Rare Irregular Verbs Table
When a verb's simple past and past participle forms are not formed by just adding "ed" or "d" at the back of it, that verb is known as an irregular verb. Therefore, we need to memorize the verb's simple past and past participle forms. A table containing a list of rare irregular verbs can be found below.
Note:
The list is not purely arranged in alphabetical order. To quickly search for a word, press Control + F on your keyboard and then type the word you would like to search for. If you hit a word that is not what you want to find, click Next near the search box.
Format:
Base / Simple Past / Past Participle
A
Awake / Awoke / Awaken
B
Bet / Bet / Bet
Beat / Beat / Beaten
Bite / Bit / Bitten
Build / Built / Built
Buy / Bought / Bought
bring / brought / brought
breed / bred / bred
broadcast / broadcast or broadcasted / broadcast or broadcasted
build / built / built
burn / burned or burnt / burned or burnt
burst / burst / burst
C
Come / Came / Come
Cost / Cost / Cost
Choose / Chose / Chosen
Cut / Cut / Cut
D
Dig / Dug / Dug
Draw / Drew / Drawn
Do / Did / Done
Drink / Drank / Drunk
E
Eat / Ate / Eaten
Engrave / Engraved / Engraven
F
fall / fell / fallen
feed / fed / fed
forbid / forbade / forbidden
forget / forgot / forgotten or forgot
forgive / forgave / forgiven
fling / flung / flung
fly / flew / flown
fight / fought / fought
forsake / forsook / forsaken
feel / felt / felt
flee / fled / fled
find / found / found
fit / fitted or fit / fitted or fit
fraught / fraught / fraught
freeze / froze / frozen
G
grind / ground / ground
grow / grew / grown
get / got / gotten (American) or got
gild / gilded or gilt / gilded or gilt
give / gave / given
go / went / gone
H
hang / hung / hung
Note: When referring to killing by hanging, the past and past participle of hang is "hanged" instead of hung
have / had / had
hear / heard / heard
hit / hit / hit
hold / held / held
heave / heaved or hove / heaved or hove
hurt / hurt / hurt
hew / hewed / hewn or hewed
hide / hid / hidden
I
input / input or inputted / input or inputted
inset / inset / inset
K
know / knew / known
keep / kept / kept
knit / knitted or knit / knitted or knit
kneel / knelt or kneeled / knelt or kneeled
L
lay / laid / laid
lead / led / led
lean / leaned or leant / leaned or leant
leap / leaped or leapt / leaped or leapt
learn / learned or learnt / learned or learnt
leave / left / left
lend / lent / lent
let / let / let
lie (on the bed) / lay / lain
lie (to bluff) REGULAR VERB / lied / lied
light / lit or lighted / lit or lighted
lose / lost / lost
M
make / made / made
mean / meant / meant
meet / met / met
mow / mowed / mowed or mown
O
offset / offset / offset
P
partake / partook / partaken
pay / paid / paid
plead / pleaded or pled / pleaded or pled
prove / proved / proven or proved
put / put / put
Q
quit / quit or quitted / quit or quitted
R
read / read (pronounced as "red") / read (pronounced as "red")
rid / rid / rid
ride / rode / ridden
ring / rang / rung
rise / rose / risen
rive / rived / riven or rived
roughcast / roughcast / roughcast
run / ran / run
S
saw / sawed / sawed or sawn
say / said / said
see / saw / seen
shed / shed / shed
shine / shined or shone / shined or shone
shit / shit or shat or shitted / shit or shat or shitted
set / set / set
sew / sewed / sewn or sewed
shake / shook / shaken
shave / shaved / shaved or shaven
shear / sheared / sheared or shorn
shoe / shoed or shod / shoed or shod
shoot / shot / shot
show / showed / shown or showed
seek / sought / sought
sell / sold / sold
send / sent / sent
shrink / shrank or shrunk / shrunk
shrive / shrived or shrove / shriven
shut / shut / shut
sing / sang / sung
sink / sank or sunk / sunk
sit / sat / sat
skywrite / skywrote / skywritten
slay / slew or slayed / slain or slayed
sleep / slept / slept
slide / slid / slid
sling / slung / slung
