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Grammar: Irregular Verbs

Definition of an irregular verb.

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

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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

From YOUR Teacher: Irregular Verbs

This is one of the most difficult areas of English grammar for students. You simply need to keep practicing the different forms of irregular verbs in order to know when to use them.

Test: Irregular Verbs

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)

Example: ride - rode
Answer: A. simple past

1. arise - arisen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
2. become - became? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
3. bring - brought? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
4. build - built? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
5. buy - bought? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
6. catch - caught? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
7. come - came? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
8. deal - dealt? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
9. drive - driven? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
10. eat - eaten? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
11. feed - fed? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
12. feel - felt? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
13. find - found? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
14. fling - flung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
15. get - got? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
16. give - gave? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
17. go - went? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
18. hang - hung, hanged? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
19. have - had? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
20. hide - hidden? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
21. hold - held? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
22. interbreed - interbred? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
23. interweave - interwoven? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
24. keep - kept? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
25. know - known? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
26. lay - laid? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
27. lead - led? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
28. lend - lent? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
29. lie - lay? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
30. make - made? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
31. meet - met? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
32. outgrow - outgrew? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
33. overtake - overtaken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
34. pay - paid? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
35. rebuild - rebuilt? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
36. ride - ridden? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
37. ring - rang? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
38. run - ran? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
39. say - said? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
40. see - seen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
41. send - sent? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
42. sit - sat? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
43. take - taken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
44. teach - taught? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
45. tell - told? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
46. think - thought? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
47. understand - understood? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
48. unwind - unwound? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
49. wear - wore? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
50. write - written? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
51. begin - began? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
52. behold - beheld? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
53. bind - bound? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
54. bite - bitten? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
55. blow - blew? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
56. break - broke? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
57. choose - chosen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
58. cling - clung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
59. creep - crept? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
60. do - done? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
61. draw - drawn? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
62. drink - drunk? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
63. fall - fell? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
64. fly - flew? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
65. forget - forgotten? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
66. forgive - forgave? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
67. grind - ground? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
68. grow - grown? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
69. hear - heard? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
70. leave - left? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
71. lose - lost? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
72. mistake - mistaken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
73. misunderstand - misunderstood? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
74. outrun - outran? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
75. override - overrode? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
76. overrun - overran? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
77. oversleep - overslept? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
78. partake - partaken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
79. rebind - rebound? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
80. remake - remade? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
81. repay - repaid? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
82. rerun - reran? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
83. resell - resold? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
84. rethink - rethought? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
85. rewrite - rewritten? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
86. seek - sought? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
87. sell - sold? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
88. spring - sprang? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
89. shake - shaken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
90. sleep - slept? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
91. stick - stuck? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
92. spend - spent? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
93. tear - torn? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
94. throw - threw? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
95. unbind - unbound? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
96. underlie - underlay? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
97. weave - wove? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
98. weep - wept? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
99. withdraw - withdrawn? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
100. wring - wrung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
101. be - been? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
102. befall - befallen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
103. bend - bent? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
104. bleed - bled? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
105. breed - bred? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
106. dig - dug? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
107. fight - fought? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
108. flee - fled? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
109. forbid - forbidden? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
110. foresee - forseen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
111. foretell - foretold? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
112. forsake - foresaken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
113. freeze - frozen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
114. mean - meant? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
115. mishear - misheard? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
116. mislay - mislaid? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
117. mislead - misled? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
118. outdo - outdone? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
119. outsell - outsold? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
120. overcome - overcame? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
121. overeat - overeaten? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
122. overhear - overheard? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
123. overthrow - overthrew? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
124. redo - redone? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
125. rewind - rewound? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
126. rise - risen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
127. shoot - shot? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
128. sing - sang? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
129. slay - slew? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
130. slide - slid? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
131. sling - slung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
132. speak - spoken? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
133. spin - spun? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
134. stand - stood? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
135. steal - stolen? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
136. sting - stung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
137. stride - stridden? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
138. strive - strove? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
139. string - strung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
140. swear - sworn? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
141. sweep - swept? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
142. swim - swam? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
143. swing - swung? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
144. tread - trodden? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
145. undertake - undertook? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
146. underwrite - underwritten? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
147. undo - undone? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
148. uphold - upheld? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
149. win - won? a. simple past b. past participle c. both
150. wind - wound? a. simple past b. past participle c. both

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