Complete List of Irregular Verbs in English with Translation

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Verb	Past Simple	Past Participle	Meaning
to abide	abode	abode	comply with, remain, stay
to arise	arose	arisen	emerge, appear, get up
to awake	awoke	awoken	wake up, stop sleeping
to be	was / were	been	exist, live, happen
to bear	bore	borne / born	carry, tolerate, give birth
to beat	beat	beaten	hit, defeat
to become	became	become	turn into, grow to be
to begin	began	begun	start, commence
to bend	bent	bent	curve, flex
to bet	bet	bet	wager, gamble
to bind	bound	bound	tie, fasten
to bite	bit	bitten	clamp with teeth
to bleed	bled	bled	lose blood
to blow	blew	blown	expel air, move with force
to break	broke	broken	smash, shatter, stop working
to bring	brought	brought	carry, deliver
to build	built	built	construct, create
to burn	burnt / burned	burnt / burned	catch fire, be on fire
to burst	burst	burst	explode, break open
to buy	bought	bought	purchase
can	could	been able to	be able to, know how to
to catch	caught	caught	grab, capture
to choose	chose	chosen	select, pick
to come	came	come	arrive, move closer
to cost	cost	cost	have a price
to cut	cut	cut	slice, chop
to deal	dealt	dealt	handle, manage, trade
to dig	dug	dug	excavate, scoop out
to do	did	done	perform, carry out
to draw	drew	drawn	sketch, pull
to dream	dreamt / dreamed	dreamt / dreamed	imagine, see in sleep
to drink	drank	drunk	consume liquid
to drive	drove	driven	operate a vehicle
to eat	ate	eaten	consume food
to fall	fell	fallen	drop down, collapse
to feed	fed	fed	give food
to feel	felt	felt	experience sensation or emotion
to fight	fought	fought	combat, argue
to find	found	found	discover, locate
to flee	fled	fled	escape, run away
to fling	flung	flung	throw with force
to fly	flew	flown	move through the air
to forbid	forbade	forbidden	prohibit, ban
to forget	forgot	forgotten	fail to remember
to forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardon, excuse
to freeze	froze	frozen	turn to ice, become cold
to get	got	got / gotten	obtain, receive, become
to give	gave	given	offer, provide
to go	went	gone	move, leave
to grow	grew	grown	develop, increase, cultivate
to hang	hung	hung	suspend, attach from above
to have	had	had	possess, hold
to hear	heard	heard	perceive sound
to hide	hid	hidden	conceal, keep out of sight
to hit	hit	hit	strike, punch
to hold	held	held	grasp, keep, carry
to hurt	hurt	hurt	cause pain or injury
to keep	kept	kept	retain, continue
to kneel	knelt / kneeled	knelt / kneeled	go down on knees
to knit	knit / knitted	knit / knitted	make fabric with needles
to know	knew	known	be aware, be familiar with
to lay	laid	laid	put down, place
to lead	led	led	guide, direct
to lean	leant / leaned	leant / leaned	incline, rest against
to leap	leapt / leaped	leapt / leaped	jump, spring
to leave	left	left	go away from, abandon
to lend	lent	lent	give temporarily
to let	let	let	allow, permit
to lie	lay	lain	recline, be in a horizontal position
to light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted	illuminate, ignite
to lose	lost	lost	misplace, fail to win
to make	made	made	create, produce, build
to mean	meant	meant	intend, signify
to meet	met	met	encounter, come together
may	might	—	be allowed to, be possible
to mistake	mistook	mistaken	misunderstand, confuse
to mow	mowed	mown / mowed	cut grass
to overcome	overcame	overcome	defeat, prevail over
to overtake	overtook	overtaken	pass, catch up with
to pay	paid	paid	give money, compensate
to put	put	put	place, set
to quit	quit / quitted	quit / quitted	stop, leave, resign
to read	read	read	interpret written text
to ride	rode	ridden	travel by bike, horse, etc.
to ring	rang	rung	sound a bell, call by phone
to rise	rose	risen	go up, get up
to run	ran	run	move quickly, operate
to say	said	said	speak, express
to see	saw	seen	observe, perceive visually
to seek	sought	sought	look for, search
to sell	sold	sold	exchange for money
to send	sent	sent	dispatch, transmit
to set	set	set	place, arrange
to sew	sewed	sewn / sewed	stitch with needle and thread
to shake	shook	shaken	tremble, move back and forth
to shear	sheared	shorn / sheared	cut (wool, hair)
to shine	shone	shone	emit light
to shoot	shot	shot	fire a gun or projectile
to show	showed	shown / showed	display, demonstrate
to shrink	shrank	shrunk / shrunken	become smaller
to shut	shut	shut	close
to sing	sang	sung	produce musical sounds with voice
to sink	sank	sunk	go down below surface
to sit	sat	sat	rest on bottom, be seated
to sleep	slept	slept	rest by sleeping
to slide	slid	slid	move smoothly over a surface
to sling	slung	slung	throw, hang loosely
to slit	slit	slit	cut in a straight, narrow line
to smell	smelt / smelled	smelt / smelled	detect odor
to smite	smote	smitten	strike with force (literary)
to speak	spoke	spoken	talk, express orally
to speed	sped / speeded	sped / speeded	move quickly
to spend	spent	spent	use money or time
to spill	spilt / spilled	spilt / spilled	let liquid fall
to spin	spun	spun	rotate rapidly
to spit	spat	spat	eject saliva
to split	split	split	divide, break apart
to spoil	spoilt / spoiled	spoilt / spoiled	ruin, go bad
to spread	spread	spread	extend, disperse
to spring	sprang	sprung	leap, move suddenly
to stand	stood	stood	be upright
to steal	stole	stolen	take without permission
to stick	stuck	stuck	adhere, attach
to sting	stung	stung	pierce with a sting
to stink	stank	stunk	smell very bad
to stride	strode	stridden	walk with long steps
to strike	struck	struck / stricken	hit, attack
to string	strung	strung	arrange in a line, thread
to strive	strove	striven	try hard, struggle
to swear	swore	sworn	promise, curse
to sweep	swept	swept	clean with a broom
to swell	swelled	swollen / swelled	expand, increase in size
to swim	swam	swum	move in water
to swing	swung	swung	sway, move back and forth
to take	took	taken	grab, acquire, carry
to teach	taught	taught	educate, instruct
to tear	tore	torn	rip, break apart
to tell	told	told	say, inform
to think	thought	thought	believe, consider
to throw	threw	thrown	toss, launch
to understand	understood	understood	comprehend, grasp
to wake	woke	woken	stop sleeping
to wear	wore	worn	have on (clothing)
to weave	wove	woven	interlace threads
to weep	wept	wept	cry, shed tears
to win	won	won	achieve victory
to wind	wound	wound	twist, turn
to withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	pull back, remove
to withstand	withstood	withstood	resist, endure
to wring	wrung	wrung	twist to extract liquid
to write	wrote	written	put down in words