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List of common irregular verbs in English

Irregular verb Past simple Past participle   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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Irregular verbs do not follow the "-ed" or "-d" rules to form their past simple and past participle forms. You need to be familiar with the verbs in the above table. See also our lesson on the different categories of English verbs.

You can the table of irregular verb below in PDF format for free.

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