Common irregular verbs list
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INFINITIVE |
PAST TENSE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
TRANSLATION |
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be |
was/were |
been |
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beat |
beat |
beaten |
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become |
became |
become |
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begin |
began |
begun |
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bet |
bet |
bet |
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break |
broke |
broken |
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bring |
brought |
brought |
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build |
built |
built |
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burn |
burnt/burned |
burnt/burned |
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burst |
burst |
burst |
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buy |
bought |
bought |
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catch |
caught |
caught |
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choose |
chose |
chosen |
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come |
came |
come |
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cost |
cost |
cost |
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cut |
cut |
cut |
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dig |
dug |
dug |
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dive |
dove/dived |
dived |
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do |
did |
done |
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draw |
drew |
drawn |
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dream |
dreamt/dreamed |
dreamt/dreamed |
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drink |
drank |
drunk |
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drive |
drove |
driven |
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eat |
ate |
eaten |
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fall |
fell |
fallen |
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feel |
felt |
felt |
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fight |
fought |
fought |
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find |
found |
found |
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fly |
flew |
flown |
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forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
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forgive |
forgave |
forgiven |
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freeze |
froze |
frozen |
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get |
got |
got/gotten |
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give |
gave |
given |
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go |
went |
gone |
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grow |
grew |
grown |
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hang |
hung hanged |
hung hanged |
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have |
had |
had |
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hear |
heard |
heard |
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hide |
hid |
hidden |
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hit |
hit |
hit |
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hold |
held |
held |
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hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
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keep |
kept |
kept |
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know |
knew |
known |
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learn |
learnt/learned |
learnt/learned |
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leave |
left |
left |
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lend |
lent |
lent |
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let |
let |
let |
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light |
lit/lighted |
lit/lighted |
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lose |
lost |
lost |
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make |
made |
made |
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mean |
meant |
meant |
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meet |
met |
met |
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pay |
paid |
paid |
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put |
put |
put |
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quit |
quit |
quit |
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read |
read |
read |
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ride |
rode |
ridden |
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ring |
rang |
rung |
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rise |
rose |
risen |
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run |
ran |
run |
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say |
said |
said |
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see |
saw |
seen |
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sell |
sold |
sold |
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send |
sent |
sent |
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shine |
shone |
shone |
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show |
showed |
shown |
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shut |
shut |
shut |
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sing |
sang |
sung |
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sit |
sat |
sat |
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sleep |
slept |
slept |
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speak |
spoke |
spoken |
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spell |
spelt/spelled |
spelt/spelled |
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spend |
spent |
spent |
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stand |
stood |
stood |
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steal |
stole |
stolen |
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swim |
swam |
swum |
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take |
took |
taken |
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teach |
taught |
taught |
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tell |
told |
told |
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think |
thought |
thought |
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throw |
threw |
thrown |
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understand |
understood |
understood |
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wear |
wore |
worn |
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win |
won |
won |
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write |
wrote |
written |
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1. No change
|
INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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bet |
bet |
bet |
|
burst |
burst |
burst |
|
cost |
cost |
cost |
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hit |
hit |
hit |
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hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
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put |
put |
put |
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quit |
quit |
quit |
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read |
read |
read |
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shut |
shut |
shut |
2. Vowel change
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INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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begin |
began |
begun |
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drink |
drank |
drunk |
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ring |
rang |
rung |
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swim |
swam |
swum |
3. Two participle forms
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INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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burn |
burnt/burned |
burnt/burned |
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dream |
dreamt/dreamed |
dreamt/dreamed |
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learn |
learnt/learned |
learnt/learned |
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light |
lit/lighted |
lit/lighted |
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spell |
spelt/spelled |
spelt/spelled |
4. Past tense form + (e)n
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INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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break |
broke |
broken |
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choose |
chose |
chosen |
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forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
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hide |
hid |
hidden |
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speak |
spoke |
spoken |
5. Infinitive + (e)n
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INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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beat |
beat |
beaten |
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draw |
drew |
drawn |
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eat |
ate |
eaten |
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know |
knew |
known |
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see |
saw |
seen |
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take |
took |
taken |
6. Past tense form = past participle
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INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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buy |
bought |
bought |
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say |
said |
bought |
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send |
sent |
sent |
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sleep |
slept |
slept |
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tell |
told |
told |
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win |
won |
won |
7. Two forms with a different meaning each
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INFINITIVE |
PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
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hang |
hung |
hung |
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hanged |
hanged |