Common English Irregular Verb List

An irregular verb is a verb that does not take the -ed ending for the verb, for example, shock shocked. It can be divided into two categories : A - A verb which changes completely. B - A verb which does not change at all.

Section A - A verb which changes completely. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Base Form Abide Alight Arise Awake Be Bear Beat Become Begin Behold Bend Bid Bind Bite Bleed Blow Break Breed Bring Build Burn Burst Buy Catch Choose Clap Cling Clothe Come Creep Dare Past Simple Abode/Abided Alit/Alighted Arose Awoke Was/Were Bore Beat Became Began Beheld Bent Bade Bound Bit Bled Blew Broke Bred Brought Built Burnt/Burned Burst Bought Caught Chose Clapped/Clapt Clung Clad/Clothed Came Crept Dared/Durst Past Participle Abode/Abided/Abidden Alit/Alighted Arisen Awoken Been Born/Borne Beaten Become Begun Beheld Bent Bidden Bound Bitten Bled Blown Broken Bred Brought Built Burnt/Burned Burst Bought Caught Chosen Clapped/Clapt Clung Clad/Clothed Come Crept Dared

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Deal Dig Dive Do Draw Dream Drink Drive Dwell Eat Fall Feed Feel Fight Find Flee Fling Fly Forbid Foresee Foretell Forget Forgive Forsake Freeze Frostbite Get Give Go Grind Grow Handwrite Hang Have Hear Hide Hold Keep Kneel Know Lead Lean Leap Learn Leave

Dealt Dug Dived/Dove Did Drew Dreamt/Dreamed Drank Drove Dwelt Ate Fell Fed Felt Fought Found Fled Flung Flew Forbade/Forbad Foresaw Foretold Forgot Forgave Forsook Froze Frostbit Got Gave Went Ground Grew Handwrote Hung/Hanged Had Heard Hid Held Kept Knelt/Kneeled Knew Led Leant/Leaned Leapt/Leaped Learnt/Learned Left

Dealt Dug Dived Done Drawn Dreamt/Dreamed Drunk Driven Dwelt Eaten Fallen Fed Felt Fought Found Fled Flung Flown Forbidden Foreseen Foretold Forgotten Forgiven Forsaken Frozen Frostbitten Got/Gotten Given Gone/Been Ground Grown Handwritten Hung/Hanged Had Heard Hidden Held Kept Knelt/Kneeled Known Led Leant/Leaned Leapt/Leaped Learnt/Learned Left

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Lend Lie Light Lose Make Mean Meet Melt Mislead Mistake Misunderstand Mow Overdraw Overhear Overtake Pay Prove Pride Ring Rise Rive Run Saw Say See Seek Sell Send Sew Shake Shave Shear Shine Shoe Shoot Show Shrink Sing Sink Sit Slay Sleep Slide Sling Slink

Lent Lay Lit Lost Made Meant Met Melted Misled Mistook Misunderstood Mowed Overdrew Overheard Overtook Paid Proved Rode Rang Rose Rived Ran Sawed Said Saw Sought Sold Sent Sewed Shook Shaved Shore/Sheared Shone Shod Shot Showed Shrank Sang Sank Sat Slew Slept Slid Slung Slunk

Lent Lain Lit Lost Made Meant Met Molten/Melted Misled Mistaken Misunderstood Mown Overdrawn Overheard Overtaken Paid Proven/Proved Ridden Rung Risen Riven/Rived Run Sawn/Sawed Said Seen Sought Sold Sent Sewn/Sewed Shaken Shaven/Shaved Shorn/Sheared Shone Shod Shot Shown Shrunk Sung Sunk Sat Slain Slept Slid/Slidden Slung Slunk

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Smell Sneak Soothsay Sow Speak Speed Spell Spend Spill Spin Spit Spoil Spread Spring Stand Steal Stick Sting Stink Stride Stride String Strip Strive Sunburn Swear Sweep Swell Swim Swing Take Teach Tear Tell Think Thrive Throw Tread Undergo Understand Undertake Vex Wake Wear Weave

Smelt/Smelled Sneaked/Snuck Soothsaid Sowed Spoke Sped/Speeded Spelt/Spelled Spent Spilt/Spilled Span/Spun Spat/Spit Spoilt/Spoiled Spread Sprang Stood Stole Stuck Stung Stank Strode/Strided Struck Strung Stript/Stripped Strove Sunburned/Sunburnt Swore Swept/Sweeped Swelled Swam Swung Took Taught Tore Told Thought Throve/Thrived Threw Trod Underwent Understood Undertook Vext/Vexed Woke Wore Wove

Smelt/Smelled Sneaked/Snuck Soothsaid Sown Spoken Sped/Speeded Spelt/Spelled Spent Spilt/Spilled Spun Spat/Spit Spoilt/Spoiled Spread Sprung Stood Stolen Stuck Stung Stunk Stridden Struck/Stricken Strung Stript/Stripped Striven Sunburned/Sunburnt Sworn Swept/Sweeped Swollen Swum Swung Taken Taught Torn Told Thought Thriven/Thrived Thrown Trodden Undergone Understood Undertaken Vext/Vexed Woken Worn Woven

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Weep Wend Win Wind Withdraw Withhold Withstand Wring Wrote

Wept Wended/Went Won Wound Withdrew Withheld Withstood Wrung Wrote

Wept Wended/Went Won Wound Withdrawn Withheld Withstood Wrung Written

Section B - A verb which does not change at all. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Base Form Bet Bid Broadcast Burst Bust Cast Cost Cut Fit Forecast Hit Hurt Input Knit Let Miswed Preset Put Quit Read Rid Set Shed Shut Slit Split Spread Sublet Sweat Thrust Upset Past Simple Bet Bid Broadcast/Broadcasted Burst Bust Cast Cost Cut Fit/Fitted Forecast/Forecasted Hit Hurt Input/Inputted Knit/Knitted Let Miswed/Miswedded Preset Put Quit Read Rid/Ridded Set Shed Shut Slit Split Spread Sublet Sweat/Sweated Thrust Upset Past Participle Bet Bid Broadcast/Broadcasted Burst Bust Cast Cost Cut Fit/Fitted Forecast/Forecasted Hit Hurt Input/Inputted Knit/Knitted Let Miswed/Miswedded Preset Put Quit Read Rid/Ridded Set Shed Shut Slit Split Spread Sublet Sweat/Sweated Thrust Upset

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Wed Wet

Wed/Wedded Wet/Wetted

Wed/Wedded Wet/Wetted