Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow a common rule to change the forms. Some verbs are having three (present, past, past participle) forms differently. Many of the verbs have irregular verb forms.
- Past tense and Past participle forms are irregular.
- Present participles and Gerunds (a form of a verb with -ing) are always in regular forms.
- Most frequently used irregular verbs are given here.
Base form (Present tense) Past tense Past participle Present participle Infinitive
Arise
Arose Arisen Arising To arise
Awake
Awoke Awoken Awaking
To awake
Be
Was/Were Been Being To be
Bear
Bore Born Bearing To bear
Bite Bit Bitten Biting To bite
Become
Became Become Becoming To become
Begin
Began Begun Beginning
To begin
Bend
Bent Bent Bending
To bend
Bid
Bade/Bid Bidden/Bid Biding
To bid
Bide
Bode Bidden Biding To bide
Blow
Blew
Blown Blowing
To blow
Break Broke
Broken Breaking To break
Bring
Brought Brought Bringing To bring
Build
Built Built Building
To build
Burn
Burned Burnt Burning To burn
Buy
Bought Bought Buying To buy
Catch
Caught Caught Catching
To catch
Choose
Chose Chosen Choosing
To choose
Come
Came Come Coming To come
Dig
Dug Dug Digging To dig
Do/Does
Did Done Doing To do
Draw
Drew Drawn Drawing
To draw
Drink
Drank Drunk Drinking To drink
Drive
Drove Driven Driving To drive
Eat
Ate Eaten Eating To eat
Fall Fell Fallen Falling To fall
Fly
Flew Flown Flying To Fly
Forget
Forgot Forgotten Forgetting To Forget
Forgive
Forgave Forgiven Forgiving To Forgive
Freeze Froze
Frozen Freezing To Freeze
Give
Gave Given Giving To Give
Go
Went Gone Going To Go
Grow
Grew Grown Growing To Grow
Hide
Hid Hidden Hiding To Hide
Know
Knew Known Knowing To Know
Lie
Lay Lain Lying To Lie
Ride
Rode Ridden Riding To Ride
Ring
Rang Rung Ringing To Ring
Rise
Rose Risen Rising To Rise
See
Saw Seen Seeing To See
Shake
Shook Shaken Shaking To Shake
Show
Showed Showed/Shown Showing To Show
Sing
Sang Sung Singing To Sing
Sink
Sank Sunk Sinking To Sink
Speak
Spoke Spoken Speaking To Speak
Steal
Stole Stolen Stealing To Steal
Strive
Strove Striven Striving To Strive
Swear
Swore Sworn Swearing To Swear
Swim
Swam Swum Swimming To Swim
Take
Took Taken Taking To Take
Teach
Taught Taught Teaching To Teach
Tear
Tore Torn Tearing To Tear
Tell
Told Told Telling To Tell
Throw Threw Thrown Throwing To Throw
Wake
Woke Waken Waking To Wake
Wear
Wore Worn Wearing To Wear
Write Wrote Written Writing To Write
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