Irregular verbs have patterns of regularity.  These verbs can be grouped by similar vowel and spelling changes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

begin

began

begun             

 

bite

bit

bitten

spring

sprang

sprung             

 

hide

hid

hidden

ring

rang

rung

 

slide

slid

slid

sing

sang

sung

 

 

 

 

sink

sank

sunk

 

sting

stung

stung

swim

swam

swum

 

swing

swung

swung

 

 

 

 

stick

stuck

stuck

sit

sat

sat

 

strike

struck

struck

 

 

 

 

dig

dug

dug

come

came

come

 

 

 

 

become

became

become

 

spin

spun     

spun

overcome

overcame

overcome

 

win

won

won

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

choose

chose

chosen

 

hang

hung

hung

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive

drove

driven

 

bleed

bled

bled

(a)rise

(a)rose

(a)risen

 

feed

fed

fed

ride

rode

ridden

 

speed

sped

sped

write

wrote

written

 

flee

fled

fled

 

 

 

 

lead

led

led

give

gave

given

 

read

read

read

eat

ate

eaten

 

meet

met

met

 

 

 

 

feel

 felt

felt

blow

blew

blown

 

mean

meant

meant

grow

grew

grown

 

 

 

 

know

knew

known

 

fall

fell

fallen

throw

threw

thrown

 

hold

held

held

draw

drew

drawn

 

 

 

 

fly

flew

flown

 

bring

brought

brought

 

 

 

 

buy

bought

bought

keep

kept

kept

 

fight

fought

fought

sleep

slept

slept

 

think

thought

thought

sweep

swept

swept

 

catch

caught

caught

weep

wept

wept

 

teach

taught

taught

creep

crept

crept

 

wind

wound

wound

kneel

knelt

knelt

 

grind

ground

ground

leave

left

left

 

find

found

found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

swear

swore

sworn

 

beat

beat

beat

tear

tore

torn

 

bet

bet

bet

wear

wore

worn

 

burst

burst

burst

 

 

 

 

cost

cost

cost

tell

told

told

 

cut

cut

cut

sell

sold

sold

 

hit

hit

hit

stand

stood

stood

 

knit

knit

knit

 

 

 

 

let

let

let

understand

understood

understood

 

quit

quit

quit

withstand

withstood

withstood

 

shut

shut

shut

 

 

 

 

split

split

split

get

got

gotten

 

set

set

set

forget

forgot

forgotten

 

spread

spread

spread

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

take

took

taken

 

bend

bent

bent

mistake

mistook

mistaken

 

lend

lent

lent

shake

shook

shaken

 

send

sent

sent

 

 

 

 

spend

spent

spent

go

went

gone

 

 

 

 

undergo

underwent

undergone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

do

did

done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

have

had

had

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

make

made

made

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

say

said

said

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pay

paid

paid

 

 

 

 

lay

laid

laid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lose

lost

lost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

build

built

built

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hear

heard

heard