Irregular verbs are a type of verb in which the conjugation of verbs follows a different pattern. They don’t follow the regular pattern -s and -ed and instead follow their own rules. In the following table, you will find a list of all irregular verbs.
List of Irregular Verbs
| Sr | Base Verb | Simple Past Form | Past Participle Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abide | abode | abode |
| 2 | alight | alighted, alit | alighted, alit |
| 3 | arise | arose | arisen |
| 4 | awake | awoke | awoken |
| 5 | be | was, were | been |
| 6 | bear | bore | born |
| 7 | beat | beat | beaten |
| 8 | become | became | become |
| 9 | beget | begat / begot | begotten |
| 10 | begin | began | begun |
| 11 | Behold | Beheld | Beheld |
| 12 | bend | bent | bent |
| 13 | bereave | bereaved, bereft | bereaved, bereft |
| 14 | beseech | beseeched | beseeched |
| 15 | bet | bet | bet |
| 16 | bid | bid | bid |
| 17 | bide | bade, bided | bided |
| 18 | bind | bound | bound |
| 19 | bite | bit | bitten |
| 20 | bleed | bled | bled |
| 21 | bless | blessed, blest | blessed, blest |
| 22 | blow | blew | blown |
| 23 | break | broke | broken |
| 24 | breed | bred | bred |
| 25 | bring | brought | brought |
| 26 | broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| 27 | build | built | built |
| 28 | burn | burned or burnt | burned or burnt |
| 29 | burst | burst | burst |
| 30 | bust | bust, busted | bust, busted |
| 31 | buy | bought | bought |
| 32 | can | could | … (been able) |
| 33 | cast | cast | cast |
| 34 | catch | caught | caught |
| 35 | chide | chid / chode | chid / chidden |
| 36 | choose | chose | chosen |
| 37 | Clap | Clapped/Clapt | Clapped/Clapt |
| 38 | cleave | cleft, cleaved, clove | cleft, cleaved, cloven |
| 39 | cling | clung | clung |
| 40 | clothe | clad/clothed | clad/clothed |
| 41 | come | came | come |
| 42 | cost | cost | cost |
| 43 | Countersink | Countersank, Countersunk | Countersunk |
| 44 | creep | crept | crept |
| 45 | crow | crowed | crew/crowed |
| 46 | cut | cut | cut |
| 47 | Dare | Dared/Durst | Dared |
| 48 | deal | dealt | dealt |
| 49 | dig | dug | dug |
| 50 | dive | dived | dived / dove |
| 51 | do | did | done |
| 52 | draw | drew | drawn |
| 53 | dream | dreamed or dreamt | dreamed or dreamt |
| 54 | drink | drank | drunk |
| 55 | drive | drove | driven |
| 56 | dwell | dwelt | dwelt/dwelled |
| 57 | eat | ate | eaten |
| 58 | fall | fell | fallen |
| 59 | feed | fed | fed |
| 60 | feel | felt | felt |
| 61 | fight | fought | fought |
| 62 | find | found | found |
| 63 | Fit | Fit/Fitted | Fit/Fitted |
| 64 | flee | fled | fled |
| 65 | fling | flung | flung |
| 66 | fly | flew | flown |
| 67 | forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| 68 | forecast | forecast | forecast |
| 69 | foresee | foresaw | foreseen |
| 70 | Foretell | Foretold | Foretold |
| 71 | forget | forgot | forgotten |
| 72 | forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| 73 | forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| 74 | freeze | froze | frozen |
| 75 | Frostbite | Frostbit | Frostbitten |
| 76 | geld | gelded, gelt | gelded, gelt |
| 77 | get | got | got |
| 78 | gild | gilded, gilt | gilded, gilt |
| 79 | give | gave | given |
| 80 | gnaw | gnawed | gnawed, gnawn |
| 81 | go | went | gone |
| 82 | grind | ground | ground |
| 83 | grip | gripped, gript | gripped, gript |
| 84 | grow | grew | grown |
| 85 | Handwrite | Handwrote | Handwritten |
| 86 | hang | hung | hung |
| 87 | have | had | had |
| 88 | hear | heard | heard |
| 89 | heave | heaved, hove | heaved, hove |
| 90 | hew | hewed | hewed, hewn |
| 91 | hide | hid | hidden |
| 92 | hit | hit | hit |
| 93 | hold | held | held |
| 94 | hurt | hurt | hurt |
| 95 | Inlay | Inlaid | Inlaid |
| 96 | Input | Input/Inputted | Input/Inputted |
| 97 | Interlay | Interlaid | Interlaid |
| 98 | keep | kept | kept |
| 99 | kneel | knelt | knelt |
| 100 | knit | knitted, knit | knitted, knit |
| 101 | know | knew | known |
| 102 | lay | laid | laid |
| 103 | lead | led | led |
| 104 | lean | leaned | leaned |
| 105 | leap | leaped | leaped |
| 106 | learn | learned | learned |
| 107 | leave | left | left |
| 108 | lend | lent | lent |
| 109 | let | let | let |
| 110 | lie | lay | lain |
| 111 | lie | lay | lain |
| 112 | lie | lied | lied |
| 113 | light | lit/lighted | lit/lighted |
| 114 | lose | lost | lost |
| 115 | make | made | made |
| 116 | may | might | … |
| 117 | mean | meant | meant |
| 118 | meet | met | met |
| 119 | melt | melted | molten, melted |
| 120 | Mislead | Misled | Misled |
