IRREGULAR VERBS

Irregular verbs follow no fixed rules for forming the various past, present, and future tenses. You simply have to memorize them or consult your dictionary. Some of the most commonly used irregular verbs are listed below.

Base Form

Past Simple

Past Participle

be

beat

become

bend

break

buy

cast

choose

come

cut

do

draw

drink

drive

eat

fight

find

fly

get

give

go

grow

have

hide

hit

hold

hurt

keep

know

leave

make

meet

put

read

ride

ring

run

say

see

sell

send

sing

sit

sleep

speak

spend

stand

steal

swim

take

teach

tell

think

throw

understand

wear

win

write

was

beat

became

bent

broke

bought

cast

chose

came

cut

did

drew

drank

drove

ate

fought

found

flew

got

gave

went

grew

had

hid

hit

held

hurt

kept

knew

left

made

met

put

read

rode

rang

ran

said

saw

sold

sent

sang

sat

slept

spoke

spent

stood

stole

swam

took

taught

told

thank

threw

understood

wore

won

wrote

been

beaten

become

bent

broken

bought

cast

chosen

come

cut

done

drawn

drunk

driven

eaten

fought

found

flown

gotten

given

gone

grown

had

hidden

hit

held

hurt

kept

known

left

made

met

put

read

ridden

rung

ran

said

seen

sold

sent

sung

sat

slept

spoken

spent

stood

stolen

swum

taken

taught

told

thought

thrown

understood

worn

won

written