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Regular and Irregular Verbs (List of Irregular verbs)

 



REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS


VERBS

What are verbs?


Verbs are Known as action words. They tell us what someone or something is doing.


Examples: 

He is running. (Here run is a verb)

She sings beautifully. (Here sing is a verb)


Regular verbs: Most verbs in English are regular verbs. These verbs follow a simple rule to change their form. To make past and past participles, we just add "-ed" or "-d" to the verb

Examples 

  • Play becomes played.

  • Walk becomes walked.

  • Listen becomes listened.

Irregular verbs: On the other hand, Irregular verbs are special as they do not follow the normal patterns for past and past participle. In other words, they don’t add "-ed" or "-d" to form past and past participle. Instead, they change in different ways, and there’s no single rule that applies to all of them.

Examples 

  1. Go:

    • Present: go (I go to school.)

    • Past: went (Yesterday, I went to school.)

    • Past Participle: gone (He  has gone to school.)

Here, "go" changes to "went" in the past, and to "gone" when used in the perfect tense.

  1. Eat:

    • Present: eat (I eat an apple.)

    • Past: ate (I ate an apple yesterday.)

    • Past Participle: eaten (I have eaten an apple today.)

Here, "eat" changes to "ate" in the past, and to "eaten" when used in the perfect tense.

  1. Sing:

    • Present: sing (She sings well.)

    • Past: sang (She sang yesterday.)

    • Past Participle: sung (She has sung at the concert.)

Here"sing" becomes "sang" in the past and "sung" when used with "have" or "has."

Why Are Irregular Verbs Important?

Irregular verbs are important because they are very common in English. Knowing how to use them correctly will help one speak and write more accurately.

Conclusion:

In a nutshell, irregular verbs don’t follow the normal rules for forming the past and past participle. They change in their own unique ways. So there is a need to learn them separately. But with practice, they’ll become easier to use.



LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS



Base form

Past

Past Participle

arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke

awoken

be

was/were

been

bear

bore

borne/born

beat

beat

beaten

become

became

become

begin

began

begun

bend

bent

bent

bet

bet

bet

bind

bound

bound

bite

bit

bitten

bleed

bled

bled

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

breed

bred

bred

bring

brought

brought

build

built

built

burn

burnt/burned

burnt/burned

burst

burst

burst

buy

bought

bought

cast

cast

cast

catch

caught

caught

choose

chose

chosen

cling

clung

clung

come

came

come

cost

cost

cost

creep

crept

crept

cut

cut

cut

deal

dealt

dealt

dig

dug

dug

do

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

dream

dreamt/dreamed

dreamt/dreamed

drink

drank

drunk

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

fall

fell

fallen

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

fit

fit

fit

flee

fled

fled

fling

flung

flung

fly

flew

flown

forbid

forbade

forbidden

forget

forgot

forgotten

forgive

forgave

forgiven

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

got / gotten

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

grind

ground

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang

hung

hung

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hit

hit

hold

held

held

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

kneel

knelt/kneeled

knelt/kneeled

knit

knit

knit

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 / lighted

lit / lighted

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

mean

meant

meant

meet

met

met

mow

mowed

mown / mowed

pay

paid

paid

put

put

put

read

read

read

ride

rode

ridden

ring

rang

rung

rise

rose

risen

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

shake

shook

shaken

shed

shed

shed

shine

shone

shone

shoot

shot

shot

show

showed

shown / showed

shrink

shrank

shrunk

shut

shut

shut

sing

sang

sung

sink

sank

sunk

sit

sat

sat

slay

slew

slain

sleep

slept

slept

slide

slid

slid

smell

smelt / smelled

smelt / smelled

sow

sowed

sown / sowed

speak

spoke

spoken

speed

sped / speeded

sped / speeded

spell

spelt / spelled

spelt / spelled

spend

spent

spent

spill

spilt / spilled

spilt / spilled

spin

spun

spun

split

split

split

spread

spread

spread

spring

sprang

sprung

stand

stood

stood

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

stink

stank / stunk

stunk

strike

struck

struck

swear

swore

sworn

sweep

swept

swept

swim

swam

swum

swing

swung

swung

take

took

taken

teach

taught

taught

tear

tore

torn

tell

told

told

think

thought

thought

throw

threw

thrown

thrust

thrust

thrust

tread

trod

trodden / trod

understand

understood

understood

wake

woke / waked

woken / waked

wear

wore

worn

weep

wept

wept

win

won

won

wind

wound

wound

withdraw

withdrew

withdrawn

wring

wrung

wrung

write

wrote

written




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