In
this lesson you will watch an irregular verb video, learn the
definition of an irregular verb, study examples of
irregular verbs, and
take a test.
Irregular Verb Video
Irregular Verb Definition
An irregular verb does not take "ed", "d", or "t" to form
the simple past and past participle as do
regular verbs
The past participle of a
regular verb is usually identical to the past form,
while the past participle of an irregular verb is often
different
Irregular Verb Examples
She had to choose between two pairs of
shoes. After an hour she chose the expensive
pair.
They asked us to bring food to the party. We
brought more than enough for everyone.
The following words are irregular verbs
Base Form
Simple Past
Past Participle
Arise
Arose
Arisen
Awake
Awoke
Awoken
Be
Was/Were
Been
Bear
Bore
Born/Borne
Beat
Beat
Beaten
Become
Became
Become
Befall
Befell
Befallen
Begin
Began
Begun
Behold
Beheld
Beheld
Bend
Bent
Bent
Bet
Bet
Bet
Bid
Bade
Bidden
Bid
Bid
Bid
Bind
Bound
Bound
Bite
Bit
Bitten
Bleed
Bled
Bled
Blow
Blew
Blown
Break
Broke
Broken
Breed
Bred
Bred
Bring
Brought
Brought
Broadcast
Broadcast/Broadcasted
Broadcast/Broadcasted
Build
Built
Built
Burn
Burnt/Burned
Burnt/Burned
Burst
Burst
Burst
Bust
Bust
Bust
Buy
Bought
Bought
Cast
Cast
Cast
Catch
Caught
Caught
Choose
Chose
Chosen
Cling
Clung
Clung
Clothe
Clad/Clothed
Clad/Clothed
Come
Came
Come
Cost
Cost
Cost
Creep
Crept
Crept
Cut
Cut
Cut
Deal
Dealt
Dealt
Dig
Dug
Dug
Dive
Dived/Dove
Dived
Do
Did
Done
Draw
Drew
Drawn
Dream
Dreamt/Dreamed
Dreamt/Dreamed
Drink
Drank
Drunk
Drive
Drove
Driven
Dwell
Dwelt
Dwelt
Eat
Ate
Eaten
Fall
Fell
Fallen
Feed
Fed
Fed
Feel
Felt
Felt
Fight
Fought
Fought
Find
Found
Found
Fit
Fit/Fitted
Fit/Fitted
Flee
Fled
Fled
Fling
Flung
Flung
Fly
Flew
Flown
Forbid
Forbade/Forbad
Forbidden
Forecast
Forecast/Forecasted
Forecast/Forecasted
Foresee
Foresaw
Foreseen
Foretell
Foretold
Foretold
Forget
Forgot
Forgotten
Forgive
Forgave
Forgiven
Forsake
Forsook
Forsaken
Freeze
Froze
Frozen
Frostbite
Frostbit
Frostbitten
Get
Got
Got/Gotten
Give
Gave
Given
Go
Went
Gone/Been
Grind
Ground
Ground
Grow
Grew
Grown
Handwrite
Handwrote
Handwritten
Hang
Hung/Hanged
Hung/Hanged
Have
Had
Had
Hear
Heard
Heard
Hide
Hid
Hidden
Hit
Hit
Hit
Hold
Held
Held
Hurt
Hurt
Hurt
Inlay
Inlaid
Inlaid
Input
Input/Inputted
Input/Inputted
Interbreed
Interbred
Interbred
Interlay
Interlaid
Interlaid
Interweave
Interwoven
Interwoven
Keep
Kept
Kept
Kneel
Knelt/Kneeled
Knelt/Kneeled
Knit
Knit/Knitted
Knit/Knitted
Know
Knew
Known
Lay
Laid
Laid
Lead
Led
Led
Lean
Leant/Leaned
Leant/Leaned
Leap
Leapt/Leaped
Leapt/Leaped
Learn
Learnt/Learned
Learnt/Learned
Leave
Left
Left
Lend
Lent
Lent
Let
Let
Let
Lie
Lay
Lain
Light
Lit
Lit
Lose
Lost
Lost
Make
Made
Made
Mean
Meant
Meant
Meet
Met
Met
Melt
Melted
Molten/Melted
Mishear
Misheard
Misheard
Mislay
Mislaid
Mislaid
Mislead
Misled
Misled
Mistake
Mistook
Mistaken
Misunderstand
Misunderstood
Misunderstood
Mow
Mowed
Mown
Outdo
Outdid
Outdone
Outgrow
Outgrew
Outgrown
Outrun
Outran
Outran
Outsell
Outsold
Outsold
Overcome
Overcame
Overcome
Overdraw
Overdrew
Overdrawn
Overeat
Overate
Overeaten
Overhear
Overheard
Overheard
Override
Overrode
Overridden
Overrun
Overran
Overran
Oversleep
Overslept
Overslept
Overtake
Overtook
Overtaken
Overthrow
Overthrew
Overthrown
Partake
Partook
Partaken
Pay
Paid
Paid
Preset
Preset
Preset
Prove
Proved
Proven/Proved
Put
Put
Put
Quit
Quit
Quit
Read
Read
Read
Rebind
Rebound
Rebound
Rebuild
Rebuilt
Rebuilt
Redo
Redid
Redone
Remake
Remade
Remade
Repay
Repaid
Repaid
Rerun
Reran
Rerun
Resell
Resold
Resold
Rethink
Rethought
Rethought
Rewind
Rewound
Rewound
Rewrite
Rewrote
Rewritten
Rid
Rid/Ridded
Rid/Ridded
Ride
