Irregular verbs can be tricky in English, but they’re very important to learn. They don’t follow the usual rules for changing tenses. In this list, we’ll explore over 150 of these special verbs. We’ll show them in their basic form (V1), past tense (V2), and past participle (V3). This will help you understand and use them correctly, whether you’re just starting to learn English or looking to improve.
List of Irregular Verbs
| V1 – Present | V2 – Past Simple | V3 – Past Participle |
| bereave | bereft | bereft |
| buy | bought | bought |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| hit | hit | hit |
| lose | lost | lost |
| run | ran | run |
| shut | shut | shut |
| spread | spread | spread |
| take | took | taken |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| become | became | become |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| cut | cut | cut |
| find | found | found |
| grind | ground | ground |
| leap | leapt | leapt |
| read | read | read |
| shine | shone | shone |
| slit | slit | slit |
| string | strung | strung |
| wake | woke | woken |
| eat | ate | eaten |
Related: Verb Forms List, Regular and Irregular Verbs
| V1 – Present | V2 – Past Simple | V3 – Past Participle |
| bespeak | bespoke | Bespoken |
| catch | caught | caught |
| foresee | foresaw | foreseen |
| keep | kept | kept |
| meet | met | met |
| sit | sat | sat |
| seek | sought | sought |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| tell | told | told |
| write | wrote | written |
| bid | bade/bid | bidden/bid |
| come | came | come |
| feed | fed | fed |
| get | got | got |
| lay | laid | laid |
| overhear | overheard | overheard |
| set | set | set |
| slide | slid | slid |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| undertake | undertook | undertaken |
| beget | begot | begotten |
| break | broke | broken |
| dig | dug | dug |
| fling | flung | flung |
| hang | hung | hung |
| leave | left | left |
| rid | rid | rid |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| V1 – Present | V2 – Past Simple | V3 – Past Participle |
| smite | smote | Smitten |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| weave | wove | woven |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| creep | crept | crept |
| fight | fought | fought |
| lean | leant | leant |
| put | put | put |
| shed | shed | shed |
| slink | slunk | slunk |
| strike | struck | struck |
| upset | upset | upset |
| go | went | gone |
| beseech | besought | besought |
| can | could | |
| drive | drove | driven |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| hold | held | held |
| make | made | made |
| say | said | said |
| sing | sang | sung |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| teach | taught | taught |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| beset | beset | beset |
| cast | cast | cast |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| mean | meant | meant |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| see | saw | seen |
| stand | stood | stood |
| tear | tore | torn |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| befall | befell | befallen |
| V1 – Present | V2 – Past Simple | V3 – Past Participle |
| blow | blew | Blown |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| flee | fled | fled |
| grow | grew | grown |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| rend | rent | rent |
| shit | shit/shat | shit/shat |
| smell | smelt | smelt |
| strive | strove | striven |
| wear | wore | worn |
| begin | began | begun |
| breed | bred | bred |
| do | did | done |
| fly | flew | flown |
| have | had | had |
| lend | lent | lent |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| show | showed | shown |
| spit | spat | spat |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| weep | wept | wept |
| bend | bent | bent |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt |
| forecast | forecast | forecast |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| lie | lay | lain |
| rise | rose | risen |
| shrive | shrove | shriven |
| spoil | spoilt | spoilt |
| V1 – Present | V2 – Past Simple | V3 – Past Participle |
| swing | swung | Swung |
| wind | wound | wound |
| bear | bore | born |
| bind | bound | bound |
| cost | cost | cost |
| feel | felt | felt |
| give | gave | given |
| lead | led | led |
| oversleep | overslept | overslept |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| sling | slung | slung |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| undo | undid | undone |
| behold | beheld | beheld |
| bring | brought | brought |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| forbid | forbad(e) | forbidden |
| hear | heard | heard |
| let | let | let |
| ring | rang | rung |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| split | split | split |
| swim | swam | swum |
| win | won | won |
| bestride | bestrode | bestridden |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| foretell | foretold | foretold |
| interweave | interwove | interwoven |
| V1 – Present | V2 – Past Simple | V3 – Past Participle |
| kneel | knelt | Knelt |
| pay | paid | paid |
| slay | slew | slain |
| sell | sold | sold |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| think | thought | thought |
| bet | bet | bet |
| cling | clung | clung |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| know | knew | known |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| send | sent | sent |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| sting | stung | stung |
| understand | understood | understood |
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