Past Tense Irregular Verbs List

English Grammar Rules

Part One
The following is a list of Irregular Verbs in English:
Verb
arise
babysit
be
beat
become
bend
begin
bet
bind
bite
bleed
blow
break
breed
bring
broadcast

Past Simple
arose
babysat
was / were
beat
became
bent
began
bet
bound
bit
bled
blew
broke
bred
brought
broadcast

Past Participle
arisen
babysat
been
beaten
become
bent
begun
bet
bound
bitten
bled
blown
broken
bred
brought
broadcast

build
buy
catch
choose
come
cost
cut
deal
dig
do
draw
drink
drive
eat
fall
feed
feel
fight
find
fly
forbid
forget
forgive
freeze
get
give
go
grow
hang*

built
bought
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
dealt
dug
did
drew
drank
drove
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
found
flew
forbade
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
grew
hung

built
bought
caught
chosen
come
cost
cut
dealt
dug
done
drawn
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
found
flown
forbidden
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
gotten
given
gone
grown
hung

have
hear
hide
hit
hold
hurt
keep
know
lay
lead
leave
lend
let
lie **
light
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
put
quit
read ***
ride
ring
rise
run
say
see

had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
knew
laid
led
left
lent
let
lay
lit
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
quit
read
rode
rang
rose
ran
said
saw

had
heard
hidden
hit
held
hurt
kept
known
laid
led
left
lent
let
lain
lit
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
quit
read
ridden
rung
risen
run
said
seen

sell
send
set
shake
shine
shoot
show
shut
sing
sink
sit
sleep
slide
speak
spend
spin
spread
stand
steal
stick
sting
strike
swear
sweep
swim
swing
take
teach
tear

sold
sent
set
shook
shone
shot
showed
shut
sang
sank
sat
slept
slid
spoke
spent
spun
spread
stood
stole
stuck
stung
struck
swore
swept
swam
swung
took
taught
tore

sold
sent
set
shaken
shone
shot
shown
shut
sung
sunk
sat
slept
slid
spoken
spent
spun
spread
stood
stolen
stuck
stung
struck
sworn
swept
swum
swung
taken
taught
torn

tell
think
throw
understand
wake
wear
win
withdraw
write

told
thought
threw
understood
woke
wore
won
withdrew
wrote

told
thought
thrown
understood
woken
worn
won
withdrawn
written

* HANG - Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to

attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall
or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs Hang-HungHung.
BUT when Hang means "to kill someone by putting a rope
around someone's neck and leaving them in a high position
without any support", we use different verbs: Hang-Hangedhanged. This verb is typical of public executions in the past.
(e.g. They hanged him in the main square.)
** LIE - Lie has two meanings. When it means "to put your
body in a horizontal position" (normally on a bed) it uses the
Lie-Lay-Lain verbs.
BUT it is regular Lie-Lied-Lied when it has the other meaning
of "not to say the truth".
*** READ - Even though they are written the same, the
pronunciation is different in the Past Tense and Past Participle
form.

Part Two
The following verbs can be regular or irregular:
Verb
burn
dream
learn
smell

Past Simple
burned OR burnt
dreamed OR dreamt
learned OR learnt
smelled OR smelt

Past Participle
burned OR burnt
dreamed OR dreamt
learned OR learnt
smelled OR smelt

The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British

English.

Part Three
Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past
Participle form:
Verb
bet
broadcast
cut
hit
hurt
let
put
quit
read

Past Simple
bet
broadcast
cut
hit
hurt
let
put
quit
read

Past Participle
bet
broadcast
cut
hit
hurt
let
put
quit
read

set
shut
spread

set
shut
spread

set
shut
spread

All of the verbs above are written and pronounced the same in
the three forms EXCEPT for Read which is written the same but
pronounced differently.