Irregular Verbs: List of Common Irregular Verbs with Past Tense and Participle Forms, Exams of Grammar and Composition

Download Irregular Verbs: List of Common Irregular Verbs with Past Tense and Participle Forms and more Exams Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! Ivy Global | Online Resources Irregular Verbs Some verbs don’t follow the normal rules for forming the past tense and participle (adding “-ed” to the end of the word), and may have different forms for the past tense and participle. The following table shows some common irregular verbs. Note that verbs that have an irregular verb as roots, like “understand” or “oversee,” are usually also irregular verbs, and have the same participle and past tense endings as their root words. For example: the past and participle forms of “understand” and “oversee” are “understood” and “oversaw, not “understanded” or “overseed.” Irregular Verbs Base Past Tense Participle Base Past Tense Participle Base Past Tense Participle bear bore born / borne give gave given shrink shrank / shrunk shrunk beat beat beaten go went gone shut shut shut begin began begun grind ground ground sing sang sung bend bent bent grow grew grown sink sank / sunk sunk bet bet bet hang hung hung sit sat sat bid bid bid / bidden have had had slay slew slai bind bound bound hear heard heard sleep slept slept bite bit bitten hide hid hidden slide slid slid bleed bled bled hit hit hit sling slung slung blow blew blown hold held held speak spoke spoken break broke broken hurt hurt hurt spend spent spent breed bred bred keep kept kept spin spun spun bring brought brought know knew known split split split build built built lay laid laid spread spread spread burst burst burst lead led led spring sprang / sprung sprung buy bought bought leave left left stand stood stood cast cast cast lend lent lent steal stole stolen catch caught caught let let let stick stuck stuck choose chose chosen lie* lay lain sting stung stung