English verbs have five basic forms: the base, - S, -ing, past, forsake / forsook / forsaken sling / slung

sling / slung / slung

and past participle forms. freeze / froze / frozen slit / slit / slit
speak / spoke / spoken
speed / sped, speeded / sped, speeded
The past participles for regular verbs are not very difficult get / got / gotten, got
spin / spun / spun
because give / gave / given
spit / spat / spat
they're the same as the past forms. The past participles for go / went / gone
split / split / split
irregular grind / ground / ground
spring / sprang / sprung
verbs are challenging, however, because they're sometimes the grow / grew / grown
stand / stood / stood
same as the base form and/or the past form and because they're
steal / stole / stolen
sometimes different from both.
hang / hanged, hung / hanged, hung stick / stuck / stuck
have / had / had sting / stung / stung
Because the base, past, and past participle forms are often hear / heard / heard stink / stank / stunk
taught hide / hid / hidden stride / strode / stridden
and learned together, we've provided a list below. The base, hit / hit / hit strive / strove / striven
past, hold / held / held swear / swore / sworn
and past participle forms for more than 140 verbs are given. hurt / hurt / hurt sweep / swept / swept
swim / swam / swum
arise / arose / arisen keep / kept / kept swing / swung / swung
awake / awoke / awoken, awaked kneel / knelt / knelt
knit / knitted, knit / knitted, knit take / took / taken
know / knew / known teach / taught / taught
be / was, were / been
bear / bore / born, borne tear / tore / torn
beat / beat / beaten lay / laid / laid tell / told / told
become / became / become lead / led / led think / thought / thought
begin / began / begun lean / leaned, leant / throw / threw / thrown
bend / bent / bent leaned, leant tread / trod / trodden, trod
bet / bet / bet leap / leaped, leapt /
bid / bade, bid / bidden, bid leaped, leapt understand / understood / understood
bind / bound / bound learn / learned, learnt / learned, learnt upset / upset / upset
bite / bit / bitten leave / left / left
bleed / bled / bled lend / lent / lent
wake / woke / woken, waked
blow / blew / blown let / let / let
wear / wore / worn
break / broke / broken lie / lay / lain
weave / wove / woven
breed / bred / bred light / lighted, lit / lighted, lit
weep / wept / wept
bring / brought / brought lose / lost / lost
win / won / won
build / built / built
wind / wound / wound
burn / burned, burnt / burned, burnt
make / made / made wring / wrung / wrung
burst / burst / burst
mean / meant / meant write / wrote / written
buy / bought / bought
meet / met / met
mistake / mistook / mistaken
cast / cast / cast ENGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS
catch / caught / caught
partake / partook / partaken
choose / chose / chosen
pay / paid / paid
come / came / come
put / put / put Past simple
cost / cost / cost
creep / crept / crept Verb (infinitive) form Past participle
cut / cut / cut read / read / read
rend / rent / rent
rid / rid / rid A
deal / dealt / dealt
ride / rode / ridden
dig / dug / dug
rise / rose / risen
dive / dived, dove / dived
run / ran / run
do / did / done arise arose arisen
draw / drew / drawn
dream / dreamed, dreamt / dreamed, dreamt say / said / said
drink / drank / drunk see / saw / seen awake awoke awoken
drive / drove / driven seek / sought / sought
dwell / dwelt / dwelt sell / sold / sold
send / sent / sent
set / set / set B
eat / ate / eaten
shake / shook / shaken
shed / shed / shed
fall / fell / fallen shine / shone / shone bear bore borne
feed / fed / fed shoot / shot / shot
fight / fought / fought shrink / shrank / shrunk
find / found / found shut / shut / shut beat beat beaten
flee / fled / fled sing / sang / sung
fly / flew / flown sink / sank / sank
forbid / forbade, forbad / forbidden sit / sat / sat become became become
forget / forgot / forgotten slay / slew / slain
forgive / forgave / forgiven sleep / slept / slept
slide / slid / slid, slidden
begin began begun cling clung clung fight fought fought

bend bent bent come came come find found found

beset beset beset cost cost cost fit fit fit

bet bet/betted bet creep crept crept flee fled fled

bid bid bid cut cut cut fling flung flung

bind bound bound fly flew flown

Past simple forbid forbade forbidden

bite bit bitten
Verb (infinitive) form Past participle
forget forgot forgotten
bleed bled bled
D
forego /forgo forewent foregone
blow blew blown
deal dealt dealt
forgive forgave forgiven
break broke broken dig dug dug
forsake forsook forsaken
breed bred bred dived/dove
dive (AmE) dived foretell foretold foretold
bring brought brought
do did done freeze froze frozen
broadcast broadcast broadcast
draw drew drawn
build built built
dreamt dreamt Verb (infinitive) Past simple form
burn burnt/burned burnt/burned dream /dreamed /dreamed
G
burst burst burst drink drank drunk
get got
buy bought bought drive drove driven
give gave
E

Past simple go went

eat ate eaten
Verb (infinitive) form Past participle
grind ground
F
C
grow grew
fall fell fallen
cast cast cast
H
feed fed fed
catch caught caught
hang hung
feel felt felt
choose chose chosen
hang hanged light hanged lit /lighted lit /lighted rid rid rid

have had lose had lost lost ride rode ridden

hear heard M heard ring rang rung

hide hid make hidden made made rise rose risen

hit hit mean hit meant meant run ran run

hold held meet held met met

Past simple
hurt hurt hurt misspelt misspelt Verb (infinitive) form Past participle
misspell /misspelled /misspelled
K S
mistake mistook mistaken
keep kept kept
mow mowed mowed/mown saw sawed sawn /sawed
kneel knelt knelt
O say said said
know knew known
overcome overcame overcome
see saw seen

Past simple overdo overdid overdone

Verb (infinitive) form Past participle seek sought sought
overtake overtook overtaken
L sell sold sold
overthrow overthrew overthrown
lay laid laid
send sent sent
P
lead led led
pay paid paid set set set
lean leant /leaned leant /leaned
plead pleaded/plead pleaded/plead sew sewed sewn/sewed
leap leapt /leaped leapt /leaped
prove proved proved/proven shake shook shaken
learn learnt /learned learnt /learned
put put put shear sheared sheared/shorn
leave left left
Q
shed shed shed
lend lent lent
quit quit quit
shine shone shone
let let let
R
lie lay lain shoot shot shot
read read read
show showed shown
shrink shrank shrunk spread spread spread thrive thrived /throve

shut shut shut spring sprang sprung throw threw

stand stood stood thrust thrust

sing sang sung

steal stole stolen tread trod

sink sank sunk

stick stuck stuck U

sit sat sat
sting stung stung understand understood
sleep slept slept
stink stank stunk uphold upheld
slay slew slayed /slain
stride strode stridden upset upset
slide slid slid
strike struck struck W

sling slung slung wake woke /waked

strive strove striven
slit slit slit wear wore
swear swore sworn

smell smelt /smelled smelt /smelled sweep swept swept weave wove /weaved

smite smote smitten swelled wed wedded /wed

swell swelled /swollen
weep wept
sow sowed sown /sowed
swim swam swum
win won
speak spoke spoken
swing swung swung
wind wound
speed sped /speeded sped /speeded

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form withdraw

Past participle withdrew
spell spelt /spelled spelt /spelled

T withhold withheld
spend spent spent
take took withstand
taken withstood
spill spilt /spilled spilt /spilled
teach taught wring
taught wrung
spin spun spun
tear tore write
torn wrote
spit spat spat R
tell told told
split split split
think thought thought
spoil spoilt /spoiled spoilt /spoiled