Irregular verbs

Infinitive Past simple Past participle Infinitive Past simple Past participle
be was/were been lie lay lain
beat beat beaten light lit lit
become became become lose lost lost
begin began begun make made made
bend bent bent mean meant /ment/ meant /ment/
bet bet bet meet met met
bite bit bitten must had to (had to)
blow blew blown pay paid paid
break broke broken put put put
bring brought /rt/ brought /rt/ read read /red/ read /red/
build /bld/ built /blt/ built /blt/ ride rode ridden
burn burnt/burned burnt/burned ring rang rung
burst burst burst rise rose risen
buy /ba/ bought /bt/ bought /bt/ run ran run
can could /kd/ (been able) say said /sed/ said /sed/
catch caught /kt/ caught /kt/ see saw /s:/ seen
choose chose chosen sell sold sold
come came come send sent sent
cost cost cost set set set
cut cut cut shake shook shaken
deal /dil/ dealt /delt/ dealt /delt/ shine shone shone
dig dug dug shoot shot shot
do did done show showed shown
draw drew drawn shrink shrank shrunk
dream dreamt/dreamed dreamt/dreamed shut shut shut
drink drank drunk sing sang sung
drive drove driven sink sank sunk
eat ate eaten sit sat sat
fall fell fallen sleep slept slept
feed fed fed slide slid slid
feel felt felt smell smelt/smelled smelt/smelled
fight fought /ft/ fought /ft/ speak spoke spoken
find found found spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled
fly flew flown spend spent spent
forget forgot forgotten spill spilt/spilled spilt/spilled
forgive forgave forgiven split split split
freeze froze frozen spoil spoilt/spoiled spoilt/spoiled
get got got spread spread spread
give gave given stand stood stood
go went gone/been steal stole stolen
grow grew grown stick stuck stuck
hang hung/hanged hung/hanged swear swore sworn
have had had swell swelled swollen/swelled
hear heard /h:d/ heard /h:d/ swim swam swum
hide hid hidden take took /tk/ taken
hit hit hit teach taught /t:t/ taught /t:t/
hold held held tear tore torn
hurt /h:t/ hurt /h:t/ hurt /h:t/ tell told told
keep kept kept think thought /:t/ thought /:t/
kneel knelt/kneeled knelt/kneeled throw threw thrown
know knew /nju:/ known understand understood understood
lay laid laid wake woke woken
lead led led wear wore /w:/ worn
learn learnt learnt win won /wn/ won /wn/
leave left left write wrote written
lend lent lent
let let let

158 Irregular verbs

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