Irregular Verbs

What Are Irregular Verbs?

Irregular verbs do not follow any set pattern to form their past tense and past participle.

Ex: The verb be has eight forms: am, are, be, being, been, is, was, were.

Commonly Used Irregular Verbs:

Verb Past Past Participle

be was been

become became become

begin began begun

bite bit bitten

blow blew blown

buy bought bought

burst burst burst

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

come came come

do (does) did done

drink drank drunk

eat ate eaten

fall fell fallen

feel felt felt

find found found

forget forgot forgotten

freeze froze frozen

get got gotten

give gave given

go (goes) went gone

grow grew grown

have (has) had had

hide hid hidden

know knew known

lay laid laid

lie lay lain

Verb Past Past Participle

make made made

rise rose risen

run ran run

say said said

see saw seen

show showed shown

sink sank sunk

take took taken

tear tore torn

tell told told

throw threw thrown

wake woke (waked) woken (waked)

write wrote written

Remember: Irregular verbs don’t follow any set pattern to form their past tense and past participle.