Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
What Are Irregular Verbs?
Irregular verbs do not follow any set pattern to form their past tense and past participle.
Ex: The verb be has eight forms: am, are, be, being, been, is, was, were.
Verb | Past | Past Participle |
---|---|---|
be | was | been |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bite | bit | bitten |
blow | blew | blown |
buy | bought | bought |
burst | burst | burst |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
come | came | come |
do (does) | did | done |
drink | drank | drunk |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
feel | felt | felt |
find | found | found |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | gotten |
give | gave | given |
go (goes) | went | gone |
grow | grew | grown |
have (has) | had | had |
hide | hid | hidden |
know | knew | known |
lay | laid | laid |
lie | lay | lain |
make | made | made |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
show | showed | shown |
sink | sank | sunk |
take | took | taken |
tear | tore | torn |
tell | told | told |
throw | threw | thrown |
wake | woke (waked) | woken (waked) |
write | wrote | written |
Remember:
Irregular verbs don’t follow any set pattern to form their past tense and past participle.
Page last updated June 26, 2023.