AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
IRREGULAR ENGLISH VERBS
SIMPLE
PRESENT
1 abide
2 arise
3 awake
4 be
5 bear
6 beat
7 become
8 beget
9 begin
10 bend
11 beseech
12 bet
13 bid
14 bind
15 bite
16 bleed
17 blow
18 break
19 breed
20 bring
21 broadcast
22 build
23 burn
24 burst
25 buy
26 cast
27 catch
28 choose
29 cling
30 come
31 cost
32 creep
33 cut
34 dare
35 deal
36 dig
37 do
38 draw
39 dream
40 drink
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE
PAST
abiding
arising
awakening
being
bearing
beating
becoming
begetting
beginning
bending
beseeching
betting
bidding
binding
biting
bleeding
blowing
breaking
breeding
bringing
broadcasting
building
burning
bursting
buying
casting
catching
choosing
clinging
coming
costing
creeping
cutting
daring
dealing
digging
doing
drawing
dreaming
drinking
abode
arose
awoke
was, were
bore
beat
became
begot
began
bent
besought
bet
bid
bound
bit
bled
blew
broke
bred
brought
broadcast
built
burned/burnt
burst
bought
cast
caught
chose
clung
came
cost
crept
cut
dared
dealt
dug
did
drew
dreamt
drank
1
PAST
PARTICIPLE
abode
arisen
awoken
been
born
beaten
become
begotten
begun
bent
besought
bet
bid
bound
bitten
bled
blown
broken
bred
brought
broadcast
built
burnt
burst
bought
cast
caught
chosen
clung
come
cost
crept
cut
dared
dealt
dug
done
drawn
dreamt
drunk
SIMPLE
PRESENT
41 drive
42 dwell
43 eat
44 fall
45 feed
46 feel
47 fight
48 find
49 fit
50 flee
51 fling
52 fly
53 forbid
54 forecast
55 forget
56 forgive
57 forsake
58 freeze
59 get
60 give
61 go
62 grind
63 grow
64 hang
65 have
66 hear
67 hide
68 hit
69 hold
70 hurt
71 keep
72 kneel
73 know
74 lade
75 lay
76 lead
77 leap
78 learn
79 leave
80 lend
81 let
82 lie
83 light
84 lose
85 make
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE
PAST
driving
dwelling
eating
falling
feeding
feeling
fighting
finding
fitting
fleeing
flinging
flying
forbidding
forecasting
forgetting
forgiving
forsaking
freezing
getting
giving
going
grinding
growing
hanging
having
hearing
hiding
hitting
holding
hurting
keeping
kneeling
knowing
lading
laying
leading
leaping
learning
leaving
lending
letting
lying
lighting
losing
making
drove
dwelt
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
found
fit
fled
flung
flew
forbade
forecast
forgot
forgave
forsook
froze
got
gave
went
ground
grew
hung
had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
knelt
knew
laded
laid
led
leapt
learnt
left
lent
let
lay
lit/lighted
lost
made
2
PAST
PARTICIPLE
driven
dwelt
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
found
fit
fled
flung
flown
forbidden
forecast
forgotten
forgiven
forsaken
frozen
gotten
given
gone
ground
grown
hung
had
head
hidden
hit
held
hurt
kept
knelt
known
laden
laid
led
leapt
learnt
left
lent
let
lain
lit/lighted
lost
made
SIMPLE
PRESENT
86 mean
87 meet
88 mislay
89 mistake
90 mow
91 partake
92 pay
93 put
94 quit
95 read
96 rid
97 ride
98 ring
99 rise
100 run
101 say
102 see
103 seek
104 sell
105 send
106 set
107 shake
108 shed
109 shine
110 shoot
111 show
112 shrink
113 shut
114 sing
115 sink
116 sit
117 slay
118 sleep
119 slide
120 sling
121 slit
122 smell
123 sow
124 speak
125 speed
126 spell
127 spend
128 spill
129 spin
130 spit
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE
PAST
meaning
meeting
mislaying
mistaking
mowing
partaking
paying
putting
quitting
reading
ridding
riding
ringing
rising
running
saying
seeing
seeking
selling
sending
setting
shaking
shedding
shining
shooting
showing
shrinking
shutting
singing
sinking
sitting
slaying
sleeping
sliding
slinging
slitting
smelling
sowing
speaking
speeding
spelling
spending
spilling
spinning
spitting
meant
met
mislaid
mistook
mowed
partook
paid
put
quit
read
rid
rode
rang
rose
rang
said
saw
sought
sold
sent
set
shook
shed
shone/shined
shot
showed
shrank
shut
sang
sank
sat
slew
slept
slid
slunk
slit
smelt
sowed
spoke
sped/speeded
spelt
spent
split
spun
split/spat
3
PAST
PARTICIPLE
meant
met
mislaid
mistaken
mown
partaken
paid
put
quit
read
rid
ridden
rung
risen
run
said
seen
sought
sold
sent
set
shaken
shed
shone/shined
shot
shown/showed
shrunk
shut
sung
sunk
sat
slain
slept
slid
slunk
slit
smelt
sown
spoken
sped/speeded
spelt
spent
split
spun
spit/spat
SIMPLE
PRESENT
131 split
132 spoil
133 spread
134 spring
135 stand
136 steal
137 stick
138 sting
139 stink
140 stride
141 strive
142 strike
143 string
144 swear
145 sweep
146 swim
147 swing
148 take
149 teach
150 tear
151 tell
152 think
153 throw
154 thrust
155 tread
156 understand
157 undertake
158 upset
159 wake
160 wear
161 weave
162 weep
163 win
164 wind
165 withdraw
166 wring
167 write
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE
PAST
splitting
spoiling
spreading
springing
standing
stealing
sticking
stinging
stinking
striding
striving
striking
stringing
swearing
sweeping
swimming
swinging
taking
teaching
tearing
telling
thinking
throwing
thrusting
treading
understanding
undertaking
upsetting
waking
wearing
weaving
weeping
winning
winding
withdrawing
wringing
writing
split
spoilt
spread
sprang/sprung
stood
stole
struck
stung
stank/stunk
strode
strove
struck
strung
swore
swept
swam
swung
took
taught
tore
told
thought
threw
thrust
trod
understood
undertook
upset
woke/waked
wore
wove
wept
won
wound
withdrew
wrung
wrote
4
PAST
PARTICIPLE
split
spoilt
spread
sprung
stood
stolen
stuck
stung
stunk
stridden
striven
struck/stricken
strung
sworn
swept
swum
swung
taken
taught
torn
told
thought
thrown
thrust
trodden
understood
undertaken
upset
woken/waked
worn
woven
wept
won
wound
withdrawn
wrung
written