Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Infinitive Past simple Past participle Infinitive Past simple Past participle
be was were been fly /flaɪ/ flew /fluː/ flown /fləʊn/
/biː/ /wɒz/ /wɜː(r)/ /bɪn/ /biːn/
forbid forbade forbidden
become /bɪˈkʌm/ became /bɪˈkeɪm/ become /bɪˈkʌm/ /fə(r)ˈbɪd/ /fə(r)ˈbæd/ /forbeid/ /fə(r)ˈbɪd(ə)n/
bite /baɪt/ bit /bɪt/ bitten /ˈbɪt(ə)n/ freeze /friːz/ froze /frəʊz/ frozen /ˈfrəʊz(ə)n/
break /breɪk/ broke /brəʊk/ broken /ˈbrəʊk(ə)n/ get /ɡet/ got /ɡɒt/ got /ɡɒt/
bring /brɪŋ/ brought /brɔːt/ brought /brɔːt/ give /ɡɪv/ gave /ɡeɪv/ given /ˈɡɪv(ə)n/
build /bɪld/ built /bɪlt/ built /bɪlt/ go /ɡəʊ/ went /went/ gone /ɡɒn/
burn burned burnt burned burnt grow /ɡrəʊ/ grew /ɡruː/ grown /ɡrəʊn/
/bɜː(r)n/ /bɜː(r)nd/ /bɜː(r)nt/ /bɜː(r)nd/ /bɜː(r)nt/
hang /hæŋ/ hung /hʌŋ/ hung /hʌŋ/
buy /baɪ/ bought /bɔːt/ bought /bɔːt/
have /hæv/ had /hæd/ had /hæd/
catch /kætʃ/ caught /kɔːt/ caught /kɔːt/
hear /hɪə(r)/ heard /hɜː(r)d/ heard /hɜː(r)d/
choose /tʃuːz/ chose /tʃəʊz/ chosen /ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n/
hide /haɪd/ hid /hɪd/ hidden /ˈhɪd(ə)n/
come /kʌm/ came /keɪm/ come /kʌm/
hit /hɪt/ hit /hɪt/ hit /hɪt/
cost /kɒst/ cost /kɒst/ cost /kɒst/
hold /həʊld/ held /held/ held /held/
cut /kʌt/ cut /kʌt/ cut /kʌt/
hurt /hɜː(r)t/ hurt /hɜː(r)t/ hurt /hɜː(r)t/
deal /diːl/ dealt /delt/ dealt /delt/
keep /kiːp/ kept /kept/ kept /kept/
dig /dɪɡ/ dug /dʌɡ/ dug /dʌɡ/
know /nəʊ/ knew /njuː/ known /nəʊn/
do /duː/ did /dɪd/ done /dʌn/
lay /leɪ/ laid /leɪd/ laid /leɪd/
draw /drɔː/ drew /druː/ drawn /drɔːn/
lead /liːd/ led /led/ led /led/
dream dreamed dreamt dreamed dreamt
/driːm/ /driːmd/ /dremt/ /driːmd/ /dremt/ learn learned learnt learned learnt
/lɜː(r)n/ /lɜː(r)nd/ /lɜː(r)nt/ /lɜː(r)nd/ /lɜː(r)nt/
drink /drɪŋk/ drank /dræŋk/ drunk /drʌŋk/
leave /liːv/ left /left/ left /left/
drive /draɪv/ drove /drəʊv/ driven /ˈdrɪv(ə)n/
lend /lend/ lent /lent/ lent /lent/
eat /iːt/ ate /eɪt/ eaten /ˈiːt(ə)n/
let /let/ let /let/ let /let/
fall /fɔːl/ fell /fel/ fallen /ˈfɔːlən/
lie /laɪ/ lay /leɪ/ lain /leɪn/
feed /fiːd/ fed /fed/ fed /fed/
light lit lighted lit lighted
feel /fiːl/ felt /felt/ felt /felt/ /laɪt/ /lɪt/ /laɪted/ /lɪt/ /laɪted/
fight /faɪt/ fought /fɔːt/ fought /fɔːt/ lose /luːz/ lost /lɒst/ lost /lɒst/
find /faɪnd/ found /faʊnd/ found /faʊnd/ make /meɪk/ made /meɪd/ made /meɪd/
Irregular Verbs
Infinitive Past simple Past participle Infinitive Past simple Past participle
mean /miːn/ meant /ment/ meant /ment/ sleep /sliːp/ slept /slept/ slept /slept/
