177 irregular verbs in English
Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t form the past tense (like Past Simple) by adding -ed. For example, “watch” is a regular verb because the past tense form is “watched” but “see” is an irregular verb because the past tense is “saw” and not “sawed”. Here’s a pretty long list of irregular verbs in English.
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| Infinitive | Past Tense | Past Participle |
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A |
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| abide [əˈbaɪd] | abode [əˈboʊd] | abode [əˈboʊd] |
| arise [əˈraɪz] | arose [əˈroʊz] | arisen [əˈrɪzən] |
| awake [əˈweɪk] | awoke [əˈwoʊk] | awoken [əˈwoʊkən] |
B |
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| be [bi:] | was, were [wəz], [wər] | been [bɪn] |
| bear [ber] | bore[bɔːr] | borne [bɔːrn] |
| beat [biːt] | beat [biːt] | beaten [ˈbiːtn] |
| become [bɪˈkʌm] | became [bɪˈkeɪm] | become [bɪˈkʌm] |
| befall [bɪˈfɒːl] | befell [bɪˈfel] | befallen [bɪˈfɒːlən] |
| begin [bɪˈɡɪn] | began [bɪˈɡæn] | begun [bɪˈɡʌn] |
| behold [bɪˈhoʊld] | beheld [bɪˈheld] | beheld [bɪˈheld] |
| bend [bend] | bent [bent] | bent [bent] |
| beseech [bɪˈsiːtʃ] | besought [bɪˈsɒːt] | besought [bɪˈsɒːt] |
| beset [bɪˈset] | beset [bɪˈset] | beset [bɪˈset] |
| bespeak [bɪˈspiːk] | bespoke [bɪˈspoʊk] | bespoken [bɪˈspoʊkən] |
| bet [bet] | bet [bet] | bet [bet] |
| bid [bɪd] | bid [bɪd] | bid [bɪd] |
| bind [baɪnd] | bound [baʊnd] | bound [baʊnd] |
| bite [baɪt] | bit [bɪt] | bitten [ˈbɪtn] |
| bleed [bliːd] | bled [bled] | bled [bled] |
| blow [bloʊ] | blew [bluː] | blown [bloʊn] |
| break [breɪk] | broke [broʊk] | broken [ˈbroʊkən] |
| breed [briːd] | bred [bred] | bred [bred] |
| bring [brɪŋ] | brought [brɒːt] | brought [brɒːt] |
| broadcast [ˈbrɒːdkæst] | broadcast [ˈbrɒːdkæst] | broadcast [ˈbrɒːdkæst] |
| build [bɪld] | built [bɪlt] | built [bɪlt] |
| burn [bɜːrn] | burnt [bɜːrnt] | burnt [bɜːrnt] |
| burst [bɜːrst] | burst [bɜːrst] | burst [bɜːrst] |
| buy [baɪ] | bought [bɒːt] | bought [bɒːt] |
C |
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| catch [kætʃ] | caught [kɒːt] | caught [kɒːt] |
| cast [kæst] | cast [kæst] | cast [kæst] |
| choose [tʃuːz] | chose [tʃoʊz] | chosen [ˈtʃoʊzən] |
| cleave [kliːv] | clove [kloʊv] | cloven [kloʊvən] |
| cling [klɪŋ] | clung [klʌŋ] | clung [klʌŋ] |
| come [kʌm] | came [keɪm] | come [kʌm] |
| cost [kɒːst] | cost [kɒːst] | cost [kɒːst] |
| creep [kriːp] | crept [krept] | crept [krept] |
| cut [kʌt] | cut [kʌt] | cut [kʌt] |
D |
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| deal [diːl] | dealt [delt] | dealt [delt] |
| dig [dɪɡ] | dug [dʌɡ] | dug [dʌɡ] |
| do [duː] | did [dɪd] | done [dʌn] |
| draw [drɒː] | drew [druː] | drawn [drɒːn] |
| dream [driːm] | dreamt (or dreamed) [dremt], [ˈdriːmd] |
dreamt (or dreamed) [dremt], [ˈdriːmd] |
| drink [drɪŋk] | drank [dræŋk] | drunk [drʌŋk] |
| drive [draɪv] | drove [droʊv] | driven [ˈdrɪvən] |
| dwell [dwel] | dwelt [dwelt] | dwelt [dwelt] |
E |
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| eat [iːt] | ate [eɪt] | eaten [ˈiːtn] |
F |
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| fall [fɒːl] | fell [fel] | fallen [ˈfɒːlən] |
| feed [fiːd] | fed [fed] | fed [fed] |
| feel [fiːl] | felt [felt] | felt [felt] |
| fight [faɪt] | fought [fɒːt] | fought [fɒːt] |
| find [faɪnd] | found [faʊnd] | found [faʊnd] |
| fit [fɪt] | fit [fɪt] | fit [fɪt] |
