Learn examples of different types of verbs in English with useful grammar rules.

Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verb Definition

Irregular verbs are common verbs in English that do not follow the simple system of adding d or ed to the end of the word to form the past tense (the past simple and/or the past participle).

Irregular Verb Examples

• Fall – fell – fallen
• Feed – fed – fed
• Feel – felt – felt
• Fight – fought – fought
• Find – found – found
• Fly – flew – flown
• Forbid – forbade – forbidden
• Forget – forgot – forgotten
• Forgive – forgave – forgiven
• Freeze – froze – frozen
• Get – got – got
• Give – gave – given
• Go – went – gone
• Grind – ground – ground
• Grow – grew – grown
• Hang – hung – hung
• Have – had – had
• Hear – heard – heard
• Hide – hid – hidden
• Hit – hit – hit
• Hold – held – held
• Hurt – hurt – hurt
• Keep – kept – kept
• Kneel – knelt – knelt
• Know – knew – known
• Lay – laid – laid
• Lead – led – led
• Lean – leant/ leaned – leant/ leaned
• Learn – learnt/ learned – learnt/ learned
• Leave – left – left
• Lent – lent – lent
• Lie (in bed) – lay – lain
• Lie (not to tell the truth) – lied – lied
• Light – lit/ lighted – lit/ lighted
• Lose – lost – lost
• Make – made – made
• Mean – meant – meant
• Meet – met – met
• Overtake – overtook – overtaken
• Pay – paid – paid
• Put – put – put
• Read – read – read
• Ride – rode – ridden
• Ring – rang – rung
• Rise – rose – risen
• Run – ran – run
• Saw – sawed – sawn/ sawed
• Say – said – said
• See – sawed – seen
• Sell – sold – sold
• Send – sent – sent
• Set – set – set
• Sew – sewed – sewn/ sewed
• Shake – shook – shaken
• Shed – shed – shed
• Shine – shone – shone
• Shoot – shot – shot
• Show – showed – shown
• Shrink – shrank – shrunk
• Shut – shut – shut
• Sing – sang – sung
• Sink – sank – sunk
• Sit – sat – sat
• Sleep – slept – slept
• Slide – slid – slid
• Smell – smelt – smelt
• Sow – sowed – sown/ sowed
• Speak – spoke – spoken
• Spell – spelt/ spelled    spelt/ spelled
• Spend – spent – spent
• Spill – spilt/ spilled – spilt/ spilled
• Spit – spat – spat
• Spread – spread – spread
• Stand – stood – stood
• Steal – stole – stolen
• Stick – stuck – stuck
• Sting – stung – stung
• Stink – stank – stunk
• Strike – struck – struck
• Swear – swore – sworn
• Sweep – swept – swept
• Swell – swelled – swollen/ swelled
• Swim – swam – swum
• Swing – swung – swung
• …

Common Irregular Verbs List in English