Unlike regular verbs, which have past-
The most common irregular verbs are be, have, and do.
As you write and edit, consult the following chart to make sure that you use the correct form of irregular verbs.
NOTE: What is called “Present Tense” in the chart below is sometimes called the base form of the verb.
Irregular Verb Forms
PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE | PAST PARTICIPLE (used with helping verb) |
---|---|---|
be (am/are/is) | was/were | been |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bite | bit | bitten |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
dive | dived, dove | dived |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | gotten |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grow | grew | grown |
have/has | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hide | hid | hidden |
hit | hit | hit |
hold | held | held |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
keep | kept | kept |
know | knew | known |
lay | laid | laid |
leave | left | left |
let | let | let |
lie | lay | lain |
light | lit | lit |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
quit | quit | quit |
read | read | read |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
set (to place) | set | set |
shake | shook | shaken |
show | showed | shown |
shrink | shrank | shrunk |
shut | shut | shut |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit (to be seated) | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spend | spent | spent |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
strike | struck | struck, stricken |
swim | swam | swum |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tear | tore | torn |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
throw | threw | thrown |
understand | understood | understood |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
win | won | won |
write | wrote | written |