| 121 | Mistake | Mistook | Mistaken |
| 122 | Misunderstand | Misunderstood | Misunderstood |
| 123 | Miswed | Miswed/Miswedded | Miswed/Miswedded |
| 124 | mow | mowed | mown/mowed |
| 125 | must | had to | … |
| 126 | offset | offset | offset |
| 127 | overcome | overcame | overcome |
| 128 | Overdraw | Overdrew | Overdrawn |
| 129 | Overhear | Overheard | Overheard |
| 130 | overtake | overtook | overtaken |
| 131 | partake | partook | partaken |
| 132 | pay | paid | paid |
| 133 | pen | pent, penned | pent, penned |
| 134 | plead | pled/pleaded | pled/pleaded |
| 135 | preset | preset | preset |
| 136 | prove | proved | proven/proved |
| 137 | put | put | put |
| 138 | quit | quit | quit |
| 139 | read | read | read |
| 140 | relay | relaid | relaid |
| 141 | rend | rent | rent |
| 142 | Re-prove | Re-proved | Re-proven/Re-proved |
| 143 | rid | rid | rid |
| 144 | ride | rode | ridden |
| 145 | ring | rang | rung |
| 146 | rise | rose | risen |
| 147 | Rive | Rived | Riven/Rived |
| 148 | run | ran | run |
| 149 | saw | sawed | sawn/sawed |
| 150 | say | said | said |
| 151 | see | saw | seen |
| 152 | seek | sought | sought |
| 153 | sell | sold | sold |
| 154 | send | sent | sent |
| 155 | set | set | set |
| 156 | sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| 157 | shake | shook | shaken |
| 158 | shall | should | … |
| 159 | Shave | Shaved | Shaven/Shaved |
| 160 | shear | sheared | shorn, sheared |
| 161 | shed | shed | shed |
| 162 | shine | shone | shone |
| 163 | shit | shit, shitted, shat | shit, shitted, shat |
| 164 | shoe | shod | shod |
| 165 | shoot | shot | shot |
| 166 | show | showed | showed or shown |
| 167 | shred | shred, shredded | shred, shredded |
| 168 | shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| 169 | shut | shut | shut |
| 170 | sing | sang | sung |
| 171 | sink | sank | sunk |
| 172 | sit | sat | sat |
| 173 | slay | slew | slain |
| 174 | sleep | slept | slept |
| 175 | slide | slid | slid |
| 176 | sling | slung | slung |
| 177 | slink | slunk | slunk |
| 178 | slit | slit | slit |
| 179 | smell | smelt | smelt |
| 180 | smite | smote | smitten |
| 181 | Sneak | Sneaked/Snuck | Sneaked/Snuck |
| 182 | Soothsay | Soothsaid | Soothsaid |
| 183 | sow | sowed | sown/sowed |
| 184 | speak | spoke | spoken |
| 185 | speed | sped | sped |
| 186 | spell | spelled | spelled |
| 187 | spend | spent | spent |
| 188 | spill | spilled | spilled |
| 189 | spin | spun | spun |
| 190 | spit | spat | spat |
| 191 | split | split | split |
| 192 | spoil | spoilt | spoilt |
| 193 | spread | spread | spread |
| 194 | spring | sprang | sprung |
| 195 | stand | stood | stood |
| 196 | steal | stole | stolen |
| 197 | stick | stuck | stuck |
| 198 | sting | stung | stung |
| 199 | stink | stank | stunk |
| 200 | strew | strewed | strewn/strewed |
| 201 | stride | strode | stridden |
| 202 | strike | struck | struck |
| 203 | string | strung | strung |
| 204 | Strip | Stript/Stripped | Stript/Stripped |
| 205 | strive | strove | striven |
| 206 | Sublet | Sublet | Sublet |
| 207 | Sunburn | Sunburned/Sunburnt | Sunburned/Sunburnt |
| 208 | swear | swore | sworn |
| 209 | sweat | sweat / sweated | sweat / sweated |
| 210 | sweep | swept | swept |
| 211 | swell | swelled | swollen/swelled |
| 212 | swim | swam | swum |
| 213 | swing | swung | swung |
| 214 | take | took | taken |
| 215 | teach | taught | taught |
| 216 | tear | tore | torn |
| 217 | telecast | telecast, telecasted | telecast, telecasted |
| 218 | tell | told | told |
| 219 | think | thought | thought |
| 220 | thrive | throve/thrived | thriven/thrived |
| 221 | throw | threw | thrown |
| 222 | thrust | thrust | thrust |
| 223 | tread | trod | trodden |
| 224 | typeset | typeset | typeset |
| 225 | undergo | underwent | undergone |
| 226 | understand | understood | understood |
| 227 | Undertake | Undertook | Undertaken |
| 228 | Upsell | Upsold | Upsold |
| 229 | Upset | Upset | Upset |
| 230 | Vex | Vext/Vexed | Vext/Vexed |
| 231 | wake | woke | woken |
| 232 | wear | wore | worn |
| 233 | weave | wove | woven |
| 234 | wed | wed, wedded | wed, wedded |
| 235 | weep | wept | wept |
| 236 | Wend | Wended/Went | Wended/Went |
| 237 | wet | wet/wetted | wet/wetted |
| 238 | will | would | … |
| 239 | win | won | won |
| 240 | wind | wound | wound |
| 241 | withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| 242 | Withhold | Withheld | Withheld |
| 243 | Withstand | Withstood | Withstood |
| 244 | wring | wrung | wrung |
| 245 | write | wrote | written |
| 246 | Zinc | Zinced/Zincked | Zinced/Zincked |