23/08/2023
List of Irregular Verbs in English
be (am, is, are) – was, were – been
bear – bore – borne [spelt born in passive and adjectival uses relating to birth]
beat – beat – beaten
become – became – become
beget – begot – begot(ten) [Biblical past tense: begat]
begin – began – begun
bend – bent – bent
bet – bet – bet [past tense and participle also sometimes betted]
beware – defective verb [see anomalous cases above]
bid – bid – bid [as in an auction]
bid – bade/bid – bidden/bid [meaning “request”]
bide – bided/bode – bided/bidden [but abide mostly uses the regular forms only]
bind – bound – bound
bite – bit – bitten
bleed – bled – bled
blow – blew – blown
break – broke – broken
breed – bred – bred
bring – brought – brought
build – built – built
burn – burnt/burned – burnt/burned
burst – burst – burst
buy – bought – bought
can – could [defective; see anomalous cases above]
cast – cast – cast [prefixed forms broadcast, forecast, etc. sometimes take -ed
catch – caught – caught
choose – chose – chosen
clad – clad/cladded – clad/cladded [clad is also sometimes used as past form of clothe]
cleave – clove/cleft – cloven/cleft [but regular when meaning “adhere”]
cling – clung – clung
come – came – come
cost – cost – cost [but regular when meaning “calculate the cost of”]
creep – crept/creeped – crept/creeped
crow – crowed/crew – crowed [crew normally used only of a cock’s crowing]
cut – cut – cut
dare – regular except for possible third person singular present dare (see anomalous cases a
deal – dealt – dealt
dig – dug – dug
dive – dived/dove – dived [the form dove is chiefly American]
do (does /dʌz/) – did – done
drag – dragged/drug – dragged/drug [the form drug is chiefly dialectal]
draw – drew – drawn
dream – dreamed/dreamt – dreamed/dreamt
drink – drank – drunk
drive – drove – driven
dwell – dwelt/dwelled – dwelt/dwelled
eat – ate – eaten
-ccto
