Perfect-English-Grammar.com List of Irregular Verbs (some are not common words) infinitive arise awake bear be beat become begin bend bet bind bite bleed blow break breed bring build burst burn buy cast catch choose cling come cost creep cut deal dig do draw dream drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find flee past simple arose awoke bore was / were beat became began bent bet bound bit bled blew broke bred brought built burst burnt / burned bought cast caught chose clung came cost crept cut dealt dug did drew dreamt / dreamed drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found fled past participle arisen awoken born been beaten become begun bent bet bound bitten bled blown broken bred brought built burst burnt / burned bought cast caught chosen clung come cost crept cut dealt dug done drawn dreamt / dreamed drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found fled © 2007 perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. fling fly forbid forget forgive freeze get give go grind grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead lean leave lend let lie light lose make mean meet mislay mislead pay put quit read /reed/ ride ring rise run saw say see seek flung flew forbade forgot forgave froze got gave went ground grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led leant / leaned left lent let lay lit / lighted lost made meant met mislaid misled paid put quit read /red/ rode rang rose ran sawed said saw sought flung flown forbidden forgotten forgiven frozen got given gone ground grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led leant / leaned left lent let lain lit / lighted lost made meant met mislaid misled paid put quit read /red/ ridden rung risen run sawn said seen sought © 2007 perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. sell send set sew shake shine shoot show shrink shut sing sink sit sleep slide sow speak spend spin spill spread spring stand steal stick sting stink stride strike swear sweep swim swing take teach tear tell think throw tread understand wake wear weep win wind sold sent set sewed shook shone shot showed shrank shut sang sank sat slept slid sowed spoke spent spun spilt / spilled spread sprang stood stole stuck stung stank strode struck swore swept swam swung took taught tore told thought threw trod understood woke wore wept won wound sold sent set sewn shaken shone shot shown shrunk shut sung sunk sat slept slid sown spoken spent spun spilt / spilled spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung stunk stridden struck sworn swept swum swung taken taught torn told thought thrown trodden understood woken worn wept won wound © 2007 perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. write wrote written I used several books to compile this list, the most useful was ‘Cambridge Grammar of English’ by Carter and McCarthy. © 2007 perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use.