Irregular Verbs in Past Form

Irregular Verbs in Past Form

The past form of irregular verbs is trickier because every verb has its own past form. You have to memorize the past form of every irregular verb. Irregular verbs in past forms have great importance in English grammar.

What is an irregular verb?

An irregular verb has its own past form and does not follow the general rule of forming past form, which is formed by adding the suffix “ED”.

Present Form               Past Form

Go                   Went

Run                                    Ran

Take                                   Took  

Write                                    Wrote

Put                                      Put

The above verbs are irregular in past form. Their past forms are not formed by adding the suffix “ED”. Let’s see an example of a regular verb. The verb “walk” is a regular verb. Its past form is walked that we form by adding the suffix “ED”.

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs

There is a difference between regular and irregular verbs. Past and past participle forms of regular verbs are formed by adding the suffix “ED”. Irregular verbs have their own past and past participle forms. Irregular verbs don’t follow the rules of the suffix “ED”.

List of Irregular Verbs in Past Form

Present Form	Past Form	Present Form	Past Form
Abide	Abode/ abided	Arise	Arose
Awake	Awoke/ awakened	Backslide	Backslid
Be (is, are, am)	Was/were	Bear	Bore
Beat	Beat	Become	Became
Befall	Befell	Beget	Begot/begat
Begin	Began	Behold	Beheld
Bend	Bent	Bet	Bet/betted
Bid	Bid/bade (farewell)	Bind	Bound
Bite	Bit	Bleed	Bled
Blow	Blew	Break	Broke
Breed	Bred	Bring	Brought
Broadcast	Broadcast/ broadcasted	Browbeat	Browbeat
Build	Built	Burn	Burnt
Burst	Burst	Bust	Bust/busted
Buy	Bought	Cast	Cast
Catch	Caught	Choose	Chose
Cling	Clang	Clothe	Clad/ clothed
Come	Came	Cost	Cost
Creep	Crept	Crossbreed	Crossbred
Cut	Cut	Daydream	Daydreamt/daydreamed
Deal	Dealt	Dig	Dug
Disprove	Disproved	Dive	Dove /dived
Do	Did	Draw	Drew
Dream	Dreamt/ dreamed	Drink	Drank
Drive	Drove	Dwell	Dwelt/ dwelled
Eat	Ate	Fall	Fell
Feed	Fed	Feel	Felt
Fight	Fought	Find	Found
Fit	Fit/fitted	Flee	Fled
Fling	Flung	Fly	Flew
Forbid	Forbade	Forecast	Forecast/ forecasted
Forego	Forewent	Foresee	Foresaw
Foretell	Foretold	Forget	Forgot
Forgive	Forgave	Forsake	Forsook
Freeze	Froze	Frostbite	Frostbit
Get	Got	Give	Gave
Go	Went	Grind	Ground
Grow	Grew	Hand-feed	Hand-fed
Handwrite	Handwrote	Hang	Hung
Have	Had	Hear	Heard
Hew	Hewed	Hide	Hid
Hit	Hit	Hold	Held
Hurt	Hurt	Inbreed	Inbred
Inlay	Inlaid	Input	Input/ inputted
Interbreed	Interbred	Interweave	Interwoven/interweaved
Intewind	Interwound	Jerry-build	Jerry-built
Keep	Kept	Kneel	Knelt
Knit	Knit/knitted	Know	Knew
Lay	Laid	Lead	Led
Lean	Leant/ leaned	Leap	Leapt/ leaped
Learn	Learnt	Leave	Left
Lend	Lent	Let	Let
Lie	Lay	Light	Lit/lighted
Lip-read	Lip-read	Lose	Lost
Make	Made	Mean	Meant
Meet	Met	Miscast	Miscast
Misdeal	Misdealt	Misdo	Misdid
Mishear	Misheard	Mislay	Mislaid
Mislead	Misled	Mislearn	Mislearnt/ mislearned
Misread	Misread	Misset	Misset
Misspeak	Misspoke	Misspell	Misspelt/misspelled
Misspend	Misspent	Mistake	Mistook
Misteach	Mistaught	Misunderstand	Misunderstood
Miswrite	Miswrote	Mow	Mowed
Offset	Offset	Outbid	Outbid
Outbreed	Outbred	Outdo	Outdid
Outdraw	Outdrew	Outdrink	Outdrank
Outdrive	Outdrove	Outfight	Outfought
Outfly	Outflew	Outgrow	Outgrew
Outleap	Outleapt/ outleaped	Outride	Outrode
Outrun	Outran	Outsell	Outsold
Outshine	Outshone/outshined	Outshoot	Outshot
Outsing	Outsang	Outsit	Outsat