slink / slinked or slunk / slinked or slunk
slit / slit / slit
smell / smelled or smelt / smelled or smelt
smite / smote / smitten or smote
sneak / sneaked or snuck / sneaked or snuck
sow / sowed / sown or sowed
speak / spoke / spoken
speed / sped or speeded / sped or speeded
sting / stung / stung
stink / stunk or stank / stunk
strew / strewed / strewn or strewed
sweat / sweat or sweated / sweat or sweated
sweep / swept / swept
swell / swelled / swollen or swelled
swim / swam / swum
swing / swung / swung
stride / strode / stridden
spell / spelled or spelt / spelled or spelt
spend / spent / spent
spill / spilled or spilt / spilled or spilt
spin / spun / spun
spit / spit or spat / spit or spat
split / split / split
spoil / spoiled or spoilt / spoiled or spoilt
spread / spread / spread
spring / sprang or sprung / sprung
stand / stood / stood
stave / staved or stove / staved or stove
steal / stole / stolen
stick / stuck / stuck
strike / struck / struck or stricken
string / strung / strung
strive / strove or strived / striven or strived
sunburn / sunburned or sunburnt / sunburned or sunburnt
swear / swore / sworn
T
take / took / taken
teach / taught / taught
tear / tore / torn
tell / told / told
think / thought / thought
thrive / thrived or throve / thrived or thriven
throw / threw / thrown
thrust / thrust / thrust
tread / trod / trodden or trod
troubleshoot / troubleshot / troubleshot
typewrite / typewrote / typewritten
U
understand / understood / understood
undertake / undertook / undertaken
uphold / upheld / upheld
upset / upset / upset
V
vex / vexed or vext / vexed or vext
W
wear / wore / worn
weave / wove / woven (make mats/cloth)
weave / weaved / weaved (move in a winding/zig-zagging direction)
withhold / withheld / withheld
withstand / withstood / withstood
wring / wrung / wrung
wed / wed or wedded / wed or wedded
weep / wept / wept
wet / wet or wetted / wet or wetted
win / won / won
wind / wound / wound
wake / woke or waked / woken or waked
waylay / waylaid / waylaid
withdraw / withdrew / withdrawn
write / wrote / written
Note:
The list is not purely arranged in alphabetical order. To quickly search for a word, press Control + F on your keyboard and then type the word you would like to search for. If you hit a word that is not what you want to find, click Next near the search box.
Format:
Base / Simple Past / Past Participle
A
Awake / Awoke / Awaken
B
Bet / Bet / Bet
Beat / Beat / Beaten
Bite / Bit / Bitten
Build / Built / Built
Buy / Bought / Bought
bring / brought / brought
breed / bred / bred
broadcast / broadcast or broadcasted / broadcast or broadcasted
build / built / built
burn / burned or burnt / burned or burnt
burst / burst / burst
C
Come / Came / Come
Cost / Cost / Cost
Choose / Chose / Chosen
Cut / Cut / Cut
D
Dig / Dug / Dug
Draw / Drew / Drawn
Do / Did / Done
Drink / Drank / Drunk
E
Eat / Ate / Eaten
Engrave / Engraved / Engraven
F
fall / fell / fallen
feed / fed / fed
forbid / forbade / forbidden
forget / forgot / forgotten or forgot
forgive / forgave / forgiven
fling / flung / flung
fly / flew / flown
fight / fought / fought
forsake / forsook / forsaken
feel / felt / felt
flee / fled / fled
find / found / found
fit / fitted or fit / fitted or fit
fraught / fraught / fraught
freeze / froze / frozen
G
grind / ground / ground
grow / grew / grown
get / got / gotten (American) or got
gild / gilded or gilt / gilded or gilt
give / gave / given
go / went / gone
H
hang / hung / hung
Note: When referring to killing by hanging, the past and past participle of hang is "hanged" instead of hung
have / had / had
hear / heard / heard
hit / hit / hit
hold / held / held
heave / heaved or hove / heaved or hove
hurt / hurt / hurt
hew / hewed / hewn or hewed
hide / hid / hidden
I
input / input or inputted / input or inputted
inset / inset / inset
K
know / knew / known
keep / kept / kept
