Common irregular verbs in English in a table
The most common irregular verbs in English
A → Irregular verbs in the table
B → Affirmative phrase → 1st person singular
C → Affirmative phrase → 3rd person singular
D → Negative phrase → 1st person singular
E → Negative phrase → 3rd person singular
go – went – gone
infinitive | simple past | past participle | |
---|---|---|---|
A | to go | went | gone |
B | I go | I went | I have gone |
C | he goes | he went | he has gone |
D | I don't go | I didn't go | I haven't gone |
E | he doesn't go | he didn't go | he hasn't gone |
Table of the most common irregular verbs
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
be | was/were | been |
I am | I was | I have been |
he is | he was | he has been |
we are | we were | we have been |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bet* | bet | bet |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
burst | burst | burst |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
cut | cut | cut |
deal | dealt | dealt |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
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 |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | got, gotten |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
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 |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
let | let | let |
lie** | lay | lain |
light* | lit | lit |
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 |
steal | stole | stolen |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
show* | showed | shown |
shut | shut | shut |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spend | spent | spent |
spring | sprang | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
stick | stuck | stuck |
swear | swore | sworn |
sweep | swept | swept |
swim | swam | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
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 |
weave | wove | woven |
win | won | won |
write | wrote | written |
* regular form (+ -ed) also possible.
The trend, in English, and especially in American English, is to standardize the irregular verbs. We do not foresee all the irregular verbs ever being standardized, but some of the more minor variations in less commonly used words will probably disappear in the next genration or two.
The following English irregular verbs are now obsolete and use the standard past and participle forms (-ed).
infinitive | simple past | past participle |
---|---|---|
burn | burnt | burnt |
dream | dreamt | dreamt |
learn | learnt | learnt |
smell | smelt | smelt |
spell | spelt | spelt |
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