Common Irregular Verbs In English
This is a list of the common irregular verbs in English. For a complete list of English irregular verbs, see a good dictionary.
Infinitive / Simple Past / Past participle
arise / arose / arisen
awake / awoke / awoken
be / was, were / been
bet / bet, betted / bet, betted
beat / beat / beaten
become / became / become
begin / began / begun
bend / bent / bent
bind / bound / bound
bite / bit / bitten
bleed / bled / bled
blow / blew / blown
break / broke / broken
bring / brought / brought
build / built / built
burn / burnt, burned / burnt, burned
buy / bought / bought
catch / caught / caught
choose / chose / chosen
come / came / come
cost / cost / cost
cut / cut / cut
deal / dealt / dealt
dig / dug / dug
do / did / done
draw / drew / drawn
dream / dreamt, dreamed / dreamt, dreamed
drink / drank / drunk
drive / drove / driven
eat / ate / eaten
fall / fell / fallen
feed / fed / fed
feel / felt / felt
fight / fought / fought
find / found / found
fly / flew / flown
forget / forgot / forgotten
forgive / forgave / forgiven
freeze / froze / frozen
get / got / got
give / gave / given
go / went / gone, been
grow / grew / grown
hang / hung / hung
have / had / had
hear / heard / heard
hide / hid / hidden
hit / hit / hit
hold / held / held
hurt / hurt / hurt
keep / kept / kept
know / knew/ known
lay / laid / laid
lead / led / led
lean / leant, leaned / leant, leaned
learn / learnt, learned / learnt, learned
leave / left / left
lend / lent / lent
let / let / let
lie / lay / lain
light / lit, lighted / lit, lighted
lose / lost / lost
make / made / made
mean / meant / meant
meet / met / met
pay / paid / paid
put / put / put
read / read / read
ride / rode / ridden
ring / rang / rung
rise / rose / risen
run / ran / run
say / said / said
see / saw / seen
sell / sold / sold
send / sent / sent
set / set / set
shake / shook / shaken
shine / shone / shone
shoot / shot / shot
show / showed / shown
shut / shut / shut
sing / sang / sung
sink / sank / sunk
sit / sat / sat
sleep / slept / slept
smell / smelt, smelled / smelt, smelled
speak / spoke / spoken
speed / sped / sped
spell / spelt, spelled / spelt, spelled
spend / spent / spent
spill / spilt, spilled / spilt, spilled
spin / span, spun / spun
spoil / spoilt, spoiled / spoilt, spoiled
stand / stood / stood
steal / stole / stolen
stick / stuck / stuck
strike / struck / struck
swing / swung / swung
swim / swam / swum
take / took / taken
teach / taught / taught
tear / tore / torn
tell / told / told
think / thought / thought
throw / threw / thrown
understand / understood / understood
wake / woke / woken
wear / wore / worn
win / won / won
wind / wound / wound
write / wrote / written
Note the following differences between British and American English.
1. burn, dream, lean, learn, smell, spell, spill and spoil are all regular in American English. In British English, irregular past tenses and participles with –t are more common.
2. wake can be regular in American English.
3. quit and wet are regular in British English, but irregular in American English; fit is also usually irregular in American English.
GB: quit, quitted, quitted
US: quit, quit, quit
GB: wet, wetted, wetted
US: wet, wet, wet
US: fit, fit, fit
4. dive is regular in British English, but can be irregular in American English.
GB: dive, dived, dived
US: dive, dove, dived
5. In American English, the past participle of get is got or gotten.
