Irregular Verbs
What's an irregular verb
If the conjugation of a verb follows a different pattern than usual, this verb called as an irregular verb.
In English, some endings (like -s, -ed, -ing) are added to regular verbs when the verb is in different time forms. These endings are not added to irregular verbs. It changes in different time forms. For example: look turns into looked (regular), go turns into went (irregular).
Practice irregular verbs
- Some irregular verbs have two options in simple past or past participle forms. You must enter only one of them (example: learned/learnt you can enter learned or learnt)
- We will show you random 10 irregular verbs in one form of three (infinitive, simple past or past participle). You should write other two forms of the verb
| Infinitive (v1) | Simple Past (v2) | Past Participle (v3) |
|---|---|---|
| meant | ||
| write | ||
| spell | ||
| fought | ||
| stolen | ||
| abide | ||
| fling | ||
| hurt | ||
| speeded/sped | ||
| shrank/shrunk |
Irregular verb list
Our list includes all English irregular verbs in bare infinitive form and their simple past (v2) and past participle (v3) forms.
It can be considered some auxiliary or modal verbs that are not in this list as irregular. They are can/could, will/would, shall/should, may/might.
| Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| abide | abode | abode |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| awake | awakened/awoke | awakened/awoken |
| be | was/were | been |
| bear | bore | born/borne |
| beat | beat | beat/beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| bide | bode | bidden |
| bind | bound | bound |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| bless | blessed/blest | blessed/blest |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| breed | bred | bred |
| bring | brought | brought |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burned/burnt | burned/burnt |
| burst | burst | burst |
| buy | bought | bought |
| cast | cast | cast |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| cleave | cleft | cleft |
| cling | clung | clung |
| clothe | clad | clad |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| creep | crept | crept |
| cut | cut | cut |
| dare | dared/durst | dared |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| dream | dreamed/dreamt | dreamed/dreamt |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fit | fit/fitted | fit/fitted |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fling | flung | flung |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| forecast | forecast | forecast |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| geld | gelded | gelt |
| get | got | gotten/got |
| gild | gilded/gilt | gilded/gilt |
| girt | girded/girt | girded/girt |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grind | ground | ground |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hew | hewed | hewn |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| kneel | kneeled/knelt | kneeled/knelt |
| knit | knit | knit |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| lean | leaned/leant | leaned/leant |
| leap | leaped/leapt | leaped/leapt |
| learn | learned/learnt | learned/learnt |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| let | let | let |
| lie | lay | lain |
| light | lighted/lit | lighted/lit |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| melt | melted | molten |
| mislay | mislaid | mislaid |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| mow | mowed | mowed/mown |
| pay | paid | paid |
| plead | pleaded/pled | pleaded/pled |
| prove | proved | proved/proven |
| put | put | put |
| quit | quit | quit |
| read | read | read |
| reave | raft/reaved/reft | raft/reaved/reft |
| rend | rent | rent |
| rid | rid | rid |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| saw | sawed | sawn |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shave | shaved | shaved/shaven |
| shear | sheared | shorn |
| shed | shed | shed |
| shine | shone/shined | shone/shined |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | showed/shown |
| shred | shred | shred |
| shrink | shrank/shrunk | shrunk |
| shrive | shrove | shriven |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew | slain |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slide | slid | slid |
| sling | slung | slung |
| slink | slunk | slunk |
| slit | slit | slit |
| smell | smelled/smelt | smelled/smelt |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| sneak | sneaked/snuck | sneaked/snuck |
| sow | sowed | sown |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| speed | speeded/sped | speeded/sped |
| spell | spelled/spelt | spelled/spelt |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spill | spilled/spilt | spilled/spilt |
| spin | spun | spun |
| spit | spit/spat | spit/spat |
| split | split | split |
| spoil | spoiled/spoilt | spoiled/spoilt |
| spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang/sprung | sprung |
| stand | stood | stood |
| stave | stove | stove |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | stung |
| stink | stank/stunk | stunk |
| strew | strewed | strewed/strewn |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| strike | struck | struck/stricken |
| string | strung | strung |
| strive | strived/strove | strived/striven |
| sublet | sublet | sublet |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swell | swelled | swelled/swollen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| thrive | throve | thriven |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| tread | trod | trod |
| understand | understood | understood |
| undertake | undertook | undertaken |
| upset | upset | upset |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| weave | wove | woven |
| wed | wed | wed |
| weep | wept | wept |
| win | won | won |
| wind | wound | wound |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| wring | wrang | wrung |
| write | wrote | written |