Outsleep	Outslept	Outsmell	Outsmelt/ outsmelled
Outspeak	Outspoke	Outspeed	Outsped
Outspend	Outspent	Outwear	Outwore
Outswim	Outswam	Outthink	Outthought
Outthrow	Outthrew	Outwrite	Outwrote
Outbid	Outbid	Overbreed	Overbred
Overbuild	Overbuilt	Overbuy	Overbought
Overcome	Overcame	Overdo	Overdid
Overdraw	Overdraw	Overdrink	Overdrank
Overeat	Overate	Overfeed	Overfed
Overhang	Overhung	Overhear	Overheard
Overlay	Overlaid	Overpay	Overpaid
Override	Overrode	Overrun	Overran
Oversee	Oversaw	Oversell	Oversold
Oversew	Oversewed	Overshoot	Overshot
Oversleep	Overslept	Overspeak	Overspoke
Overspend	Overspent	Overspill	Overspilt/ overspilled
Overtake	Overtook	Overthink	Overdrank
Overthrow	Overthrew	Overwind	Overwound
Overwrite	Overwrote	Pertake	Pertook
Pay	Paid	Plead	Pled/ pleaded
Prebuild	Prebuilt	Predo	Predid
Premake	Premade	Prepay	Prepaid
Presell	Presold	Preset	Preset
Preshrink	Preshrank	Proofread	Proofread
Prove	Proved	Put	Put
Quick-freeze	Quick-froze	Quit	Quit/quitted
Read	Read	Reawake	Reawoke
Rebid	Rebid	Rebind	Rebound
Rebroadcast	Rebroadcast/rebroadcasted	Rebuild	Rebuilt
Recast	Recast	Recut	Recut
Redeal	Redealt	Redo	Redid
Redraw	Redrew	Refit	Refit/ refitted
Regrind	Reground	Regrow	Regrew
Rehang	Rehung	Rehear	Reheard
Reknit	Reknit/ reknitted	Relay	Relaid/ relayed
Relearn	Relearnt/ relearned	Relight	Relit/ relighted
Remake	Remade	Repay	Repaid
Reread	Reread	Rerun	Reran
Resell	Resold	Resend	Resent
Reset	Reset	Resew	Resewed
Retake	Retook	Reteach	Retaught
Retear	Retore	Retell	Retold
Rethink	Rethought	Retread	Retreat
Retrofit	Retrofit/ retrofitted	Rewake	Rewoke
Rewear	Rewore	Reweave	Rewove/ reweaved
Rewed	Rewed/ reweded	Rewet	Rewet/ rewetted
Rewin	Rewon	Rewind	Rewound
Rewrite	Rewrote	Rid	Rid/ridded
Ride	Rode	Ring	Rang
Rise	Rose	Roughcast	Roughcast
Run	Ran	Sand-cast	Sand-cast
Saw	Sawed	Say	Said
See	Saw	Seek	Sought
Sell	Sold	Send	Sent
Set	Set	Sew	Sewed
Shake	Shook	Shave	Shaved
Shear	Sheared	Shed	Shed
Shine	Shone/ shined	Shit	Shit/shat/ shitted
Shoot	Shot	Show	Showed
Shrink	Shrank	Shut	Shut
Sight-read	Sight-read	Sing	Sang
Sink	Sank	Sit	Sat
Slay	Slew/slayed	Sleep	Slept
Slide	Slid	Sling	Slung
Slink	Slunk/slinked	Slit	Slit
Smell	Smelt	Sneak	Snuck/ sneaked
Sow	Sewed	Speak	Spoke
Speed	Sped/speeded	Spell	Spelt
Spend	Spent	Spill	Spilt/spilled
Spin	Spun	Spit	Spit/spat
Split	Split	Spoil	Spoilt/ spoiled
Spoon-feed	Spoon-fed	Spread	Spread
Spring	Sprang	Stand	Stood
Steal	Stole	Stick	Stuck
Sting	Stung	Stink	Stank/stunk
Strew	Strewed	Stride	Strode
Strike	Stuck	String	Strung
Strive	Strove/strived	Sublet	Sublet
Sunburn	Sunburnt/ sunburned	Swear	Swore
Sweat	Sweat/ sweated	Sweep	Swept
Swell	Swelled	Swim	Swam
Swing	Swung	Take	Took
Teach	Taught	Tear	Tore
Telecast	Telecast	Tell	Told
Test-drive	Test-drove	Test-fly	Test-flew
Think	Thought	Throw	Threw
Thrust	Thrust	Tread	Trod
Typecast	Typecast	Typeset	Typeset
Typewrite	Typewrote	Unbend	Unbent
Unbind	Unbound	Unclothe	Unclad/ unclothed
Underbid	Underbid	Undercut	Undercut
Underfeed	Underfed	Undergo	Underwent
Underlie	Underlay	Undersell	Undersold
Underspend	Underspent	Understand	Understood
Undertake	Undertook	Underwrite	Underwrote
Undo	Undid	Unfreeze	Unfroze
Unhang	Unhung	Unhide	Unhid
Unknit	Unknit/unknitted	Unlearn	Unlearnt/ unlearned
Unsew	Unsewed	Unsling	Unslung
Unspin	Unspun	Unstick	Unstuck
Unstring	Unstrung	Unweave	Unwove/ unweaved
Unwind	Unwound	Unhold	Unheld
Upset	Upset	Wake	Woke/waked
Waylay	Waylaid	Wear	Wore
Weave	Wove/weaved	Wed	Wed/wedded
Weep	Wept	Wet	Wet/wetted
Win	Won	Wind	Wound
Withdraw	Withdrew	Withhold	Withheld
Withstand	Withstood	Wring	Wrung
Write	Wrote