infinitive | past simple | past participle | infinitive | past simple | past participle | |
be | was/were | been | make | made | made | |
beat | beat | beaten | mean | meant | meant | |
become | became | become | meet | met | met | |
begin | began | begun | pay | paid | paid | |
bend | bent | bent | put | put | put | |
bite | bit | bitten | read | read [red] | read [red] | |
bleed | bled | bled | ride | rode | ridden | |
blow | blew | blown | ring | rang | rung | |
break | broke | broken | rise | rose | risen | |
bring | brought | brought | run | ran | run | |
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast | say | said | said | |
build | built | built | see | saw | seen | |
buy | bought | bought | seek | sought | sought | |
catch | caught | caught | sell | sold | sold | |
choose | chose | chosen | send | sent | sent | |
come | came | come | set | set | set | |
cost | cost | cost | sew | sewed | sewn/sewed | |
creep | crept | crept | shake | shook | shaken | |
cut | cut | cut | shine | shone | shone | |
deal | dealt | dealt | shoot | shot | shot | |
dig | dug | dug | show | showed | shown/showed | |
do | did | done | shrink | shrank | shrunk | |
draw | drew | drawn | shut | shut | shut | |
drink | drank | drunk | sing | sang | sung | |
drive | drove | driven | sink | sank | sunk | |
eat | ate | eaten | sit | sat | sat | |
fall | fell | fallen | sleep | slept | slept | |
feed | fed | fed | slide | slid | slid | |
feel | felt | felt | speak | spoke | spoken | |
fight | fought | fought | spend | spent | spent | |
find | found | found | spin | spun | spun | |
flee | fled | fled | spit | spat | spat | |
fly | flew | flown | split | split | split | |
forbid | forbade | forbidden | spread | spread | spread | |
forget | forgot | forgotten | spring | sprang | sprung | |
forgive | forgave | forgiven | stand | stood | stood | |
freeze | froze | frozen | steal | stole | stolen | |
get | got | got/gotten (amer.) | stick | stuck | stuck | |
give | gave | given | sting | stung | stung | |
go | went | gone | stink | stank | stunk | |
grow | grew | grown | strike | struck | struck | |
hang (up) | hung | hung | swear | swore | sworn | |
have | had | had | sweep | swept | swept | |
hear | heard | heard | swim | swam | swum | |
hide | hid | hidden | swing | swung | swung | |
hit | hit | hit | take | took | taken | |
hold | held | held | teach | taught | taught | |
hurt | hurt | hurt | tear | tore | torn | |
keep | kept | kept | tell | told | told | |
kneel | knelt | knelt | think | thought | thought | |
know | knew | known | throw | threw | thrown | |
lay | laid | laid | understand | understood | understood | |
lead | led | led | wake | woke | woken | |
leave | left | left | wear | wore | worn | |
lend | lent | lent | weep | wept | wept | |
let | let | let | win | won | won | |
lie (down) | lay | lain | wind | wound | wound | |
light | lit | lit | write | wrote | written | |
lose | lost | lost |
The verbs in this list are also irregular when they have a prefix, e.g.
overtake – overtook – overtaken
foretell – foretold – foretold
A few verbs have irregular present simple forms:
verb | present simple |
be | I am; you/we/they are; he/she/it is |
do | he/she/it does |
go | he/she/it goes |
have | he/she/it has |
say | he/she/it says |