List of Irregular Verbs Pdf!
What are Irregular Verbs?
Irregular verbs are a type of verb that do not form their Past tense or Past participle by merely adding ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’ to their base form. You can simply Say that irregular verbs are in Contrast with the regular verbs, regular verbs form their past and the past participle by just adding ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’ to their base form.
List of Irregular Verbs in English
Below is a list of 300+ examples of irregular verbs in English:
Bare Form |
Past Simple |
Past Participle |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| swing | swung | swung |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| mow | mowed | mowed/mown |
| think | thought | thought |
| put | put | put |
| hang | hung | hung |
| blow | blew | blown |
| lend | lent | lent |
| seek | sought | sought |
| withhold | withheld | withheld |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| ring | rang | rung |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| overtake | overtook | overtaken |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| teach | taught | taught |
| flee | fled | fled |
| bid | bid | bid |
| sit | sat | sat |
| bet | bet | bet |
| saw | sawed | sawn /sawed |
| come | came | come |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| sell | sold | sold |
| give | gave | given |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| run | ran | run |
| plead | pleaded/plead | pleaded/plead |
| hit | hit | hit |
| bear | bore | borne |
| bet | bet | bet |
| leave | left | left |
| set | set | set |
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Irregular Verbs List – Infographic 1
Bare Form |
Past Simple |
Past Participle |
| lose | lost | lost |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| bring | brought | brought |
| break | broke | broken |
| break | broke | broken |
| beset | beset | beset |
| quit | quit | quit |
| show | showed | showed or shown |
| weep | wept | wept |
| lie | lay | lain |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| shine | shone | shone |
| spill | spilt /spilled | spilt /spilled |
| overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
| cut | cut | cut |
| bear | bore | borne |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| send | sent | sent |
| weave | wove /weaved | woven /weaved |
| rise | rose | risen |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| get | got | got (sometimes gotten) |
| weep | wept | wept |
| bend | bent | bent |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| let | let | let |
| wake | woke | woken |
| see | saw | seen |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| wake | woke | woken |
| sing | sang | sung |
| beset | beset | beset |
| shed | shed | shed |
| pay | paid | paid |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| be | was,were | been |
| wear | wore | worn |
| wed | wedded /wed | wedded /wed |
| grind | ground | ground |
| buy | bought | bought |
| burst | burst | burst |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| keep | kept | kept |
| build | built | built |
| creep | crept | crept |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| smell | smelt /smelled | smelt /smelled |
| begin | began | begun |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| bid | bid | bid |
| overcome | overcame | overcome |
| breed | bred | bred |
| burn | burned or burnt | burned or burnt |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| win | won | won |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| cling | clung | clung |
| have | had | had |
| sting | stung | stung |
| speed | sped /speeded | sped /speeded |
| buy | bought | bought |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| rid | rid | rid |
| dig | dug | dug |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| lead | led | led |
| become | became | become |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
List of Irregular Verbs – Infographic 2
Bare Form |
Past Simple |
Past Participle |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| blow | blew | blown |
| meet | met | met |
| prove | proved | proved/proven |
| come | came | come |
| understand | understood | understood |
| breed | bred | bred |
| shut | shut | shut |
| thrive | thrived /throve | thrived |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| spoil | spoilt /spoiled | spoilt /spoiled |
| mean | meant | meant |
| spread | spread | spread |
| cast | cast | cast |
| stand | stood | stood |
| feed | fed | fed |
| wind | wound | wound |
| spend | spent | spent |
| bring | brought | brought |
| fit | fit | fit |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| grow | grew | grown |
| uphold | upheld | upheld |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| bind | bound | bound |
| build | built | built |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| cost | cost | cost |
| go | went | gone |
| fling | flung | flung |
| spell | spelt /spelled | spelt /spelled |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| spit | spat | spat |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| uphold | upheld | upheld |
| be | was,were | been |
| know | knew | known |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| cling | clung | clung |
| read | read | read |
| fight | fought | fought |
| write | wrote | written |
| cast | cast | cast |
| foretell | foretold | foretold |
| write | wrote | written |
| catch | caught | caught |
| say | said | said |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| burn | burned or burnt | burned or burnt |
| catch | caught | caught |
| wear | wore | worn |
| swim | swam | swum |
| wed | wedded /wed | wedded /wed |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| swell | swelled | swelled /swollen |
| tell | told | told |
| shear | sheared | sheared/shorn |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| hang | hanged | hanged |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| spin | spun | spun |
| drive | drove | driven |
| do | did | done |
| light | lit /lighted | lit /lighted |
| win | won | won |
| find | found | found |
Irregular Verbs in English – Infographic 3
Bare Form |
Past Simple |
Past Participle |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| feel | felt | felt |
| sling | slung | slung |
| become | became | become |
| slit | slit | slit |
| sow | sowed | sown /sowed |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| make | made | made |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| hear | heard | heard |