meet /miːt/ met /met/ met /met/ smell smelled smelt smelled smelt
/smel/ /smeld/ /smelt/ /smeld/ /smelt/
outrun /ˌaʊtˈrʌn/ outran /aʊtˈræn/ outrun /ˌaʊtˈrʌn/
speak /spiːk/ spoke /spəʊk/ spoken /spəʊkən/
oversee oversaw overseen
/ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsiː/ /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsɔː/ /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsiːn/ spend /spend/ spent /spent/ spent /spent/
pay /peɪ/ paid /peɪd/ paid /peɪd/ spill spilled spilt spilled spilt
/spɪl/ /spɪld/ /spɪlt/ /spɪld/ /spɪlt/
prove proved proved proven
/pruːv/ /pruːvd/ /pruːvd/ /ˈpruːv(ə)n/ spit /spɪt/ spat /spæt/ spat /spæt/
put /pʊt/ put /pʊt/ put /pʊt/ spoil spoiled spoilt spoiled spoilt
/spɔɪl/ /spɔɪld/ /spɔɪlt/ /spɔɪld/ /spɔɪlt/
quit /kwɪt/ quit /kwɪt/ quit /kwɪt/
spread /spred/ spread /spred/ spread /spred/
read /riːd/ read /red/ read /red/
stand /stænd/ stood /stʊd/ stood /stʊd/
ride /raɪd/ rode /rəʊd/ ridden /ˈrɪd(ə)n/
steal /stiːl/ stole /stəʊl/ stolen /ˈstəʊl(ə)n/
ring /rɪŋ/ rang /ræŋ/ rung /rʌŋ/
stick /stɪk/ stuck /stʌk/ stuck /stʌk/
rise /raɪz/ rose /rəʊz/ risen /ˈrɪz(ə)n/
strike struck struck stricken
run /rʌn/ ran /ræn/ run /rʌn/
/straɪk/ /strʌk/ /strʌk/ /ˈstrɪkən/
say /seɪ/ said /sed/ said /sed/
swear /sweə(r)/ swore /swɔː(r)/ sworn /swɔː(r)n/
see /siː/ saw /sɔː/ seen /siːn/
swim /swɪm/ swam /swæm/ swum /swʌm/
sell /sel/ sold /səʊld/ sold /səʊld/
swing /swɪŋ/ swung /swʌŋ/ swung /swʌŋ/
send /send/ sent /sent/ sent /sent/
tear /teə(r)/ tore /tɔː(r)/ torn /tɔː(r)n/
set /set/ set /set/ set /set/
take /teɪk/ took /tʊk/ taken /ˈteɪkən/
sew sewed sewed sewn
/səʊ/ /səʊd/ /səʊd/ /səʊn/ teach /tiːtʃ/ taught /tɔːt/ taught /tɔːt/
shake /ʃeɪk/ shook /ʃʊk/ shaken /ˈʃeɪkən/ tell /tel/ told /təʊld/ told /təʊld/
shine shined shone shined shone think /θɪŋk/ thought /θɔːt/ thought /θɔːt/
/ʃaɪn/ /ʃaɪnd/ /ʃɒn/ /ʃaɪnd/ /ʃɒn/
throw /θrəʊ/ threw /θruː/ thrown /θrəʊn/
shoot /ʃuːt/ shot /ʃɒt/ shot /ʃɒt/
understand understood understood
show showed shown showed /ˌʌndə(r)ˈstænd/ /ˌʌndə(r)ˈstʊd/ /ˌʌndə(r)ˈstʊd/
/ʃəʊ/ /ʃəʊd/ /ʃəʊn/ /ʃəʊd/
undertake undertook undertaken
shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ shrank /ʃrænk/ shrunk /ʃrʌŋk/ /ˌʌndə(r)ˈteɪk/ /ˌʌndə(r)ˈ/tʊk/ /ˌʌndə(r)ˈ teɪkən/
shut /ʃʌt/ shut /ʃʌt/ shut /ʃʌt/ wake /weɪk/ woke /wəʊk/ woken /ˈwəʊkən/
sing /sɪŋ/ sang /sæŋ/ sung /sʌŋ/ wear /weə(r)/ wore /wɔː(r)/ worn /wɔː(r)n/
sink /sɪŋk/ sank /sæŋk/ sunk /sʌŋk/ win /wɪn/ won /wʌn/ won /wʌn/
sit /sɪt/ sat /sæt/ sat /sæt/ write /raɪt/ wrote /rəʊt/ written /ˈrɪt(ə)n/