knit / knitted or knit / knitted or knit
kneel / knelt or kneeled / knelt or kneeled
L
lay / laid / laid
lead / led / led
lean / leaned or leant / leaned or leant
leap / leaped or leapt / leaped or leapt
learn / learned or learnt / learned or learnt
leave / left / left
lend / lent / lent
let / let / let
lie (on the bed) / lay / lain
lie (to bluff) REGULAR VERB / lied / lied
light / lit or lighted / lit or lighted
lose / lost / lost
M
make / made / made
mean / meant / meant
meet / met / met
mow / mowed / mowed or mown
O
offset / offset / offset
P
partake / partook / partaken
pay / paid / paid
plead / pleaded or pled / pleaded or pled
prove / proved / proven or proved
put / put / put
Q
quit / quit or quitted / quit or quitted
R
read / read (pronounced as "red") / read (pronounced as "red")
rid / rid / rid
ride / rode / ridden
ring / rang / rung
rise / rose / risen
rive / rived / riven or rived
roughcast / roughcast / roughcast
run / ran / run
S
saw / sawed / sawed or sawn
say / said / said
see / saw / seen
shed / shed / shed
shine / shined or shone / shined or shone
shit / shit or shat or shitted / shit or shat or shitted
set / set / set
sew / sewed / sewn or sewed
shake / shook / shaken
shave / shaved / shaved or shaven
shear / sheared / sheared or shorn
shoe / shoed or shod / shoed or shod
shoot / shot / shot
show / showed / shown or showed
seek / sought / sought
sell / sold / sold
send / sent / sent
shrink / shrank or shrunk / shrunk
shrive / shrived or shrove / shriven
shut / shut / shut
sing / sang / sung
sink / sank or sunk / sunk
sit / sat / sat
skywrite / skywrote / skywritten
slay / slew or slayed / slain or slayed
sleep / slept / slept
slide / slid / slid
sling / slung / slung
slink / slinked or slunk / slinked or slunk
slit / slit / slit
smell / smelled or smelt / smelled or smelt
smite / smote / smitten or smote
sneak / sneaked or snuck / sneaked or snuck
sow / sowed / sown or sowed
speak / spoke / spoken
speed / sped or speeded / sped or speeded
sting / stung / stung
stink / stunk or stank / stunk
strew / strewed / strewn or strewed
sweat / sweat or sweated / sweat or sweated
sweep / swept / swept
swell / swelled / swollen or swelled
swim / swam / swum
swing / swung / swung
stride / strode / stridden
spell / spelled or spelt / spelled or spelt
spend / spent / spent
spill / spilled or spilt / spilled or spilt
spin / spun / spun
spit / spit or spat / spit or spat
split / split / split
spoil / spoiled or spoilt / spoiled or spoilt
spread / spread / spread
spring / sprang or sprung / sprung
stand / stood / stood
stave / staved or stove / staved or stove
steal / stole / stolen
stick / stuck / stuck
strike / struck / struck or stricken
string / strung / strung
strive / strove or strived / striven or strived
sunburn / sunburned or sunburnt / sunburned or sunburnt
swear / swore / sworn
T
take / took / taken
teach / taught / taught
tear / tore / torn
tell / told / told
think / thought / thought
thrive / thrived or throve / thrived or thriven
throw / threw / thrown
thrust / thrust / thrust
tread / trod / trodden or trod
troubleshoot / troubleshot / troubleshot
typewrite / typewrote / typewritten
U
understand / understood / understood
undertake / undertook / undertaken
uphold / upheld / upheld
upset / upset / upset
V
vex / vexed or vext / vexed or vext
W
wear / wore / worn
weave / wove / woven (make mats/cloth)
weave / weaved / weaved (move in a winding/zig-zagging direction)
withhold / withheld / withheld
withstand / withstood / withstood
wring / wrung / wrung
wed / wed or wedded / wed or wedded
weep / wept / wept
wet / wet or wetted / wet or wetted
win / won / won
wind / wound / wound
wake / woke or waked / woken or waked
waylay / waylaid / waylaid
withdraw / withdrew / withdrawn
write / wrote / written
By Josh Tam
On 1/31/2010 05:42:00 PM
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