IRREGULAR ENGLISH VERBS

Regular English verbs, like call or trust, have a predictable pattern in the past tense and past participle forms referred to as principal parts . They form the past and past participle by the addition of -ed to the infinitive form. Sometimes the ending results in an added syllable trusted trst-d and sometimes not called k ld . Verbs are also considered regular if the final consonant is doubled by the addition of the -ed abet, abetted, abetted or if the final -e is dropped in adding the -ed ending die, died, died . Verbs are irregular if the past or past participle have a different pattern from the simple addition of -ed swim, swam, swum or if either or both forms have a variant form in addition to the -ed, saw, sawed, sawed or sawn . Often this variant form is one in which the -ed has been changed to -t burn, burned or burnt . Below is a list of irregular English verbs, showing the past tense and past participle forms, along with any variant forms.

INFINITIVE
arise awake be bear beat become befall begin behold bend beseech beset bet bid bind bite bleed blow break breed bring build burn

PAST TENSE
arose awoke also awaked was, were bore beat became befell began beheld bent besought or beseeched beset bet also betted bade or bid bound bit bled blew broke bred brought built burned or burnt

PAST PARTICIPLE
arisen awoken or awaked also awoke been borne also born beaten or beat become befallen begun beheld bent besought or beseeched beset bet also betted bidden or bid also bade bound bitten also bit bled blown broken bred brought built burned or burnt

2 INFINITIVE
burst buy can auxiliary verb cast catch choose cling come cost creep cut deal dig do draw dream drink drive dwell eat fall feed feel fight find flee fling fly forbid forecast forego foresee foretell forget forgive forsake freeze get give go grind grow hang have hear

PAST TENSE
burst also bursted bought could cast caught chose clung came cost crept cut dealt dug did drew dreamed or dreamt drank drove dwelt or dwelled ate fell fed felt fought found fled flung flew forbade also forbad forecast also forecasted forewent foresaw foretold forgot forgave forsook froze got gave went ground grew hung also hanged had heard

PAST PARTICIPLE
burst also bursted bought cast caught chosen clung come cost crept cut dealt dug done drawn dreamed or dreamt drunk or drank driven dwelt or dwelled eaten fallen fed felt fought found fled flung flown forbidden forecast also forecasted foregone foreseen foretold forgotten or forgot forgiven forsaken frozen got or gotten given gone ground grown hung also hanged had heard

3 INFINITIVE
hide hit hold hurt keep kneel know lay lead lean leap leave lend let lie to recline light lose make may auxiliary verb mean meet mow pay put quit read rend rid ride ring to sound rise run saw say see seek sell send set shake shall auxiliary verb shear shed shine

PAST TENSE
hid hit held hurt kept knelt or kneeled knew laid led leaned also leant leapt or leaped left lent let lay lit or lighted lost made might meant met mowed paid put quit also quitted read rent rid also ridded rode rang rose ran sawed said saw sought sold sent set shook should sheared shed shone or shined

PAST PARTICIPLE
hidden or hid hit held hurt kept knelt or kneeled known laid led leaned leapt or leaped left lent let lain lit or lighted lost made meant met mowed or mown paid put quit also quitted read rent rid also ridded ridden rung risen run sawed or sawn said seen sought sold sent set shaken sheared or shorn shed shone or shined