Irregular verbs - Free Intermediate English Grammar Step by Step (with exercises and the key to the exercises)

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infinitive
simple past
past participle

arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke

awoken

was, were

been

beat

beaten

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bet

bind

bound

bite

bit

bitten

bleed

bled

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

breed

bred

bring

brought

broadcast

build

built

burn

burnt, burned

burnt, burned 1

burst

buy

bought

cast

catch

caught

choose

chose

chosen

cling

clung

come

came

come

cost

creep

crept

cut

deal

dealt

dig

dug

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamt, dreamed

drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

dwell

dwelt, dwelled

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

feel

felt

fight

fought

find

found

flee

fled

fling

flung

fly

flew

flown

forbid

forbad(e)

forbidden

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

give

gave

given

went

gone

grind

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang

hung

hung 2

have

had

hear

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hold

held

hurt

keep

kept

kneel

knelt, kneeled

know

knew

known

lay

laid

lead

led

lean

leant, leaned

leap

leapt, leaped

learn

learnt, learned

leave

left

lend

lent

let

lie

lay

lain 3

light

lit, lighted

lit, lighted 4

lose

lost

make

made

mean

meant

meet

met

mistake

mistook

mistaken

misunderstand

misunderstood

oversleep

overslept

overtake

overtook

overtaken

pay

paid

put

quit

quit, quitted

quit, quitted 5

read

ride

rode

ridden

ring

rang

rung

rise

rose

risen

run

ran

run

saw

sawed

sawn

say

said

see

saw

seen

seek

sought

sell

sold

send

sent

set

sew

sewed

sewn

shake

shook

shaken

shed

shine

shone

shoe

shod

shoot

shot

show

showed

shown

shrink

shrank

shrunk

shut

sing

sang

sung

sink

sank

sunk

sit

sat

slay

slew

slain

sleep

slept

slide

slid

sling

slung

slink

slunk

slit

smell

smelt, smelled

smite

smote

smitten

speak

spoke

spoken

spell

spelt, spelled

spend

spent

spill

spilt, spilled

spin

spun

spit

spat

split

spoil

spoilt, spoiled

spread

spring

sprang

sprung

stand

stood

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

sting

stung

stink

stank, stunk (US)

stunk

strew

strewed

strewn, strewed

stride

strode

stridden

strike

struck

string

strung

strive

strove

striven

swear

swore

sworn

sweep

swept

swell

swelled

swollen

swim

swam

swum

swing

swung

take

took

taken

teach

taught

tear

tore

torn

tell

told

think

thought

throw

threw

thrown

thrust

tread

trod

trodden

undergo

underwent

undergone

understand

understood

undertake

undertook

undertaken

unfreeze

unfroze

unfrozen

unwind

unwound

upset

wake

woke

woken

wear

wore

worn

weave

wove

woven

wed

wed, wedded

weep

wept

win

won

wind

wound

withdraw

withdrew

withdrawn

wring

wrung

write

wrote

written

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1 Some verbs, such as burn, dream, dwell, etc., have both regular and irregular forms. However, the irregular ones are more common in British English, and in American English, the regular ones (-ed).

2 Hang is regular when it means "to kill someone with a rope around his or her neck": hanged.

3 Lie is regular when it means "not to tell the truth": lied (simple past and past participle).

4 In British English, the simple past and past participle is generally lit. Lighted is normally used before nouns: a lighted cigarette.

5 Quitted is used mainly in British English.