English regular and irregular verbs, Simple past and past particle forms of the verbs and the list. Some examples of irregular verbs, organized alphabetically.
I’d be happy to provide you with a list of irregular and regular verbs! However, the list is quite long and there are many verbs to cover. It would be easier to provide you with a list of irregular verbs, and you can assume that any verb not on that list is regular.
Here are some examples of irregular verbs, organized alphabetically:
LETTER A
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Accept | Accepted | Accepted | abide | abided, abode | abided, abode |
Achieve | Achieved | Achieved | arise | arose | arisen |
Add | Added | Added | awake | awoke | awaken |
Admire | Admired | Admirer | |||
Admit | Admitted | Admitted | |||
Adopt | Adopted | Adopted | |||
Advise | Advised | Advised | |||
Agree | Agreed | Agreed | |||
Allow | Allowed | Allowed | |||
Announce | Announced | Announced | |||
Appreciate | Appreciated | Appreciated | |||
Approve | Approved | Approved | |||
Argue | Argued | Argued | |||
Arrive | Arrived | Arrived | |||
Ask | Asked | Asked | |||
Assist | Assisted | Assisted | |||
Attack | Attacked | Attacked |
LETTER B
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Bake | Baked | Baked | be | was/were | been |
Beg | Begged | Begged | bear | bore | borne |
Behave | Behaved | Behaved | beat | beat | beaten |
Boil | Boiled | Boiled | become | became | become |
Borrow | Borrowed | Borrowed | befall | befell | befallen |
Brush | Brushed | Brushed | beget | begot | begotten |
Bury | Buried | Buried | begin | began | begun |
behold | beheld | beheld | |||
bend | bent | bent | |||
bereave | bereaved, breft | bereaved, breft | |||
beseech | besought | besought | |||
beset | beset | beset | |||
bet | bet | bet | |||
bid | bade, bid | bidden, bid | |||
bide | bided, bode | bided | |||
bind | bound | bound | |||
bite | bit | bitten | |||
bleed | bled | bled | |||
bless | blessed, blest | blessed, blest | |||
blow | blew | blown | |||
break | broke | broken | |||
breed | bred | bred | |||
bring | brought | brought | |||
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast | |||
build | built | built | |||
burn | burnt, burned | burnt, burned | |||
bust | bust | bust | |||
buy | bought | bought |
LETTER C
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Call | Called | Called | cast | cast | cast |
Challenge | Challenged | Challenged | catch | caught | caught |
Change | Changed | Changed | chide | chided, chid | chided, chid |
Chase | Chased | Chased | choose | chose | chosen |
Cheat | Cheated | Cheated | cleave | cleft, clove | cleft, cloven |
Cheer | Cheered | Cheered | cling | clung | clung |
Chew | Chewed | Chewed | clothe | clad, clothed | clad, clothed |
Clap | Clapped | Clapped | come | came | come |
Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned | cost | cost | cost |
Collect | Collected | Collected | creep | crept | crept |
Compare | Compared | Compared | cut | cut | cut |
Complain | Complained | Complained | |||
Confess | Confessed | Confessed | |||
Construct | Constructed | Constructed | |||
Control | Controlled | Controlled | |||
Copy | Copied | Copied | |||
Count | Counted | Counted | |||
Create | Created | Created | |||
Cry | Cried | Cried | |||
Cycle | Cycled | Cycled |
LETTER D
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Damage | Damaged | Damaged | deal | dealt | dealt |
Dance | Danced | Danced | dig | dug | dug |
Deliver | Delivered | Delivered | dive | dived, dove | dived |
Destroy | Destroyed | Destroyed | do | did | done |
Divide | Divided | Divided | draw | drew | drown |
Drag | Dragged | Dragged | dream | dreamt | dreamt |
drink | drank | drunk | |||
drive | drove | driven | |||
dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
LETTER E
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Earn | Earned | Earned | eat | ate | eaten |
Employ | Employed | Employed | |||
Encourage | Encouraged | Encouraged | |||
Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed | |||
Establish | Established | Established | |||
Estimate | Estimated | Estimated | |||
Exercise | Exercised | Exercised | |||
Expand | Expanded | Expanded | |||
Explain | Explained | Explained |
LETTER F
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Fry | Fried | Fried | fall | fell | fallen |
