Verb forms
Irregular verbs
Base form, past tense, and past participle. These verbs do not use a regular -ed ending.
57 irregular verbs
| Base | Past tense | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| bet | bet | bet |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| come | came | come |
| do | did | done |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| get | got | got / gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| learn | learned / learnt | learned / learnt |
| leave | left | left |
| let | let | let |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| run | ran | run |
| saw | sawed | sawed / sawn |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | shown |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| stand | stood | stood |
| take | took | taken |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| understand | understood | understood |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |