Reference: Irregular Verbs

One of the more frustrating things about learning English is learning the irregular verbs by heart (by memory). As you know regular verbs end in -ed or d, however irregular verbs just need to be learnt. To help you with this task I've provided a list of the most important irregular verbs. Thanks to Elias Rosado for suggesting that I include this important resource at esl.about.com!

Infinitive

Past Simple

Past participle

be beat become begin bend bet bite blow break bring build burst buy catch choose come cost cut deal dig do draw drink drive eat fall feed

was/were beat became began bent bet bit blew broke brought built burst bought caught chose came cost cut dealt dug did drew drank drove ate fell fed

been beaten become begun bent bet bitten blown broken brought built burst bought caught chosen come cost cut dealt dug done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed

feel fight find fly forbid forget freeze get give go grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead leave lend let lie light lose make mean meet pay put read ride ring rise

felt fought found flew forbade forgot froze got gave went grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led left lent let lay lit lost made meant met paid put read rode rang rose

felt fought found flown forbidden forgotten frozen got given gone grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led left lent let lain lit lost made meant met paid put read ridden rung risen

run say see seek sell send set sew shake shine shoot show shrink shut sing sink sit sleep speak spend split spread spring stand steal stick sting stink strike swear sweep swim swing take teach tear tell

ran said saw sought sold sent set sewed shook shone shot showed shrank shut sang sank sat slept spoke spent split spread sprang stood stole stuck stung stank struck swore swept swam swung took taught tore told

run said seen sought sold sent set sewn/sewed shaken shone shot shown shrunk shut sung sunk sat slept spoken spent split spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung stunk struck sworn swept swum swung taken taught torn told

think thrown understand wake wear win write

thought threw understood woke wore won wrote

thought thrown understood woken worn won written