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Irregular Verbs

This is a list of the English verbs that have an irregular past simple tense and anirregular past participle. If more than one form is listed, it may indicate that eachform has a different meaning; you should check this in the dictionary.

arise arose arisenawake awoke, awoken

(US ALSO awaked)be was/were beenbear bore borne,

(US ALSO born)beat beat beaten,

(US ALSO beat)beget begot, begat begotten, begotbecome became becomebefall befell befallenbegin began begunbehold beheld beheldbelie belied beliedbend bent bentbeseech beseeched, beseeched,

besought besoughtbestrew bestrewed bestrewn,

bestrewedbestride bestrode bestriddenbet bet, betted bet, bettedbid bid, bade bid, biddenbind bound boundbite bit bittenbleed bled bledbless blessed, blest blessed, blestblow blew blownbreak broke brokenbreed bred bredbring brought broughtbroadcast broadcast broadcast

(US ALSO (US ALSObroadcasted) broadcasted)

build built builtburn burnt, burned burnt, burnedburst burst burstbust (UK) bust, (UK) bust,

(US) busted (US) bustedbuy bought boughtcast cast castcatch caught caughtchoose chose chosencleave cleaved, (US cleaved, cloven

ALSO clove)cling clung clungcome came comecost cost, costed cost, costedcreep crept creptcut cut cutdeal dealt dealt

dig dug dugdive dived, (US ALSO) dived

dovedraw drew drawndream dreamed, dreamt dreamed, dreamtdrink drank drunkdrive drove drivendwell dwelt, dwelled dwelt, dwelledeat ate eatenfall fell fallenfeed fed fedfeel felt feltfight fought foughtfind found foundflee fled fledfling flung flungfly flew flownforbid forbade, forbad forbiddenforecast forecasted, forecast forecasted, forecastforesee foresaw foreseenforget forgot forgottenforgive forgave forgivenforgo forwent forgoneforsake forsook forsakenforswear forswore forswornfreeze froze frozengainsay gainsaid gainsaidget got got, (US ALSO

gottengird girded, girt girded, girtgive gave givengo went gonegrind ground groundgrow grew grownhang hung, hanged hung, hangedhave had hadhear heard heardhew hewed hewed, hewnhide hid hiddenhit hit hithold held heldhurt hurt hurtinput inputted, input inputted, inputinterbreed interbred interbredinterweave interwove interwovenkeep kept keptkneel knelt, kneeled knelt, kneeledknit knitted, knit knitted, (US ALSO

knit)

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IRREGULAR VERBS1543

know knew knownlead led ledlean leaned, (UK ALSO leaned (UK ALSO

leant) leant)leap leapt, leaped leapt, leapedlearn learned, (UK ALSO learned, (UK ALSO

learnt) learnt) leave left leftlend lent lentlet let letlie lay, lied lain, liedlight lit, lighted lit, lightedlip-read lip-read lip-readlose lost lostmake made mademean mean meantmeet met metmimic mimicked mimickedmiscast miscast miscastmishear misheard misheardmislay mislaid mislaidmislead misled misledmisspell misspelled, misspelled,

(UK ALSO misspelt) (UK ALSO misspelt)misspend misspent misspentmistake mistook mistakenmisunderstand misunderstood misunderstoodmow mowed mown, mowedoffset offset offsetoutbid outbid outbid, outbiddenoutdo outdid outdoneoutfight outfought outfoughtoutgrow outgrew outgrownoutrun outran outrunoutsell outsold outsoldoutshine outshone outshoneoverbid overbid overbidovercome overcame overcomeoverdo overdid overdoneoverdraw overdrew overdrawnovereat overate overeatenoverhang overhung overhungoverhear overheard overheardoverlay overlaid overlaidoverload overloaded overloaded, (UK

ALSO) overladenoverpay overpaid overpaidoverride overrode overriddenoverrun overran overrunoversee oversaw overseenovershoot overshot overshotoversleep overslept oversleptoverspend overspent overspentovertake overtook overtakenoverthrow overthrew overthrownoverwrite overwrote overwrittenpartake partook partaken

pay paid paidplead pleaded, (US ALSO pleaded, (US ALSO

pled) pled)preset preset presetprove proved proved, provenput put putquit quit, quitted quit, quittedread /rid/ read /red/ read /red/rebuild rebuilt rebuiltrecast recast recastrefit refit, refitted refit, refittedremake remade remaderend rent, (US ALSO rent, (US ALSO

rended) rended)repay repaid repaidrerun reran rerunresit resat resatrethink rethought rethoughtrewrite rewrote rewrittenrid rid ridride rode riddenring rang rungrise rose risenrun ran runsaw sawed sawn, (US ALSO

sawed)say said saidsee saw seenseek sought soughtsell sold soldsend sent sentset set setsew sewed sewn, sewedshake shook shakenshear sheared sheared, shornshed shed shedshine shone shoneshit shit, shat, shitted shit, shat, shittedshoe shod, (US ALSO shod, (US ALSO

shoed) shoed)shoot shot shotshow showed shownshrink shrank shrunkshut shut shutsink sank sunksit sat satslay slew, slayed slainsleep slept sleptslide slid slidsling slung slungslink slunk slunkslit slit slitsmell smelled, (UK ALSO smelled, (UK ALSO

smelt) smelt)smite smote smittensneak sneaked, (US ALSO sneaked, (US ALSO

snuck) snuck)sow sowed sown, sowed

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IRREGULAR VERBS 1544

speak spoke spokenspeed sped, speeded sped, speededspell spelled, (UK ALSO spelled, (UK ALSO

spelt) spelt)spend spent spentspill spilled, (UK ALSO spilled, (UK ALSO

spilt) spilt)spin spun spunspit spat, (US ALSO spit) spat, (US ALSO spit)split split splitspoil spoiled, spoilt spoiled, spoiltspotlight spotlighted, spotlit spoltlighted, spotlitspring sprang sprungstand stood stoodsteal stole stolenstick stuck stucksting stung stungstink stank, (US ALSO stunk

stunk)strew strewed strewn, strewedstride strode strodestrike struck struck, (US ALSO

stricken)string strung strungstrive strove, strived striven, strivedsublet sublet subletswear swore swornsweep swept sweptswell swelled swollen, swelledswim swam swumswing swung swungtake took takenteach taught taughttear tore torntell told toldthink thought thought

thrive thrived, (US ALSO thrived, (US ALSOthrove) thriven)

throw threw thrownthrust thrust thrusttread trod, (US ALSO trodden, (US ALSO

treaded) trod)typecast typecast typecastunbend unbent unbentundercut undercut undercutundergo underwent undergoneunderlie underlay underlainunderpay underpaid underpaidunderwrite underwrote underwrittenundersell undersold undersoldunderstand understood understoodundertake undertook undertakenundo undid undoneunwind unwound unwounduphold upheld upheldupset upset upsetwake woke wokenwaylay waylaid waylaidwear wore wornweave wove, weaved woven, weavedwed wedded, wed wedded, wedweep wept weptwet wet, wetted wet, wettedwin won wonwind wound woundwithdraw withdrew withdrawnwithhold withheld withheldwithstand withstood withstoodwreak wrought, wreaked wrought, wreakedwring wrung wrungwrite wrote written

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