| fly | flew | flown |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| upset | upset | upset |
| lay | laid | laid |
| thrive | thrived /throve | thrived |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| dream | dreamed or dreamt | dreamed or dreamt |
| withhold | withheld | withheld |
| take | took | taken |
| learn | learned or learnt | learned or learnt |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| slay | slew | slayed /slain |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| burst | burst | burst |
| dive | dived/dove | dived |
| wind | wound | wound |
| leap | leapt /leaped | leapt /leaped |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| hold | held | held |
| overdo | overdid | overdone |
| upset | upset | upset |
| understand | understood | understood |
| slide | slid | slid |
| weave | wove /weaved | woven /weaved |
| bind | bound | bound |
List of Irregular Verbs in English – Infographic 4
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List Of Common Irregular Verbs
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
| say | said | said |
| become | became | become |
| strive | strove | striven |
| wake | woke /waked | woken /waked |
| sell | sold | sold |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| shed | shed | shed |
| hang | hanged | hanged |
| cling | clung | clung |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| begin | began | begun |
| wear | wore | worn |
| smell | smelt /smelled | smelt /smelled |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| fit | fit | fit |
| hold | held | held |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| mean | meant | meant |
| spend | spent | spent |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| withhold | withheld | withheld |
| bid | bid | bid |
| win | won | won |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| send | sent | sent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| slit | slit | slit |
| spit | spat | spat |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| lead | led | led |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lean | leant /leaned | leant /leaned |
| find | found | found |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| thrive | thrived /throve | thrived |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| light | lit /lighted | lit /lighted |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| have | had | had |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| spell | spelt /spelled | spelt /spelled |
| Catch | caught | caught |
| strike | struck | struck |
| slay | slew | slayed /slain |
| set | set | set |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| lie | lay | lain |
| mow | mowed | mowed/mown |
| read | read | read |
| overcome | overcame | overcome |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| sow | sowed | sown /sowed |
| grow | grew | grown |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| split | split | split |
| spin | spun | spun |
| sting | stung | stung |
| sling | slung | slung |
| spoil | spoilt /spoiled | spoilt /spoiled |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| learn | learnt /learned | learnt /learned |
| grind | ground | ground |
| give | gave | given |
| spill | spilt /spilled | spilt /spilled |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| shine | shone | shone |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| tell | told | told |
| sing | sang | sung |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| blow | blew | blown |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| foretell | foretold | foretold |
| plead | pleaded/plead | pleaded/plead |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| show | showed | shown |
| overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
| take | took | taken |
| fling | flung | flung |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| swing | swung | swung |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| lend | lent | lent |
| Arise | arose | arisen |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| Tread | trod | trodden |
| bind | bound | bound |
| wind | wound | wound |
| bend | bent | bent |
| weave | wove /weaved | woven /weaved |
| hit | hit | hit |
| speed | sped /speeded | sped /speeded |
| see | saw | seen |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| ring | rang | rung |
| understand | understood | understood |
| bear | bore | borne |
| uphold | upheld | upheld |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| feed | fed | fed |
| buy | bought | bought |
| come | came | come |
| burst | burst | burst |
| tear | tore | torn |
| cast | cast | cast |
| bring | brought | brought |
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| put | put | put |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| upset | upset | upset |
| slide | slid | slid |
| make | made | made |
| cost | cost | cost |
| sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| creep | crept | crept |
| seek | sought | sought |
| feel | felt | felt |
| burn | burnt/burned | burnt/burned |
| breed | bred | bred |
| know | knew | known |
| write | wrote | written |
| swell | swelled | swelled /swollen |
| cut | cut | cut |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| think | thought | thought |
| do | did | done |
| dive | dived/dove | dived |
| overdo | overdid | overdone |
| fly | flew | flown |
| Shoot | shot | shot |
| rid | rid | rid |
| fight | fought | fought |
| rise | rose | risen |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| bet | bet/betted | bet |
| weep | wept | wept |
| hang | hung | hung |
| quit | quit | quit |
| meet | met | met |
| prove | proved | proved/proven |
| run | ran | run |
| beset | beset | beset |
| wed | wedded /wed | wedded /wed |
| lose | lost | lost |
| get | got | got |
| spread | spread | spread |
| let | let | let |
| leave | left | left |
| hear | heard | heard |
| break | broke | broken |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sit | sat | sat |
| overtake | overtook | overtaken |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| flee | fled | fled |
| go | went | gone |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| pay | paid | paid |
| shear | sheared | sheared/shorn |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| saw | sawed | sawn /sawed |
| swim | swam | swum |
| build | built | built |
| leap | leapt /leaped | leapt /leaped |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| teach | taught | taught |
