard | Heard |
| Ring | Rang | Rung |
| Hide | Hid | Hidden |
| Rise | Rose | Risen |
| Hit | Hit | Hit |
| Run | Ran | Run |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Hold | Held | Held |
| Saw | Sawed | Sawed |
| Hurt | Hurt | Hurt |
| Say | Said | Said |
| Keep | Kept | Kept |
| See | Saw | Seen |
| Kneel | Knelt | Knelt |
| Seek | Sought | Sought |
| Know | Knew | Known |
| Sell | Sold | Sold |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Lay | Laid | Laid |
| Send | Sent | Sent |
| Lead | Led | Led |
| Set | Set | Set |
| Leave | Left | Left |
| Shake | Shook | Shaken |
| Lend | Lent | Lent |
| Shine | Shone | Shone |
| Let | Let | Let |
| Shoot | Shot | Shot |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Lie | Lay | Lain |
| Show | Showed | Shown |
| Light | Lit | Lit |
| Shrink | Shrank | Shrunk |
| Lose | Lost | Lost |
| Shut | Shut | Shut |
| Make | Made | Made |
| Sing | Sang | Sung |
| Mean | Meant | Meant |
| Sink | Sank | Sunk |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Slide | Slid | Slid |
| Strike | Struck | Struck |
| Slink | Slunk | Slunk |
| String | Strung | Strung |
| Slit | Slit | Slit |
| Strive | Strove | Striven |
| Smell | Smelt | Smelt |
| Swear | Swore | Sworn |
| Smite | Smote | Smitten |
| Sweep | Swept | Swept |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Sneak | Snuck | Snuck |
| Swell | Swelled | Swollen |
| Sow | Sowed | Sown |
| Swim | Swam | Swum |
| Speak | Spoke | Spoken |
| Swing | Swung | Swung |
| Speed | Sped | Sped |
| Take | Took | Taken |
| Spell | Spelt | Spelt |
| Teach | Taught | Taught |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Spend | Spent | Spent |
| Tear | Tore | Torn |
| Spill | Spilt | Spilt |
| Tell | Told | Told |
| Spin | Spun | Spun |
| Think | Thought | Thought |
| Spit | Spat | Spat |
| Throw | Threw | Thrown |
| Split | Split | Split |
| Thrust | Thrust | Thrust |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Spoil | Spoilt | Spoilt |
| Tread | Trod | Trodden |
| Spread | Spread | Spread |
| Undergo | Underwent | Undergone |
| Spring | Sprung | Sprung |
| Understand | Understood | Understood |
| Stand | Stood | Stood |
| Undertake | Undertook | Undertaken |
| Steal | Stole | Stolen |
| Upset | Upset | Upset |
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|
| Stick | Stuck | Stuck |
| Wake | Woke | Woken |
| Sting | Stung | Stung |
| Wear | Wore | Worn |
| Stink | Stank | Stunk |
| Weave | Wove | Woven |
| Strew | Strewed | Strewn |
| Wed | Wed | Wed |
| Stride | Strode | Stridden |
| Win | Won | Won |
2. Learning material
List of irregular verbs
