Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs are those verbs that change totally while changing forms between tenses. The changed forms of these verbs are usually entirely different from the root words. Regular verbs have an -ed ending added to the root verb for both the simple past and past participle. Irregular verbs do not follow this pattern. Unfortunately, there is no way to determine what form an irregular verb is going to take in a changed tense. Therefore, the only option for a learner is to memorize the changes. They will gradually become a habit with constant usage.

                                                   

 Present                  Past

 Tense                      Tense

begin	began
blow	blew
break	broke
bring	brought
build	built
burst	burst
buy	bought
catch	caught
choose	chose
come	came
cut	cut
deal	dealt
do	did
drink	drank
drive	drove
eat	ate
fall	fell
feed	fed
feel	felt
fight	fought
find	found
fly	flew
forbid	forbade
forget	forgot
forgive	forgave
freeze	froze
get	got
give	gave
go	went
grow	grew
have	had
hear	heard
hide	hid
hold	held
hurt	hurt
keep	kept
know	knew
lay	laid
lead	led
leave	left
let	let
lie	lay
lose	lost
make	made
meet	met
pay	paid
quit	quit
read	read
ride	rode
run	ran
say	said
see	saw
seek	sought
sell	sold
send	sent
shake	shook
shine	shone
sing	sang
sit	sat
sleep	slept
speak	spoke
spend	spent
spring	sprang
stand	stood
steal	stole
swim	swam
swing	swung
take	took
teach	taught
tear	tore
tell	told
think	thought
wake	woke
wear	wore
win	won
write	wrote