List of irregular Verbs

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. 

In these forms of verb –

  • 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 tensePast participlePresent participleInfinitive
Arise
AroseArisenArisingTo arise
Awake
AwokeAwokenAwaking
To awake
Be
Was/WereBeenBeingTo be
Bear
BoreBornBearingTo bear
BiteBitBittenBitingTo bite
Become
BecameBecomeBecomingTo become
Begin
BeganBegunBeginning
To begin
Bend
BentBentBending
To bend
Bid
Bade/BidBidden/BidBiding
To bid
Bide

BodeBiddenBidingTo bide
Blow
Blew
BlownBlowing
To blow
BreakBroke
BrokenBreakingTo break
Bring
BroughtBroughtBringingTo bring
Build
BuiltBuiltBuilding
To build
Burn
BurnedBurntBurningTo burn
Buy
BoughtBoughtBuyingTo buy
Catch
CaughtCaughtCatching
To catch
Choose
ChoseChosenChoosing
To choose
Come
CameComeComingTo come
Dig
DugDugDiggingTo dig
Do/Does
Did DoneDoingTo do
Draw
Drew DrawnDrawing
To draw
Drink
DrankDrunkDrinkingTo drink
Drive
DroveDrivenDrivingTo drive
Eat

AteEatenEatingTo eat
FallFellFallenFallingTo fall
Fly
FlewFlownFlyingTo Fly
Forget
ForgotForgottenForgettingTo Forget
Forgive
ForgaveForgivenForgivingTo Forgive
FreezeFroze
FrozenFreezingTo Freeze
Give
GaveGivenGivingTo Give
Go
WentGoneGoingTo Go
Grow
GrewGrownGrowingTo Grow
Hide
HidHiddenHidingTo Hide
Know
KnewKnownKnowingTo Know
Lie
LayLainLyingTo Lie
Ride
RodeRiddenRidingTo Ride
Ring
RangRungRingingTo Ring
Rise
RoseRisenRisingTo Rise
See
SawSeenSeeingTo See
Shake
ShookShakenShakingTo Shake
Show
ShowedShowed/ShownShowingTo Show
Sing
SangSungSingingTo Sing
Sink
SankSunkSinkingTo Sink
Speak
SpokeSpokenSpeakingTo Speak
Steal
StoleStolenStealingTo Steal
Strive
StroveStrivenStrivingTo Strive
Swear
SworeSwornSwearingTo Swear
Swim
SwamSwumSwimmingTo Swim
Take
TookTakenTakingTo Take
Teach
TaughtTaughtTeachingTo Teach
Tear
ToreTornTearingTo Tear
Tell
ToldToldTellingTo Tell
ThrowThrewThrownThrowingTo Throw
Wake

WokeWakenWakingTo Wake
Wear
WoreWornWearingTo Wear
WriteWroteWritten WritingTo Write

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