Irregular Verbs: An Alphabetical Reference List
n o t e:
Verbs followed by a bullet (•) are defined at the end of the list on the inside back cover.
Simple
Form
Simple
Past
Past
Participle
Simple
Form
Simple
Past
Past
Participle
arise
aw ake
be
bear
beat
becom e
begin
bend
bet*
bid*
bind*
bite
bleed
blow
break
b reed*
bring
broadcast*
build
burn
burst*
buy
cast*
catch
choose
cling*
com e
cost
cre ep *
cut
d ea l*
arose
awoke
was, were
bore
beat
becam e
began
bent
bet
bid
bound
bit
bled
blew
broke
bred
brought
broadcast
built
burned/burnt
burst
bought
cast
caught
chose
clung
cam e
cost
crept
cut
dealt
fly
forbid
forecast*
forget
forgive
forsake*
freeze
get
give
dig
do
draw
dream
drink
drive
eat
fall
feed
feel
fight
find
fit
flee *
fling*
dug
did
drew
dream ed/dream t
drank
drove
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
found
fit/fitted
fled
flung
arisen
awoken
been
borne/born
beaten/beat
become
begun
bent
bet
bid
bound
bitten
bled
blown
broken
bred
brought
broadcast
built
burned/burnt
burst
bought
cast
caught
chosen
clung
come
cost
crept
cut
dealt
dug
done
drawn
d ream ed/dream t
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
found
fit/fitted
fled
flung
flew
forbade
forecast
forgot
forgave
forsook
froze
got
gave
went
ground
grew
hung
had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
kneeled/knelt
knew
laid
led
leaned/leant
leaped/leapt
learned/learnt
left
lent
let
lay
lighted/lit
lost
made
meant
met
mislaid
mistook
paid
proved
put
quit
read
rid
rode
rang
flown
forbidden
forecast
forgotten
forgiven
forsaken
frozen
gotten/got*
given
gone
ground
grown
hung
had
heard
hidden
hit
held
hurt
kept
kneeled/knelt
known
laid
led
leaned/leant
lea ped/leapt
learned/learnt
left
lent
let
lain
lighted/lit
lost
made
m eant
met
mislaid
mistaken
paid
proven/proved
put
quit
read
rid
ridden
rung
go
grind*
grow
h an g **
have
hear
hide
hit
hold
hurt
keep
kneel
know
lay
lead
lean
leap
learn
leave
lend
let
lie
light
lose
make
mean
meet
mislay
mistake
pay
prove
put
q u it***
read
rid
ride
ring
*In British English: get-got-got. In Am erican English: get-got-gotten/got.
** H a n g is a regular verb when it means to kill someone with a rope around his/her neck.
C o m p a r e : I h u n g my clothes in the closet. They h a n g e d the murderer by the neck until he was dead.
** *A lso possible in British English: quit-quitted-quitted.
( continued on the inside back cover)