Rode
Ridden
Ring
Rang
Rung
Rise
Rose
Risen
Rive
Rived
Riven/Rived
Run
Ran
Run
Saw
Sawed
Sawn/Sawed
Say
Said
Said
See
Saw
Seen
Seek
Sought
Sought
Sell
Sold
Sold
Send
Sent
Sent
Set
Set
Set
Sew
Sewed
Sewn/Sewed
Shake
Shook
Shaken
Shave
Shaved
Shaven/Shaved
Shear
Shore/Sheared
Shorn/Sheared
Shed
Shed
Shed
Shine
Shone
Shone
Shoe
Shod
Shod
Shoot
Shot
Shot
Show
Showed
Shown
Shrink
Shrank
Shrunk
Shut
Shut
Shut
Sing
Sang
Sung
Sink
Sank
Sunk
Sit
Sat
Sat
Slay
Slew
Slain
Sleep
Slept
Slept
Slide
Slid
Slid/Slidden
Sling
Slung
Slung
Slink
Slunk
Slunk
Slit
Slit
Slit
Smell
Smelt/Smelled
Smelt/Smelled
Sneak
Sneaked/Snuck
Sneaked/Snuck
Soothsay
Soothsaid
Soothsaid
Sow
Sowed
Sown
Speak
Spoke
Spoken
Speed
Sped/Speeded
Sped/Speeded
Spell
Spelt/Spelled
Spelt/Spelled
Spend
Spent
Spent
Spill
Spilt/Spilled
Spilt/Spilled
Spin
Span/Spun
Spun
Spit
Spat/Spit
Spat/Spit
Split
Split
Split
Spoil
Spoilt/Spoiled
Spoilt/Spoiled
Spread
Spread
Spread
Spring
Sprang
Sprung
Stand
Stood
Stood
Steal
Stole
Stolen
Stick
Stuck
Stuck
Sting
Stung
Stung
Stink
Stank
Stunk
Stride
Strode/Strided
Stridden
Strike
Struck
Struck/Stricken
String
Strung
Strung
Strip
Stript/Stripped
Stript/Stripped
Strive
Strove
Striven
Sublet
Sublet
Sublet
Sunburn
Sunburned/Sunburnt
Sunburned/Sunburnt
Swear
Swore
Sworn
Sweat
Sweat/Sweated
Sweat/Sweated
Sweep
Swept/Sweeped
Swept/Sweeped
Swell
Swelled
Swollen
Swim
Swam
Swum
Swing
Swung
Swung
Take
Took
Taken
Teach
Taught
Taught
Tear
Tore
Torn
Tell
Told
Told
Think
Thought
Thought
Thrive
Throve/Thrived
Thriven/Thrived
Throw
Threw
Thrown
Thrust
Thrust
Thrust
Tread
Trod
Trodden
Unbind
Unbound
Unbound
Undergo
Underwent
Undergone
Underlie
Underlay
Underlain
Underwrite
Underwrote
Underwritten
Understand
Understood
Understood
Undo
Undid
Undone
Undertake
Undertook
Undertaken
Uphold
Upheld
Upheld
Upset
Upset
Upset
Vex
Vext/Vexed
Vext/Vexed
Wake
Woke
Woken
Wear
Wore
Worn
Weave
Wove
Woven
Wed
Wed/Wedded
Wed/Wedded
Weep
Wept
Wept
Wend
Wended/Went
Wended/Went
Wet
Wet/Wetted
Wet/Wetted
Win
Won
Won
Wind
Wound
Wound
Withdraw
Withdrew
Withdrawn
Withhold
Withheld
Withheld
Withstand
Withstood
Withstood
Wring
Wrung
Wrung
Write
Wrote
Written
Irregular Verbs
Test
In each of the test questions you will be given an irregular
verb and a form of that verb in bold print. You
need to decide if the word shown in bold print is either:
A. the simple past form of the verb
B. the past participle form of the verb
C. both (simple past and past participle of many irregular verbs are
identical)
Different Meanings of 'Have' in Everyday
Speech
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of the different
meanings of have. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program.
Different Meanings of 'Make' in Everyday
Speech
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of the different
meanings of make. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program.
Grammar Tips
Can You Catch These Native Speaker Mistakes?
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of common mistakes. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program.
Commonly Confused Words: Part One
(Beginner - Listening,
reading)
A video lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words.
The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page.
Commonly Confused Words: Part One
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program.
Commonly Confused Words: Part Two
(Beginner - Listening,
reading)
A video lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words.
The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page.
Commonly Confused Words: Part Two
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program.