Irregular Verbs
(Base form → Past form)
These verbs do NOT follow the regular -ed rule.
(Base form → Past form)
These verbs do NOT follow the regular -ed rule.
- Go → Went – to move
- Come → Came – to arrive
- Eat → Ate – to consume food
- Drink → Drank – to have liquid
- Take → Took – to pick
- Give → Gave – to offer
- See → Saw – to look
- Do → Did – to act
- Write → Wrote – to make letters
- Read → Read – to understand written text
- Make → Made – to create
- Say → Said – to speak
- Buy → Bought – to purchase
- Bring → Brought – to carry
- Sing → Sang – to produce music voice
- Swim → Swam – to move in water
- Drive → Drove – to operate vehicle
- Begin → Began – to start
- Run → Ran – to move fast
- Sleep → Slept – to rest
- Feel → Felt – to sense
- Find → Found – to discover
- Forget → Forgot – to not remember
- Get → Got – to receive
- Have → Had – to possess
- Hold → Held – to keep in hands
- Keep → Kept – to store
- Know → Knew – to understand
- Leave → Left – to go away
- Lose → Lost – to misplace
- Meet → Met – to see someone
- Pay → Paid – to give money
- Ride → Rode – to sit and travel
- Sell → Sold – to exchange for money
- Send → Sent – to deliver
- Sit → Sat – to rest on a chair
- Speak → Spoke – to talk
- Stand → Stood – to be upright
- Teach → Taught – to instruct
- Tell → Told – to inform
- Think → Thought – to use mind
- Throw → Threw – to toss
- Understand → Understood – to know
- Wear → Wore – to put on clothes
- Win → Won – to succeed
- Break → Broke – to damage
- Catch → Caught – to grab
- Choose → Chose – to pick
- Fall → Fell – to drop
- Fly → Flew – to move in air
- Freeze → Froze – to become cold
- Grow → Grew – to increase
- Hear → Heard – to listen
- Hide → Hid – to cover
- Hit → Hit – to strike
- Hurt → Hurt – to cause pain
- Lay → Laid – to place
- Lead → Led – to guide
- Light → Lit – to make bright
- Lie → Lay – to rest
- Make → Made – to build
- Mean → Meant – to signify
- Ring → Rang – to make sound
- Rise → Rose – to go up
- Seek → Sought – to search
- Shake → Shook – to move quickly
- Shoot → Shot – to fire
- Shut → Shut – to close
- Sing → Sang – to vocalize
- Sink → Sank – to go down
- Slide → Slid – to move smoothly
- Smell → Smelt – to sense odor
- Spell → Spelt – to form words
- Spend → Spent – to use money
- Spill → Spilt – to fall out
- Spoil → Spoilt – to damage
- Steal → Stole – to take without permission
- Stick → Stuck – to attach
- Swear → Swore – to promise
- Sweep → Swept – to clean
- Swim → Swam – to move in water
- Swing → Swung – to move back and forth
- Take → Took – to pick up
- Tear → Tore – to rip
- Throw → Threw – to toss
- Wake → Woke – to get up
- Weep → Wept – to cry
- Win → Won – to achieve
- Write → Wrote – to mark on paper
- Overcome → Overcame – to defeat
- Be → Was/Were – to exist
- Become → Became – to turn into
- Bet → Bet – to gamble
- Broadcast → Broadcast – to telecast
- Cost → Cost – to be priced
- Cut → Cut – to slice
- Deal → Dealt – to manage
- Dream → Dreamt – to imagine in sleep
- Quit → Quit – to leave
- Set → Set – to place