IRREGULAR VERBS

Hi Super Students! Today, we're going to learn about special action words called Irregular Verbs. Most action words (verbs) change to talk about the past by just adding '-ed' at the end, like 'jump' becomes 'jumped'. These are called regular verbs. But irregular verbs are like little rule-breakers! They change in their own special way. It's super important to learn them so we can talk and write like grammar superstars! This page will help you. Look at the table below: the first column shows the verb for 'now' (Present Tense), the second shows what it was 'before' (Past Tense), and the third is a special form (Past Participle) we use with words like 'has', 'have', or 'had'. Let's explore!

Irregular Verb Forms

Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle
Arise Arose Arisen
Buy Bought Bought
Be Was/Were Been
Beat Beat Beaten
Become Became Become
Begin Began Begun
Bend Bent Bent
Bet Bet Bet
Bite Bit Bitten
Blow Blew Blown
Break Broke Broken
Bring Brought Brought
Broadcast Broadcast Broadcast
Build Built Built
Burn Burnt Burnt
Catch Caught Caught
Choose Chose Chosen
Come Came Come
Creep Crept Crept
Cut Cut Cut
Deal Dealt Dealt
Dig Dug Dug
Do Did Done
Draw Drew Drawn
Drink Drank Drunk
Drive Drove Driven
Eat Ate Eaten
Fall Fell Fallen
Feed Fed Fed
Feel Felt Felt
Fight Fought Fought
Find Found Found
Flee Fled Fled
Fly Flew Flown
Forbid Forbade Forbidden
Forget Forgot Forgotten
Forgive Forgave Forgiven
Freeze Froze Frozen
Get Got Got
Give Gave Given
Go Went Gone
Grow Grew Grown
Hang Hung Hung
Hear Heard Heard
Hide Hid Hidden
Hit Hit Hit
Hold Held Held
Hurt Hurt Hurt
Keep Kept Kept
Know Knew Known
Lay Laid Laid
Lead Led Led
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
Pay Paid Paid
Put Put Put
Read Read Read
Ride Rode Ridden
Rise Rose Risen
Run Ran Run
Say Said Said
See Saw Seen
Seek Sought Sought
Send Sent Sent
Set Set Set
Sew Sewed Sewn
Shake Shook Shaken
Shine Shone Shone
Shoot Shot Shot
Show Showed Shown
Shrink Shrank Shrunk
Shut Shut Shut
Sing Sang Sung
Sink Sank Sunk
Sit Sat Sat
Sleep Slept Slept
Slide Slid Slid
Speak Spoke Spoken
Spend Spent Spent
Spit Spat Spat
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
Take Took Taken
Teach Taught Taught
Tear Tore Torn
Tell Told Told
Think Thought Thought
Throw Threw Thrown
Understand Understood Understood
Wake Woke Woken
Wear Wore Worn
Weep Wept Wept
Win Won Won
Write Wrote Written

Difficult Words & Meanings

  • Arise - to get up or to start to happen.
  • Broadcast - to send out a TV or radio show.
  • Creep - to move very slowly and quietly.
  • Deal - to give out things (like cards in a game) or to handle a problem.
  • Explore - to look around and learn about something new.
  • Flee - to run away from danger quickly.
  • Forbid - to say that something is not allowed.
  • Irregular - not following the usual rule; special.
  • Lay - to put something down carefully.
  • Lend - to let someone borrow something that they will give back.
  • Lie - to rest your body down flat (like on a bed). (This is different from telling a fib!)
  • Past Participle - a special verb form used with 'has', 'have', or 'had' to talk about finished actions.
  • Regular - following a common rule or pattern.
  • Seek - to try to find something.
  • Sew - to use a needle and thread to make or fix clothes.
  • Shrink - to become smaller.
  • Spit - to push liquid out of your mouth.
  • Spring - to jump up quickly or to start suddenly.
  • Sting - when an insect (like a bee) pokes you and it hurts.
  • Stink - to have a very bad smell.
  • Strike - to hit something.
  • Swear - to make a very serious promise, or to use bad words (which we shouldn't do!).
  • Sweep - to clean the floor with a broom.
  • Tear - to pull something apart.
  • Tense - a way verbs show if something happens now, in the past, or in the future.
  • Verbs - action words or doing words (like run, jump, think, be).
  • Weep - to cry.