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 |
