Irregular Verbs V1 V2 V3! There are three basic forms of verbs in English- verbal, past participle, and present participle. Each one has a different meaning and function. The first form is called the verbal, which is the most basic form of the verb. It is used to indicate action or state of being. The second form is called the past participle, which indicates that the action has already been completed. The third form is called the present participle, which indicates that the action is ongoing or will happen in the future.
Most verbs in English are regular verbs, meaning they follow a predictable pattern when conjugated into these different forms. However, there are a small minority of verbs that don’t follow this pattern- they’re called irregular verbs.
150 Irregular Verbs
Bite | Bit | Bitten |
Fight | Fought | Fought |
Blow | Blew | Blown |
Feed | Fed | Fed |
Find | Found | Found |
Swing | Swung | Swung |
Cast | Cast | Cast |
Sit | Sat | Sat |
Shine | Shone | Shone |
Withdraw | Withdrew | Withdrawn |
Rend | Rent | Rent |
Break | Broke | Broken |
Drive | Drove | Driven |
Cling | Clung | Clung |
Choose | Chose | Chosen |
Weep | Wept | Wept |
Seek | Sought | Sought |
Creep | Crept | Crept |
Wear | Wore | Worn |
Freeze | Froze | Frozen |
Send | Sent | Sent |
Spread | Spread | Spread |
Forbid | Forbad(e) | Forbidden |
Hold | Held | Held |
Slay | Slew | Slain |
Have | Had | Had |
Give | Gave | Given |
Wind | Wound | Wound |
Do | Did | Done |
Grow | Grew | Grown |
Split | Split | Split |
Ring | Rang | Rung |
Stick | Stuck | Stuck |
Fall | Fell | Fallen |
Swear | Swore | Sworn |
Fly | Flew | Flown |
Overhear | Overheard | Overheard |
Become | Became | Become |
Write | Wrote | Written |
Ride | Rode | Ridden |
Mean | Meant | Meant |
Keep | Kept | Kept |
Stink | Stank | Stunk |
Dream | Dreamt | Dreamt |
Teach | Taught | Taught |
Slink | Slunk | Slunk |
Show | Showed | Shown |
Lose | Lost | Lost |
Buy | Bought | Bought |
Sling | Slung | Slung |
Cut | Cut | Cut |
Put | Put | Put |
Hit | Hit | Hit |
Meet | Met | Met |
Fling | Flung | Flung |
Oversleep | Overslept | Overslept |
Sing | Sang | Sung |
Run | Ran | Run |
Shoot | Shot | Shot |
Stand | Stood | Stood |
Drink | Drank | Drunk |
Pay | Paid | Paid |
Lie | Lay | Lain |
Say | Said | Said |
Tell | Told | Told |
Bestride | Bestrode | Bestridden |
Dwell | Dwelt | Dwelt |
Forsake | Forsook | Forsaken |
Dig | Dug | Dug |
Hang | Hung | Hung |
Foresee | Foresaw | Foreseen |
Lay | Laid | Laid |
Leave | Left | Left |
Draw | Drew | Drawn |
Think | Thought | Thought |
Shrive | Shrove | Shriven |
Deal | Dealt | Dealt |
Bet | Bet | Bet |
Know | Knew | Known |
String | Strung | Strung |
Understand | Understood | Understood |
Sting | Stung | Stung |
Smell | Smelt | Smelt |
Bid | Bade/bid | Bidden/bid |
Interweave | Interwove | Interwoven |
Kneel | Knelt | Knelt |
Bend | Bent | Bent |
Slit | Slit | Slit |
Spring | Sprang | Sprung |
Bind | Bound | Bound |
Strike | Struck | Struck |
Foretell | Foretold | Foretold |
Bleed | Bled | Bled |
Eat | Ate | Eaten |
Shake | Shook | Shaken |
Feel | Felt | Felt |
See | Saw | Seen |
Broadcast | Broadcast | Broadcast |
Read | Read | Read |
Spoil | Spoilt | Spoilt |
Leap | Leapt | Leapt |
Begin | Began | Begun |
Let | Let | Let |
Sweep | Swept | Swept |
Undertake | Undertook | Undertaken |
Withstand | Withstood | Withstood |
Befall | Befell | Befallen |
Lead | Led | Led |
Bear | Bore | Born |
Catch | Caught | Caught |
Shrink | Shrank | Shrunk |
Spit | Spat | Spat |
Flee | Fled | Fled |
Beset | Beset | Beset |
Breed | Bred | Bred |
Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
Shed | Shed | Shed |
Sink | Sank | Sunk |
Behold | Beheld | Beheld |
Mistake | Mistook | Mistaken |
Slide | Slid | Slid |
Beget | Begot | Begotten |
Swim | Swam | Swum |
Take | Took | Taken |
Wake | Woke | Woken |
Weave | Wove | Woven |
Shit | Shit/shat | Shit/shat |
Beat | Beat | Beaten |
Steal | Stole | Stolen |
Hear | Heard | Heard |
Smite | Smote | Smitten |
Set | Set | Set |
Lean | Leant | Leant |
Strive | Strove | Striven |
Hide | Hid | Hidden |
Bespeak | Bespoke | Bespoken |
Tear | Tore | Torn |
Cost | Cost | Cost |
Rid | Rid | Rid |
Stride | Strode | Stridden |
Win | Won | Won |
Beseech | Besought | Besought |
Undo | Undid | Undone |
Grind | Ground | Ground |
Learn | Learnt | Learnt |
Wring | Wrung | Wrung |
Make | Made | Made |
Go | Went | Gone |
Shut | Shut | Shut |
Bring | Brought | Brought |
Upset | Upset | Upset |
Bereave | Bereft | Bereft |
Hurt | Hurt | Hurt |