Irregular Verbs Examples [List]
There are three parts of regular verbs;
- Root form
- Past simple
- Past participle
To root the verb with both past and past participle, we add ‘ed’ with the root verb. Irregular verbs don’t follow this conjugation rule and take a substitute pattern. In the English language, there are almost two hundred irregular verbs.
Examples of Irregular Verbs
| Base form (V1) |
Past simple (V2) |
V3 Past participle |
| awake |
Awoke |
awoken |
| beat |
beat |
beaten |
| begin |
began |
begun |
| cut |
Cut |
cut |
| come |
came |
come |
| dig |
dug |
dug |
| draw |
drew |
drawn |
| eat |
ate |
eaten |
| fall |
fell |
fallen |
| fly |
flew |
flown |
| get |
got |
gotten |
| give |
gave |
given |
| hit |
hit |
hit |
| hide |
hid |
hidden |
| know |
knew |
known |
| learn |
Learned |
Learned |
| lend |
lent |
lent |
| mean |
meant |
meant |
| pay |
paid |
paid |
| put |
put |
put |
| ride |
rode |
ridden |
| ring |
rang |
rang |
| say |
said |
said |
| sell |
sold |
sold |
| take |
took |
taken |
| tear |
tore |
torn |
| understand |
understood |
understood |
| wake |
woke |
woken |
| wear |
wore |
worn |
| write |
wrote |
written |
| abide |
abode |
abode |
| arise |
arose |
arisen |
| be |
was/were |
been |
| bear |
bore |
born |
| bend |
bent |
bent |
| can |
could |
could |
| choose |
chose |
chosen |
| deal |
dealt |
dealt |
| drink |
drank |
drunk |
| fight |
fought |
fought |
| forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
| go |
went |
gone |
| hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
| hear |
heard |
heard |
| keep |
kept |
kept |
| kneel |
Knelt/kneeled |
Knelt/kneeled |
| lay |
laid |
laid |
| leave |
left |
left |
| meet |
met |
met |
| make |
made |
made |
| plead |
pled / pleaded |
pled / pleaded |
| preset |
preset |
preset |
| relay |
relaid |
relaid |
| run |
ran |
run |
| see |
saw |
seen |
| see |
sought |
sought |
| think |
thought |
thought |
| throw |
threw |
thrown |
| undergo |
underwent |
undergone |
| weep |
wept |
wept |
| withdraw |
withdrew |
withdrawn |
| bind |
bound |
bound |
| bet |
bet |
bet |
| bite |
bit |
bitten |
| blow |
blew |
blown |
| bring |
brought |
brought |
| buy |
bought |
bought |
| build |
built |
built |
| catch |
caught |
caught |
| cost |
cost |
cost |
| creep |
crept |
crept |
| chide |
Chid / chode |
Chid / chidden |
| cling |
clung |
clung |
| clothe |
clothed |
clothed |
| do |
did |
done |
| dream |
dreamt/dreamed |
dreamt/dreamed |
| drive |
drove |
driven |
| dwell |
dwelt |
dwelt |
| dive |
dived |
dived |
| feed |
fed |
fed |
| feel |
felt |
felt |
| find |
found |
found |
| fling |
flang |
flung |
| freeze |
froze |
frozen |
| flee |
flew |
flown |
| forbid |
forbade |
forbidden |
| grow |
grew |
grown |
| grind |
ground |
ground |
| Hang (a picture) |
hung |
hung |
| Hang (to put to death) |
hanged |
hanged |
| have |
had |
had |
| hold |
held |
held |
| knit |
knitted |
knitted |
| leave |
left |
left |
| let |
let |
let |
| lose |
lost |
lost |
| lie |
lay |
lain |
| lean |
leant / leaned |
leant / leaned |
| leap |
leapt / leaped |
leapt / leaped |
| light |
lit / lighted |
lit / lighted |
| mow |
mowed |
mowed |
| own |
owned |
owned |
| partake |
partook |
partaken |
| prove |
proved |
proved/proven |
| read |
read |
read |
| rise |
rose |
risen |
| send |
sent |
sent |
| show |
showed |
showed |
| shut |
shut |
shut |
| sing |
sang |
sung |
| sink |
sank |
sunk |
| sit |
sat |
sat |
| sleep |
slept |
slept |
| stink |
stank |
stunk |
| stand |
stood |
stood |
| swim |
swam |
swam |
| swing |
swang |
swung |
| swell |
swelled |
swollen |
| swear |
swore |
sworn |
| strike |
struck |
struck/stricken |
| strew |
strewed |
strewed / strewn |
| strive |
strove |
strove |
| sweep |
swept |
swept |
| swing |
swung |
swung |
| stick |
stuck |
stuck |
| sting |
stung |
stung |
| teach |
taught |
taught |
| tell |
told |
told |
| thrust |
thrust |
thrust |
| thrive |
throve / thrived |
throve / thrived |
| typeset |
typeset |
typeset |
| win |
won |
won |
| wet |
wet / wetted |
wet / wetted |
| wind |
wound |
wound |
| wring |
wrung |
wrung |
| welcome |
welcomed |
welcomed |
| wed |
wed |
wed |
Read More Tutorials on Verbs
- Action verb
- Auxiliary verbs
- Stative Verbs
- Modal Verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Irregular Verbs
- Confusing Verbs
- Transitive and intransitive Verbs
- Finite and non-finite Verbs
- Dynamic Verbs