feed | fed | fed | |||
feel | felt | felt | |||
fight | fought | fought | |||
find | found | found | |||
flee | fled | fled | |||
fling | flung | flung | |||
fly | flew | flown | |||
forbear | forbore | forborne | |||
forbid | forbade | forbidden | |||
forecast | forecast | forecast | |||
forsee | foresaw | foreseen | |||
foretell | foretold | foretold | |||
forget | forgot | forgotten | |||
forgive | forgave | forgiven | |||
forsake | forsook | forsworn | |||
forswear | forswore | forsaken | |||
freeze | froze | frozen |
LETTER G
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Gather | Gathered | Gathered | get | got | got |
Greet | Greeted | Greeted | gild | gilt, gilded | gilt, gilded |
Guess | Guessed | Guessed | gird | girt, girded | girt, girded |
give | gave | given | |||
go | went | gone | |||
grind | ground | ground | |||
grow | grew | grown |
LETTER H
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Harass | Harassed | Harassed | hang | hung | hung |
Hate | Hated | Hated | have | had | had |
Help | Helped | Helped | hear | heard | heard |
Hope | Hoped | Hoped | hide | hid | hidden |
hit | hit | hit | |||
hold | held | held | |||
hurt | hurt | hurt |
LETTER I
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Identify | Identified | Identified | inlay | inlaid | inlaid |
Interrupt | Interrupted | Interrupted | |||
Introduce | Introduced | Introduced | |||
Irritate | Irritated | Irritated |
LETTER J
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Joke | Joked | Joked | |||
Jump | Jumped | Jumped |
LETTER K
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Kick | Kicked | Kicked | keep | kept | kept |
Kill | Killed | Killed | kneel | knelt | knelt |
Kiss | Kissed | Kissed | knit | knit, knitted | knit, knitted |
know | knew | known |
LETTER L
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Laugh | Laughed | Laughed | lay | laid | laid |
Lie | Lied | Lied | lead | led | led |
Like | Liked | Liked | lean | leant | leant |
Listen | Listened | Listened | leap | leapt, leaped | leapt, leaped |
Love | Loved | Loved | learn | leamt, learned | learnt, learned |
leave | left | left | |||
lend | lent | lent | |||
let | let | let | |||
lie | lay | lain | |||
light | lit, lighted | lit, lighted | |||
lose | lost | lost |
LETTER M
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Marry | Married | Married | make | made | made |
Measure | Measured | Measured | mean | meant | meant |
Move | Moved | Moved | meet | met | met |
Murder | Murdered | Murdered | mislay | mislaid | mislaid |
mislead | mislead | mislead | |||
misspell | misspelt | misspelt | |||
misspend | misspent | misspent | |||
mistake | mistook | mistaken | |||
misunderstand | misunderstood | misunderstood | |||
mow | mowed | mowed, mown |
LETTER N
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Need | Needed | Needed |
LETTER O
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Obey | Obeyed | Obeyed | outbid | outbid | outbid |
Offend | Offended | Offended | outdo | outdid | outdone |
Offer | Offered | Offered | outshine | outshone | outshone |
Open | Opened | Opened | overcome | overcame | overcome |
overdo | overdid | overdone | |||
overhang | overhung | overhung | |||
overhear | overheard | overheard | |||
override | overrode | overridden | |||
overrun | overran | overrun | |||
oversee | oversaw | overseen | |||
overshoot | overshot | overshot | |||
oversleep | overslept | overslept | |||
overtake | overtook | overtaken | |||
overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
LETTER P
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Paint | Painted | Painted | pay | paid | paid |
Park | Parked | Parked | prove | proved | proved, proven |
Phone | Phoned | Phoned | put | put | put |
Pick | Picked | Picked | |||
Play | Played | Played | |||
Pray | Prayed | Prayed | |||
Printed | Printed | ||||
Pull | Pulled | Puled | |||
Punch | Punched | Punched | |||
Punish | Punished | Punished | |||
Purchase | Purchased | Purchased | |||
Push | Pushed | Pushed |
LETTER Q
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Question | Questioned | Questioned | quit | quit | quit, quitted |
LETTER R
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Race | Raced | Raced | read | read | read |
Relax | Relaxed | Relaxed | rebuild | rebuilt | rebuilt |
