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.