Irregular Verbs by Type
Below we have divided the irregular verbs by type, so it is easier to learn them by heart.
We formed 5 groups:
- all 3 forms are the same
- Infinitive and Past Simple are the same
- Infinitive and past participle are the same
- Past Simple and past participle are the same
- all 3 forms are different
1. all 3 forms are the same
infinitive | past simple | past participle |
---|---|---|
bet* | bet | bet |
burst | burst | burst |
cost | cost | cost |
cut | cut | cut |
hit | hit | hit |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
let | let | let |
put | put | put |
read | read | read |
set | set | set |
shut | shut | shut |
2. infinitive and Past Simple are the same
infinitive | past simple | past participle |
---|---|---|
beat | beat | beaten |
3. infinitive and past participle are the same
infinitive | past simple | past participle |
---|---|---|
come | came | come |
run | ran | run |
become | became | become |
4. simple past and past participle are the same
infinitive | past simple | past participle |
---|---|---|
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
deal | dealt | dealt |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
get | got | got |
hang | hung | hung |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hold | held | held |
keep | kept | kept |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
light* | lit | lit |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
pay | paid | paid |
say | said | said |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
spend | spent | spent |
stand | stood | stood |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sweep | swept | swept |
swing | swung | swung |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
understand | understood | understood |
win | won | won |
5. all 3 forms are different
infinitive | past simple | past participle |
---|---|---|
be | was/were | been |
begin | began | begun |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
choose | chose | chosen |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
freeze | froze | frozen |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grow | grew | grown |
hide | hid | hidden |
know | knew | known |
lie** | lay | lain |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
see | saw | seen |
shake | shook | shaken |
show* | showed | shown |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spring | sprang | sprung |
steal | stole | stolen |
swear | swore | sworn |
swim | swam | swum |
take | took | taken |
tear | tore | torn |
throw | threw | thrown |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove | woven |
write | wrote | written |
* regular form (+ -ed) also possible