Remember | Remembered | Remembered | redo | redid | redone |
Reply | Replied | Replied | remake | remade | remade |
Retire | Retired | Retired | rend | rent | rent |
Return | Returned | Returned | repay | repaid | repaid |
Rub | Rubbed | Rubbed | ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung | |||
rise | rose | risen | |||
run | ran | run |
LETTER S
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Scold | Scolded | Scolded | saw | sawed | sawn, sawed |
Select | Selected | Selected | say | said | said |
Smoke | Smoked | Smoked | see | saw | seen |
Snore | Snored | Snored | seek | sought | sought |
Stare | Stared | Stared | sell | sold | sold |
Start | Started | Started | send | sent | sent |
Study | Studied | Studied | set | set | set |
shake | shook | shaken | |||
shear | sheared | shorn, sheared | |||
shed | shed | shed | |||
shine | shone | shone | |||
shit | shit | shit | |||
shoe | shod | shod | |||
shoot | shot | shot | |||
show | showed | shown, showed | |||
shrink | shrank | shrunk | |||
shrive | shrove | shriven | |||
shut | shut | shut | |||
sing | sang | sung | |||
sink | sank | sunk | |||
sit | sat | sat | |||
slay | slew | slain | |||
sleep | slept | slept | |||
slide | slid | slid | |||
sling | slung | slung | |||
slink | slunk | slunk | |||
slit | slit | slit | |||
smell | smelt, smelled | smelt, smelled | |||
smite | smote | smitten | |||
sow | sowed | sown | |||
speak | spoke | spoken | |||
speed | sped | sped | |||
spell | spelt | spelt | |||
spend | spent | spent | |||
spill | spilt | spilt | |||
spin | span, spun | spun | |||
spit | spat, spit | spat, spit | |||
split | split | split | |||
spoil | spoilt | spoilt | |||
spread | spread | spread | |||
spring | sprang | sprung | |||
stand | stood | stood | |||
steal | stole | stolen | |||
stick | stuck | stuck | |||
sting | stung | stung | |||
stink | stank, stunk | stunk | |||
strew | strewed | strewn, strewed | |||
stride | strode | stridden | |||
strike | struck | struck | |||
string | strung | strung | |||
strive | strove | striven | |||
sublet | sublet | sublet | |||
swear | swore | sworn | |||
sweep | swept | swept | |||
swell | swelled | swollen, swelled | |||
swim | swam | swum | |||
swing | swung | swung |
LETTER T
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Talk | Talked | Talked | take | took | taken |
Thank | Thanked | Thanked | teach | taught | taught |
Travel | Travelled | Travelled | tear | tore | torn |
Trouble | Troubled | Troubled | tell | told | told |
Type | Typed | Typed | think | thought | thought |
thrive | throve | thriven | |||
throw | threw | thrown | |||
thrust | thrust | thrust | |||
thread | throd | throd, throdden |
LETTER U
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Use | Used | Used | unbend | unbent | unbent |
underbid | underbid | underbid | |||
undergo | underwent | undergone | |||
underlie | underlay | underlain | |||
underpay | underpaid | underpaid | |||
undersell | undersold | undersold | |||
understand | understood | understood | |||
undertake | undertook | undertaken | |||
underwrite | underwrote | underwritten | |||
undo | undid | undone | |||
unfreeze | unfroze | unfrozen | |||
unsay | unsaid | unsaid | |||
unwind | unwound | unwound | |||
uphold | upheld | upheld | |||
upset | upset | upset |
LETTER V
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Visit | Visited | Visited | Vex | Vext/Vexed | Vext/Vexed |
LETTER W
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Wait | Waited | Waited | wake | woke | waken |
Walk | Walked | Walked | waylay | waylaid | waylaid |
Want | Wanted | Wanted | wear | wore | worn |
Warn | Warned | Warned | weave | wove | woven, weaved |
Wink | Winked | Winked | wed | wed, wedded | wed, wedded |
Worry | Worried | Worried | weep | wept | wept |
wet | wet, wetted | wet, wetted | |||
win | won | won | |||
wind | wound | wound | |||
withdraw | withdrew | withdrew | |||
withstand | withstood | withstood | |||
wring | wrang | wrung | |||
write | wrote | written |
LETTER Y
Regular | Irregular | ||||
Present | Past | Past Participle | Present | Past | Past Participle |
Yell | Yelled | Yelled |
This list is not exhaustive and there may be some irregular verbs that are not included. Additionally, please also know that verb forms also change based on Tenses and different grammatical structure, for instance: ‘sing- sang- sung’