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.