Basic Irregular Verbs (A-Level)
Infinitive, Past, and Past Participle
This page lists 110 basic irregular verbs in English. Irregular verbs are verbs that do not add -d or -ed to the infinitive (or base form) to create the past, the past participle, or both forms.
Some verbs have both regular and irregular forms (e.g., burn > burned / burnt, show > showed > showed / shown).
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C D
E F G
H I
K L M
O P Q R
S
T U V W
B
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| be |
was, were |
been |
| bear |
bore |
born
borne |
| beat |
beat |
beat |
| become |
became |
become |
| begin |
began |
begun |
| bite |
bit |
bitten |
| blow |
blew |
blown |
| break |
broke |
broken |
| bring |
brought |
brought |
| build |
built |
built |
| burn |
burned
burnt |
burned
burnt |
| buy |
bought |
bought |
C D
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| can |
could |
(been able to) |
| 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 |
E F G
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| 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 |
H I
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| have |
had |
had |
| hear |
heard |
heard |
| hide |
hid |
hidden |
| hit |
hit |
hit |
| hold |
held |
held |
| hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
| input |
input
inputted |
input
inputted |
K L M
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| keep |
kept |
kept |
| know |
knew |
known |
| lay |
laid |
laid |
| lead |
led |
led |
| learn |
learned
learnt |
learned
learnt |
| leave |
left |
left |
| lend |
lent |
lent |
| let |
let |
let |
| lie (down) |
lay |
lain |
| lose |
lost |
lost |
| make |
made |
made |
| may |
might |
— |
| mean |
meant |
meant |
| meet |
met |
met |
| must |
(had to) |
(had to) |
O P Q R
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| pay |
paid |
paid |
| put |
put |
put |
| quit |
quit |
quit |
| read |
read |
read |
| ride |
rode |
ridden |
| ring |
rang |
rung |
| rise |
rose |
risen |
| run |
ran |
run |
S
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| say |
said |
said |
| see |
saw |
seen |
| seek |
sought |
sought |
| sell |
sold |
sold |
| send |
sent |
sent |
| set |
set |
set |
| shake |
shook |
shaken |
| shall |
should |
— |
| shoot |
shot |
shot |
| show |
showed |
shown
showed |
| shut |
shut |
shut |
| sing |
sang
sung |
sung |
| sit |
sat |
sat |
| sleep |
slept |
slept |
| smell |
smelled
smelt |
smelled
smelt |
| sow |
sowed |
sown
sowed |
| speak |
spoke |
spoken |
| speed |
sped |
sped |
| spell |
spelled
spelt |
spelled
spelt |
| spend |
spent |
spent |
| stand |
stood |
stood |
| steal |
stole |
stolen |
| swim |
swam |
swum |
T U V W
| Infinitive |
Past Tense |
Past Participle |
| take |
took |
taken |
| teach |
taught |
taught |
| tell |
told |
told |
| think |
thought |
thought |
| throw |
threw |
thrown |
| understand |
understood |
understood |
| wake |
woke |
woken |
| wear |
wore |
worn |
| will |
would |
— |
| win |
won |
won |
| wind |
wound |
wound |
| write |
wrote |
written |