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