List of 100 English Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense
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Searching for verbs whose spelling changes in an unusual way when conjugated? See this list of English irregular verbs in the past tense. You'll be sure to find the terminology you need here.
Present | Past Simple |
am | was |
are | were |
be | was/were |
beat | beat |
become | became |
begin | began |
bet | bet |
blow | blew |
break | broke |
bring | brought |
build | built |
burst | burst |
buy | bought |
catch | caught |
choose | chose |
come | came |
cost | cost |
cut | cut |
deal | dealt |
do | did |
draw | drew |
drink | drank |
drive | drove |
eat | ate |
fall | fell |
feed | fed |
feel | felt |
fight | fought |
find | found |
fly | flew |
forget | forgot |
freeze | froze |
get | got |
give | gave |
go | went |
grow | grew |
hang | hung |
have | had |
hear | heard |
hide | hid |
hit | hit |
hold | held |
hurt | hurt |
is | was |
keep | kept |
know | knew |
lay | laid |
lead | led |
leave | left |
lend | lent |
let | let |
lie | lay |
light | lit |
lose | lost |
make | made |
mean | meant |
meet | met |
pay | paid |
put | put |
read | read |
ride | rode |
ring | rang |
rise | rose |
run | ran |
say | said |
see | saw |
sell | sold |
send | sent |
set | set |
shake | shook |
shine | shone |
shoot | shot |
shut | shut |
sing | sang |
sink | sank |
sit | sat |
sleep | slept |
slide | slid |
speak | spoke |
spend | spent |
spring | sprang |
stand | stood |
steal | stole |
stick | stuck |
swear | swore |
sweep | swept |
swim | swam |
swing | swung |
take | took |
teach | taught |
tear | tore |
tell | told |
think | thought |
throw | threw |
understand | understood |
wake | woke |
wear | wore |
weave | wove |
win | won |
write | wrote |