| flee [fliː] | fled [fled] | fled [fled] |
| fling [flɪŋ] | flung [flʌŋ] | flung [flʌŋ] |
| fly [flaɪ] | flew [fluː] | flown [floʊn] |
| forbear [fərˈber] | forbore [fərˈbɔːr] | forborne [fərˈbɔːrn] |
| forbid [fərˈbɪd] | forbade [fərˈbeɪd] | forbidden [fərˈbɪdn] |
| forecast [ˈfɔːrkæst] | forecast [ˈfɔːrkæst] | forecast [ˈfɔːrkæst] |
| forget [fərˈɡet] | forgot [fərˈɡɑːt] | forgotten [fərˈɡɑːtn] |
| forgive [fərˈɡɪv] | forgave [fərˈɡeɪv] | forgiven [fərˈɡɪvən] |
| forsake [fərˈseɪk] | forsook [fərˈsʊk] | forsaken [fərˈseɪkən] |
| freeze [friːz] | froze [froʊz] | frozen [ˈfroʊzən] |
G |
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| get [ɡet] | got [ɡɑːt] | gotten (BrE got) [ˈɡɑːtn], [ɡɑːt] |
| give [ɡɪv] | gave [ɡeɪv] | given [ˈɡɪvən] |
| go [ɡoʊ] | went [went] | gone [ɡɒːn] |
| grind [ɡraɪnd] | ground [ɡraʊnd] | ground [ɡraʊnd] |
| grow [ɡroʊ] | grew [ɡruː] | grown [ɡroʊn] |
H |
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| hang [hæŋ] | hung [hʌŋ] | hung [hʌŋ] |
| have [hæv] | had [hæd] | had [hæd] |
| hear [hɪr] | heard [hɜːrd] | heard [hɜːrd] |
| hew [hjuː] | hewed [hjuːd] | hewn [hjuːn] |
| hide [haɪd] | hid [hɪd] | hidden [ˈhɪdn] |
| hit [hɪt] | hit [hɪt] | hit [hɪt] |
| hold [hoʊld] | held [held] | held [held] |
| hurt [hɜːrt] | hurt [hɜːrt] | hurt [hɜːrt] |
K |
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| keep [kiːp] | kept [kept] | kept [kept] |
| kneel [niːl] | knelt [nelt] | knelt [nelt] |
| knit [nɪt] | knit [nɪt] | knit [nɪt] |
| know [noʊ] | knew [nuː] | known [noʊn] |
L |
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| lay [leɪ] | laid [leɪd] | laid [leɪd] |
| lead [liːd] | led [led] | led [led] |
| lean [liːn] | leaned (BrE leant) [liːnd], [lent] |
leaned (BrE leant) [liːnd], [lent] |
| leap [liːp] | leaped (BrE leapt) [liːpt], [lept] |
leaped (BrE leapt) [liːpt], [lept] |
| learn [lɜːrn] | learned (BrE learnt) [ˈlɜːrnɪd], [lɜːrnt] |
learned (BrE learnt) [ˈlɜːrnɪd], [lɜːrnt] |
| leave [liːv] | left [left] | left [left] |
| lend [lend] | lent [lent] | lent [lent] |
| let [let] | let [let] | let [let] |
| lie [laɪ] | lay [leɪ] | lain [leɪn] |
| light [laɪt] | lit [lɪt] | lit [lɪt] |
| lose [luːz] | lost [lɒːst] | lost [lɒːst] |
M |
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| make [meɪk] | made [meɪd] | made [meɪd] |
| mean [miːn] | meant [ment] | meant [ment] |
| meet [miːt] | met [met] | met [met] |
| mistake [məˈsteɪk] | mistook [məˈstʊk] | mistaken [məˈsteɪkən] |
| mow [moʊ] | mowed [moʊd] | mown [moʊd] |
P |
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| pay [peɪ] | paid [peɪd] | paid [peɪd] |
| plead [pliːd] | pled (BrE pleaded) [pled], [ˈplidəd] |
pled (BrE pleaded) [pled], [ˈplidəd] |
| prove [pruːv] | proved [pruːvd] | proven [pruːvən] |
| put [pʊt] | put [pʊt] | put [pʊt] |
Q |
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| quit [kwɪt] | quit [kwɪt] | quit [kwɪt] |
R |
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| read [riːd] | read [red] | read [red] |
| rend [rend] | rent [rent] | rent [rent] |
| rid [rɪd] | rid [rɪd] | rid [rɪd] |
| ride [raɪd] | rode [roʊd] | ridden [ˈrɪdn] |
| ring [rɪŋ] | rang [ræŋ] | rung [rʌŋ] |
| rise [raɪz] | rose [roʊz] | risen [ˈrɪzən] |
| run [rʌn] | ran [ræn] | run [rʌn] |
S |
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| saw [sɒː] | sawed [sɒːd] | sawn [sɒːn] |
| say [seɪ] | said [sed] | said [sed] |
| see [siː] | saw [sɒː] | seen [siːn] |
| seek [siːk] | sought [sɒːt] | sought [sɒːt] |
