Past Tense Irregular Verbs List English Grammar Notes

The following is a list of Irregular Verbs in English: Verb arise babysit be beat become bend begin bet bind bite bleed blow break breed bring broadcast build buy catch choose come cost cut deal dig do draw drink drive eat Past Simple Past Participle arose babysat was / were beat became bent began bet bound bit bled blew broke bred brought broadcast built bought caught chose came cost cut dealt dug did drew drank drove ate arisen babysat been beaten become bent begun bet bound bitten bled blown broken bred brought broadcast built bought caught chosen come cost cut dealt dug done drawn drunk driven eaten 1

fall feed feel fight find fly forbid forget forgive freeze get give go grow hang* have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead leave lend let lie ** light lose make mean meet pay put

fell fed felt fought found flew forbade forgot forgave froze got gave went grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led left lent let lay lit lost made meant met paid put

fallen fed felt fought found flown forbidden forgotten forgiven frozen gotten given gone grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led left lent let lain lit lost made meant met paid put

quit read *** ride ring rise run say see sell send set shake shine shoot show shut sing sink sit sleep slide speak spend spin spread stand steal stick sting strike swear sweep swim swing take teach

quit read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent set shook shone shot showed shut sang sank sat slept slid spoke spent spun spread stood stole stuck stung struck swore swept swam swung took taught

quit read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent set shaken shone shot shown shut sung sunk sat slept slid spoken spent spun spread stood stolen stuck stung struck sworn swept swum swung taken taught

tear tell think throw understand wake wear win withdraw write

tore told thought threw understood woke wore won withdrew wrote

torn told thought thrown understood woken worn won withdrawn written

* HANG - Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs HangHung-Hung. BUT when Hang means "to kill someone by putting a rope around someone's neck and leaving them in a high position without any support", we use different verbs: HangHanged-hanged. This verb is typical of public executions in the past. (e.g. They hanged him in the main square.) ** LIE - Lie has two meanings. When it means "to put your body in a horizontal position" (normally on a bed) it uses the Lie-Lay-Lain verbs. BUT it is regular Lie-Lied-Lied when it has the other meaning of "not to say the truth". *** READ - Even though they are written the same, the pronunciation is different in the Past Tense and Past Participle form.

Part Two
The following verbs can be regular or irregular: Verb Past Simple Past Participle

burn burned OR burnt burned OR burnt dream dreamed OR dreamt dreamed OR dreamt learn learned OR learnt learned OR learnt smell smelled OR smelt smelled OR smelt The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British English.

Part Three
Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form: 4

Verb

Past Simple Past Participle

bet bet bet broadcast broadcast broadcast cut cut cut hit hit hit hurt hurt hurt let let let put put put quit quit quit read read read set set set shut shut shut spread spread spread All of the verbs above are written and pronounced the same in the three forms EXCEPT for Read which is written the same but pronounced differently.

English Exercises - Answers

A) Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and some are irregular.

was - woke - had - went - finished - ate - drove - bought - painted - came helped - repaired - wobbled - wished - cleaned - vacuumed - tidied - ate yawned - went B) Change the verbs below into the past tense and put them into the correct place in the sentences: 1. thought 6. saw 2. rang 7. left 3. went 8. drank 4. ate 9. said 5. took 10. paid

C) Complete the tables below: Present Past Hear Leave Ring Drink Go Get Take Come See Shut Lend Steal Swim Heard Left Rang Drunk Went Got Took Came Saw Shut Lent Stole Swam Present Be Put Think Drive Break Oversleep Sit Wake Run Write Dig Bring Fly Past Was Put Thought Drove Broke Overslept Sat Woke Ran Wrote Dug Brought Flew