GROUPS OF HIGH-FREQUENCY IRREGULAR VERBS
INFINITIVE
Arise
Bite
Break
Choose
Drive
Eat
Fall
Forget
Forgive
Give
Hide
Ride
Rise
Shake
Speak
Steal
Take
Wake
Write
INFINITIVE
Bet
Cast
Cost
Cut
Hit
Read
Hurt
Let
Put
Quit
Set
Split
INFINITIVE
Become
Verbs with past participle ending in -en
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Arose
Arisen
Bit
Bitten
Broke
Broken
Chose
Chosen
Drove
Driven
Ate
Eaten
Fell
Fallen
Forgot
Forgotten
Forgave
Forgiven
Gave
Given
Hid
Hidden
Rode
Ridden
Rose
Risen
Shook
Shaken
Spoke
Spoken
Stole
Stolen
Took
Taken
Woke
Woken
Wrote
Written
Verbs without spelling modifications (infinitive = past simple = past participle)
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Bet
Bet
Cast
Cast
Cost
Cost
Cut
Cut
Hit
Hit
Read (PRONOUNCED “RED”)
Read (PRONOUNCED “RED”)
Hurt
Hurt
Let
Let
Put
Put
Quit
Quit
Set
Set
Split
Split
Verbs with vowel change (o/a/o, u/a/u)
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Became
Become
Come
Run
Came
Ran
Come
Run
INFINITIVE
Bring
Buy
Fight
Seek
Think
Catch
Teach
Verbs with past simple and past participle ending in -ght
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Brought
Brought
Bought
Bought
Fought
Fought
Sought
Sought
Thought
Thought
Caught
Caught
Taught
Taught
INFINITIVE
Blow
Draw
Fly
Grow
Know
Throw
Verbs with past simple ending in -ew and past participle ending in -wn
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Blew
Blown
Drew
Drawn
Flew
Flown
Grew
Grown
Knew
Known
Threw
Thrown
Verbs with past simple = past participle (-d/-t/-t, -eed/-ed/-ed, -eep/-ept/-ept, -eet/-et/-et…)
INFINITIVE
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Build
Built
Built
Burn
Burnt (OR burned)
Burnt (OR burned)
Deal
Dealt
Dealt
Dream
Dreamt (OR dreamed)
Dreamt (OR dreamed)
Feed
Fed
Fed
Feel
Felt
Felt
Find
Found
Found
Get
Got
Got
Have
Had
Had
Hear
Heard
Heard
Hold
Held
Held
Keep
Kept
Kept
Lead
Led
Led
Learn
Learnt
Learnt
Leave
Left
Left
Lend
Lent
Lent
Lose
Lost
Lost
Make
Made
Made
Mean
Meant
Meant
Meet
Pay
Say
Sell
Send
Shoot
Sit
Sleep
Smell
Spell
Spend
Spill
Stand
Stick
Strike
Sweep
Tell
Understand
Weep
Win
Met
Paid
Said
Sold
Sent
Shot
Sat
Slept
Smelt (OR smelled)
Spelt
Spent
Spilt
Stood
Stuck
Struck
Swept
Told
Understood
Wept
Won
Met
Paid
Said
Sold
Sent
Shot
Sat
Slept
Smelt (OR smelled)
Spelt
Spent
Spilt
Stood
Stuck
Struck
Swept
Told
Understood
Wept
Won
INFINITIVE
Do
Go
Verbs with past participle ending in -one
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Did
Done
Went
Gone
INFINITIVE
Drink
Ring
Shrink
Sing
Swim
Verbs with vowel change (i/a/u) ending in -ink, -ing, -im
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Drank
Drunk
Rang
Rung
Shrank
Shrunk
Sang
Sung
Swam
Swum
INFINITIVE
See
Be
Verbs with past participle ending in -een
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Saw
Seen
Was/were
Been
INFINITIVE
Swear
Tear
Wear
-ear, -ore, - orn
PAST SIMPLE
Swore
Tore
Wore
PAST PARTICIPLE
Sworn
Torn
Worn