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Contents overview irregular verbsate: AmE pronunciationate: AmE pronunciation AmE pronunciation 1.310180dive: AmE formsdive: AmE forms AmE forms 1.310489drunkendrunken 1.310516flow and flyflow and fly and fly 10655fly and flowfly and flow and flow 10657found and findfound and find and find 10677irregular verbs: list of common examplesirregular verbs: list of common examples list of common examples 110948proved or provenproved or provenprovedproven 1.311438raise and riseraise and rise and rise 11466says: pronunciationsays: pronunciation pronunciation 1.311543shone: AmE pronunciationshone: AmE pronunciation AmE pronunciation 1.311586spit: AmE formsspit: AmE forms AmE forms 1.311661strike and strokestrike and strokestrikestroke and stroke 11692wind and woundwind and wound and wound 11972wound and windwound and wind and wind 11995Verbs1 irregular verbs1common irregular verbsThis is a list of the more common irregular verbs. Students should check that they know all of them. For a complete list, see a good dictionary.Infinitive | Simple past | Past participle |
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arise | arose | arisen | awake | awoke | awoken | | | | be | was, were | been | bear | bore | born(e) | beat | beat | beaten | become | became | become | begin | began | begun | bend | bent | bent | bet | bet, betted | bet, betted | bind | bound | bound | bite | bit | bitten | bleed | bled | bled | blow | blew | blown | break | broke | broken | bring | brought | brought | broadcast | broadcast | broadcast | build | built | built | burn | burnt, burned | burnt, burned | burst | burst | burst | buy | bought | bought | | | | catch | caught | caught | choose | chose | chosen | come | came | come | cost | cost | cost | cut | cut | cut | | | | deal | dealt /delt/ | dealt /delt/ | dig | dug | dug | do | did | done | draw | drew | drawn | dream | dreamt /dremt/, dreamed /driːmd/ | dreamt /dremt/, dreamed /driːmd/ | drink | drank | drunk | drive | drove | driven | | | | eat | ate /et, eɪt/ | eaten /ˈiːtn/ | | | | fall | fell | fallen | feed | fed | fed | feel | felt | felt | fight | fought | fought | find | found | found | fly | flew | flown | forbid | forbade /fəˈbæd, fəˈbeɪd/ | forbidden | forget | forgot | forgotten | forgive | forgave | forgiven | freeze | froze | frozen | | | | get | got | got | give | gave | given | go | went | gone, been | grow | grew | grown | | | | hang | hung | hung | have | had | had | hear /hɪə(r)/ | heard /hɜːd/ | heard /hɜːd/ | hide | hid | hidden | hit | hit | hit | hold | held | held | hurt | hurt | hurt | | | | keep | kept | kept | kneel | knelt | knelt | know | knew | known | | | | lay | laid | laid | lead | led | led | lean | leant /lent/ leaned /liːnd/ | leant /lent/ leaned /liːnd/ | leap | leapt /lept/, leaped | leapt /lept/, leaped | learn | learnt, learned | learnt, learned | leave | left | left | lend | lent | lent | let | let | let | lie | lay | lain | light | lit, lighted | lit, lighted | lose | lost | lost | | | | make | made | made | mean /miːn/ | meant /ment/ | meant /ment/ | meet | met | met | | | | pay | paid | paid | put | put | put | | | | quit | quit, quitted | quit, quitted | | | | read /riːd/ | read /red/ | read /red/ | ride | rode | ridden | ring | rang | rung | rise | rose | risen | run | ran | run | | | | say | said /sed/ | said /sed/ | see | saw | seen | sell | sold | sold | send | sent | sent | set | set | set | shake | shook | shaken | shine | shone /ʃɒn/ | shone /ʃɒn/ | shoot | shot | shot | show | showed | shown | shrink | shrank, shrunk | shrunk | shut | shut | shut | sing | sang | sung | sink | sank | sunk | sit | sat | sat | sleep | slept | slept | slide | slid | slid | smell | smelt, smelled | smelt, smelled | speak | spoke | spoken | speed | sped | sped | spell | spelt, spelled | spelt, spelled | spend | spent | spent | spill | spilt, spilled | spilt, spilled | spin | span, spun | spun | spit | spat | spat | split | split | split | spoil | spoilt, spoiled | spoilt, spoiled | spread | spread | spread | stand | stood | stood | steal | stole | stolen | stick | stuck | stuck | sting | stung | stung | strike | struck | struck | swear | swore | sworn | sweep | swept | swept | swing | swung | swung | swim | swam | swum | | | | take | took | taken | teach | taught | taught | tear | tore | torn | tell | told | told | think | thought | thought | throw | threw | thrown | | | | understand | understood | understood | | | | wake | woke | woken | wear | wore | worn | win | won | won | wind /waɪnd/ | wound /waʊnd/ | wound /waʊnd/ | write | wrote | written | 2verbs that are easily confusedInfinitive | Simple past | Past participle |
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fall | fell | fallen | feel | felt | felt | fill | filled | filled | | find (= get back something lost) | found | found | found (= start up an organisation or institution) | founded | founded | | flow (of a liquid = move) | flowed | flowed | fly (= move in the air) | flew | flown | flee (= run away) | fled | fled | | lay (= put down flat) | laid | laid | lie (= be down) | lay | lain | lie (= say things that are not true) | lied | lied | For more details of these three verbs, 507. | | leave | left | left | live | lived | lived | | raise (= put up) | raised | raised | rise (= go/get up) | rose | risen | | strike (= hit) | struck | struck | stroke (= pass the hand gently over) | stroked | stroked | | wind /waɪnd/ (= turn, tighten a spring, etc) | wound /waʊnd/ | wound /waʊnd/ | wound /wuːnd/ (= injure in a battle) | wounded | wounded | 3notesNote the standard AmE pronunciations of ate (/eɪt/) and shone (/ʃoʊn/). /et/ for ate is substandard in AmE (but a standard variant in BrE).Burn, dream, kneel, lean, learn, smell, spell, spill and spoil are all generally regular in American English. In British English, irregular past tenses and participles with -t are also quite common.Dive is regular in British English, but can be irregular in American:dive – dived/dove (/doʊv/) – divedThe old past participle drunken is used as an adjective in some expressions (e.g. a drunken argument, drunken driving), but these are not very common.Fit and quit are usually irregular in American English.fit – fit – fit, quit – quit – quitThe American past participle of get is either got or gotten (472.6).Hang is regular when used to mean 'execute by hanging'.Prove (regular) has an irregular past participle proven which is sometimes used instead of proved, especially as an adjective (e.g. a proven liar).Says is pronounced /sez/.Speed can also have regular forms, especially in the expression speeded up.Spit has both spit and spat as past tense and participle in American English.Sung and sunk are sometimes used instead of sang and sank.Previous Next |