Irregular Verbs

 

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle	Meaning:
Be	Was/were	Been	exist
Beat	Beat	Beaten/beat	Hit repeatedly
Become	Became	Become	Get new quality
Begin	Began	Begun	start
Bend	Bent	Bent	deform
Bet	Bet	Bet	wager
Bite	Bit	Bitten	Cut with teeth
Bleed	Bled	Bled	Lose blood
Blow	Blew	Blown	Produce wind
Break	Broke	Broken	Damage, destroy
Bring	Brought	Brought	Deliver, fetch
Build	Built	Built	construct
Burn	Burnt/burned	Burnt/burned	Destroy by fire
Burst	Burst	Burst	explode
Buy	Bought	Bought	purchase
Catch	Caught	Caught	capture
Choose	Chose	Chosen	select
Cling	Clung	Clung	Stick to (a surface)
Come	Came	Come	arrive
Cost	Cost	Cost	Have a price
Creep	Crept	Crept	Crawl
Cut	Cut	Cut	Use a knife
Deal	Dealt	Dealt	Handle, have business with
Dig	Dug	Dug	Excavate
Do	Did	Done	Act
Draw	Drew	Drawn	Sketch, pull
Dream	Dreamt/dreamed	Dreamt/dreamed	Fantasize in sleep
Drink	Drank	Drunk	Consume liquid
Drive	Drove	Driven	Operate a vehicle
Eat	Ate	Eaten	Consume food

 

Fall	Fell	Fallen	collapse
Feed	Fed	Fed	Give food
Feel	Felt	Felt	sense
Fight	Fought	Fought	Argue, struggle
Find	Found	Found	Discover
Fit	Fit/fitted	Fit	Match in size
Flee	Fled	Fled	Run away
Fling	Flung	Flung	Toss, cast, throw
Fly	Flew	Flown	Levitate, move in the air
Forbid	Forbade/forbid	Forbidden	Prohibit
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten	Not remember
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven	pardon
Freeze	Froze	Frozen	Turn into ice
Get	Got	Gotten/got	Obtain, receive
Give	Gave	Given	present
Go	Went	Gone	move
Grind	Ground	Ground	Pulverize, turn into powder
Grow	Grew	Grown	Get bigger
Hang	Hung	Hung	suspend
Have	Had	Had	Possess, own
Hear	Heard	Heard	Perceive sound
Hide	Hid	Hidden	Conceal
Hit	Hit	Hit	Kick, punch
Hold	Held	Held	Grip
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt	Cause pain, have pain
Keep	Kept	Kept	Preserve, maintain
Kneel	Knelt	Knelt	Get (stand) on knees
Knit	Knit	Knit	Make fabric
Know	Knew	Known	Have knowledge
Lay	Laid	Laid	Put in bed
Lie	Lay	Lain	Recline
Lead	Lead	Lead	guide
Leap	Leapt (leaped)	Leapt (leaped)	jump
Leave	Left	Left	Go away
Lend	Lent	Lent	Give temporarily
Let	Let	Let	allow
Light	Lit (lighted)	Lit (lighted)	kindle
Lose	Lost	Lost	Not find
Make	Made	Made	Create, manufacture
Mean	Meant	Meant	signify
Meet	Met	Met	Come across, encounter
Pay	Paid	Paid	Give money
Prove	Proved	Proven (proved)	Give evidence
Put	Put	Put	place
Quit	Quit	Quit	Abandon, give up
Read	Read	Read	Get information from writing
Ride	Rode	Ridden	Use transportation
Ring	Rang	Rung	Jingle, toll
Rise	Rose	Risen	Go up
Run	Ran	Run	Walk fast
Say	Said	Said	Articulate
See	Saw	Seen	Perceive image
Seek	Sought	Sought	Look for, search
Sell	Sold	Sold	Exchange for money
Send	Sent	Sent	Transfer, mail
Set	Set	Set	Arrange, install
Sew	Sewed	Sewn	stitch
Shake	Shook	Shaken	Tremble, shudder, quake
Shave	Shaved	Shaven	Remove hair
Shine	Shone	Shone	Produce light, luminesce
Shoot	Shot	Shot	Eject forcefully, use a gun

 

Show	Showed	Shown	display
Shrink	Shrank/shrunk	Shrunk/shrunken	Decrease in size
Shut	Shut	Shut	close
Sing	Sang	Sung	Make music with voice
Sink	Sank/sunk	Sunk/sunken	founder
Sit	Sat	Sat	Use a chair
Sleep	Slept	Slept	Rest in bed
Slide	Slid	Slid	Glide, slip
Speak	Spoke	Spoken	Use a language
Speed	Sped/speeded	Sped/speeded	Accelerate
Spend	Spent	Spent	Use up
Spill	Spilt/spilled	Spilt/spilled	shed
Spin	Spun	Spun	Turn, circulate, spin
Spit	Spat	Spat	Eject saliva
Spread	Spread	Spread	Distribute, propagate
Spring	Sprang	Sprung	Jump, leap
Stand	Stood	Stood	Stay vertically
Steal	Stole	Stolen	Take illegally
Stick	Stuck	Stuck	Attach
Sting	Stung	Stung	Inject venom
Stink	Stank	Stunk	Smell badly
Strike	Struck	Struck/stricken	Hit
Swear	Swore	Sworn	Give an oath (promise)
Sweep	Swept	Swept	Clean with a broom
Swim	Swam	Swum	Move in the water
Swing	Swung	Swung	oscillate
Take	Took	Taken	grab
Teach	Taught	Taught	educate
Tear	Tore	Torn	Rip apart, rupture
Tell	Told	told	Narrate

 

Think	Thought	Thought	Use brain
Throw	Threw	Thrown	Fling, toss, hurtle
Understand	Understood	Understood	comprehend
Upset	Upset	Upset	frustrate
Wake	Woke	Woken	Stop sleeping
Wear	Wore	Worn	Put on, dress
Weave	Wove	Woven	Make fabric
Weep	Wept	Wept	Shed tears
Win	Won	Won	Have victory
Wind	Wound	Wound	Reel, spool
Withdraw	Withdrew	Withdrawn	Take out, move back
Wring	Wrung	Wrung	Squeeze by twisting, twist
Write	Wrote	Written	Give information in writing