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.


Commonly Used Irregular Verbs:
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.