Common irregular verbs

The dictionary lists the base form of the verb and any irregular forms. If no additional forms are listed in the dictionary, the verb is regular, not irregular.

BASE FORM

PAST TENSE

PAST PARTICIPLE

arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke, awaked

awaked, awoke

be

was, were

been

beat

beat

beaten, beat

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bent

bite

bit

bitten, bit

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

bring

brought

brought

build

built

built

burst

burst

burst

buy

bought

bought

catch

caught

caught

choose

chose

chosen

cling

clung

clung

come

came

come

cost

cost

cost

deal

dealt

dealt

dig

dug

dug

dive

dived, dove

dived

do

did

done

drag

dragged

dragged

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamed, dreamt

dreamed, dreamt

drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fly

flew

flown

forget

forgot

forgotten, forgot

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

gotten, got

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

grow

grew

grown

hang (suspend)

hung

hung

hang(execute)

hanged

hanged

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

know

knew

known

lay (put)

laid

laid

lead

led

led

lend

lent

lent

let (allow)

let

let

lie (recline)

lay

lain

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

prove

proved

proved, proven

read

read

read

ride

rode

ridden

ring

rang

rung

rise (get up)

rose

risen

run

ran

run

say

said

said

see

saw

seen

set(place)

set

set

shake

shook

shaken

shoot

shot

shot

shrink

shrank

shrunk, shrunken

sing

sang

sung

sink

sank

sunk

sit (be seated)

sat

sat

slay

slew

slain

sleep

slept

slept

speak

spoke

spoken

spin

spun

spun

spring

sprang

sprung

stand

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

sting

stung

stung

strike

struck

struck, stricken

swear

swore

sworn

swim

swam

swum

swing

swung

swung

take

took

taken

teach

taught

taught

throw

threw

thrown

wake

woke, waked

waked, woken

wear

wore

worn

wring

wrung

wrung

write

wrote

written