| sell [sel] | sold [soʊld] | sold [soʊld] |
| send [send] | sent [sent] | sent [sent] |
| set [set] | set [set] | set [set] |
| sew [soʊ] | sewed [soʊd] | sewn [soʊn] |
| shake [ʃeɪk] | shook [ʃʊk] | shaken [ˈʃeɪkən] |
| shear [ʃɪr] | sheared [ʃɪrd] | shorn [ʃɔːrn] |
| shed [ʃed] | shed [ʃed] | shed [ʃed] |
| shine [ʃaɪn] | shone [ʃoʊn] | shone [ʃoʊn] |
| shoot [ʃuːt] | shot [ʃɑːt] | shot [ʃɑːt] |
| show [ʃoʊ] | showed [ʃoʊd] | shown [ʃoʊn] |
| shrink [ʃrɪŋk] | shrank [ʃræŋk] | shrunk [ʃrʌŋk] |
| shut [ʃʌt] | shut [ʃʌt] | shut [ʃʌt] |
| sing [sɪŋ] | sang [sæŋ] | sung [sʌŋ] |
| sink [sɪŋk] | sank [sæŋk] | sunk [sʌŋk] |
| sit [sɪt] | sat [sæt] | sat [sæt] |
| slay [sleɪ] | slew [sluː] | slain [sleɪn] |
| sleep [sliːp] | slept [slept] | slept [slept] |
| slide [slaɪd] | slid [slɪd] | slid [slɪd] |
| sling [slɪŋ] | slung [slʌŋ] | slung [slʌŋ] |
| slit [slɪt] | slit [slɪt] | slit [slɪt] |
| smite [smaɪt] | smote [smoʊt] | smitten [ˈsmɪtn] |
| sow [soʊ] | sowed [soʊd] | sown [soʊn] |
| speak [spiːk] | spoke [spoʊk] | spoken [ˈspoʊkən] |
| speed [spiːd] | sped [sped] | sped [sped] |
| spend [spend] | spent [spent] | spent [spent] |
| spin [spɪn] | spun [spʌn] | spun [spʌn] |
| spit [spɪt] | spit (BrE spat) [spɪt], [spæt] |
spit (BrE spat) [spɪt], [spæt] |
| split [splɪt] | split [splɪt] | split [splɪt] |
| spoil [spɔɪl] | spoiled (BrE spoilt) [spɔɪld], [spɔɪlt] |
spoiled (BrE spoilt) [spɔɪld], [spɔɪlt] |
| spread [spred] | spread [spred] | spread [spred] |
| spring [sprɪŋ] | sprang [spræŋ] | sprung [sprʌŋ] |
| stand [stænd] | stood [stʊd] | stood [stʊd] |
| steal [stiːl] | stole [stoʊl] | stolen [stoʊlən] |
| stick [stɪk] | stuck [stʌk] | stuck [stʌk] |
| sting [stɪŋ] | stung [stʌŋ] | stung [stʌŋ] |
| stink [stɪŋk] | stank [stæŋk] | stunk [stʌŋk] |
| strew [struː] | strewed [struːd] | strewn [struːn] |
| stride [straɪd] | strode [stroʊd] | stridden [ˈstrɪdn] |
| strike [straɪk] | struck [strʌk] | struck [strʌk] |
| string [strɪŋ] | strung [strʌŋ] | strung [strʌŋ] |
| strive [straɪv] | strove [stroʊv] | striven [ˈstrɪvən] |
| swear [swer] | swore [swɔːr] | sworn [swɔːrn] |
| sweep [swiːp] | swept [swept] | swept [swept] |
| swell [swel] | swelled [sweld] | swollen [ˈswoʊlən] |
| swim [swɪm] | swam [swæm] | swum [swʌm] |
| swing [swɪŋ] | swung [swʌŋ] | swung [swʌŋ] |
T |
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| take [teɪk] | took [tʊk] | taken [ˈteɪkən] |
| teach [tiːtʃ] | taught [tɒːt] | taught [tɒːt] |
| tear [ter] | tore [tɔːr] | torn [tɔːrn] |
| tell [tel] | told [toʊld] | told [toʊld] |
| think [θɪŋk] | thought [θɒːt] | thought [θɒːt] |
| thrive [θraɪv] | throve [θroʊ] | thrived [θraɪvd] |
| throw [[θroʊ] | threw [θruː] | thrown [θroʊn] |
| thrust [θrʌst] | thrust [θrʌst] | thrust [θrʌst] |
| tread [tred] | trod [trɑːd] | trodden [ˈtrɑːdn] |
U |
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| understand [ˌʌndərˈstænd] | understood [ˌʌndərˈstʊd] | understood [ˌʌndərˈstʊd] |
| upset [ʌpˈset] | upset [ʌpˈset] | upset [ʌpˈset] |
W |
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| wake [weɪk] | woke [woʊk] | woken [ˈwoʊkən] |
| wear [wer] | wore [wɔːr] | worn [wɔːrn] |
| weave [wiːv] | wove [woʊv] | woven [ˈwoʊvən] |
| weep [wiːp] | wept [wept] | wept [wept] |
| wet [wet] | wet [wet] | wet [wet] |
| win [wɪn] | won [wʌn] | won [wʌn] |
| wind [waɪnd] | wound [waʊnd] | wound [waʊnd] |
| wring [rɪŋ] | wrung [rʌŋ] | wrung [rʌŋ] |
| write [raɪt] | wrote [roʊt] | written [ˈrɪtn] |
