Vagabond Grammar
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English: Irregular Verbs
This list follows this format: Infinitive/Past Simple/Past Participle (the past participle is -ed in regular verbs). The past participle is always used with perfect tenses.
This list is not extensive, but it shows you the common ones you should learn.
Awake/Awoke/Awoken
Beat/Beat/Beaten
Become/Became/Become
Begin/Began/Begun
Bend/Bent/Bent
Bet/Bet/Bet
Bite/Bit/Bitten
Bleed/Bled/Bled
Blow/Blew/Blown
Break/Broke/Broken
Breed/Bred/Bred
Bring/Brought/Brought
Build/Built/Built
Burn/Burned (or Burnt)/Burned (or Burnt)
Buy/Bought/Bought
Catch/Caught/Caught
Choose/Chose/Chosen
Come/Came/Come
Cost/Cost/Cost
Cut/Cut/Cut
Do/Did/Done
Dig/Dug/Dug
Draw/Drew/Drawn
Dream/Dreamed (or Dreamt)/Dreamed (or Dreamt)
Drink/Drank/Drunk
Drive/Drove/Driven
eat/ate/eaten
fall/fell/fallen
feed/fed/fed
feel/felt/felt
fight/fought/fought
find/found/found
fly/flew/flown
forget/forgot/forgotten
forgive/forgave/forgiven
freeze/froze/frozen
get/got/got (gotten - US English)
give/gave/given
go/went/gone
grow/grew/grown
have/had/had
hear/heard/heard
hide/hid/hidden
hit/hit/hit
hold/held/held
hurt/hurt/hurt
keep/kept/kept
know/knew/known
lay/laid/laid
lead/led/led
lean/leaned (or leant)/leaned (or leant)
leave/left/left
lend/lent/lent
let/let/let
lose/lost/lost
make/made/made
mean/meant/meant
meet/met/met
pay/paid/paid
put/put/put
quit/quit/quit
read/read/read
ride/rode/ridden
ring/rang/rung
rise/rose/risen
run/ran/run
say/said/said
see/saw/seen
sell/sold/sold
send/sent/sent
set/set/set
shake/shook/shaken
shine/shone/shone
shoe/shod/shod
shoot/shot/shot
show/showed/shown
shrink/shrank/shrunk
shut/shut/shut
sing/sang/sung
sink/sank/sunk
sit/sat/sat
sleep/slept/slept
speak/spoke/spoken
spend/spent/spent
spill/spilled (or spilt)/spilled (or spilt)
spread/spread/spread
speed/sped/sped
stand/stood/stood
steal/stole/stolen
stick/stuck/stuck
sting/stung/stung
stink/stank/stunk
swear/swore/sworn
sweep/swept/swept
swim/swam/swum
swing/swung/swung
take/took/taken
teach/taught/taught
tear/tore/torn
tell/told/told
think/thought/thought
throw/threw/thrown
understand/understood/understood
wake/woke/woken
wear/wore/worn
win/won/won
write/wrote/written
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