English Grammar : Irregular verbs
 
IRREGULAR VERBS

List of Irregular verbs  in English Grammar

Uses of IRREGULAR VERBS

Irregular verb are those that does not form their simple past tense or their past participle by adding -ed or -d to the base form.

An irregular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows a different pattern, or one of the different patterns, of the language to which it belongs.

Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t take on the regular –d, -ed, or -ied spelling patterns of the past simple (V2) or past participle (V3). Irregular verbs are also known as strong verbs. Here are nine that are used more often than the rest. These nine irregular verb examples also happen to be among the most commonly used words in the English language. They are:

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Two of the forms are the same:
  • Base Form
  • Come
  • Past Tense
  • Came
  • Past Participle
  • Come
  • Present Participle
  • Coming
Examples with irregular verbs where two of the forms are the same.
  • » Please come to the party.
  • » My best friends came to the party.
  • » All of my best friends have come to the party.
List of Irregular Verbs where Two of the forms are the same:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Abide Abode Abode Abiding
    Awake Awoke Awoken Awaking
    Beseech Besought Besought Beseeching
    Behold Beheld Beheld Beholding
    Beat Beat Beaten Beating
    Become Became Become Becoming
    Bend Bent Bent Bending
    Bind Bound Bound Binding
    Bleed Bled Bled Bleeding
    Breed Bred Bred Breeding
    Bring Brought Brought Bringing
    Build Built Built Building
    Burn Burnt/Burned Burnt/Burned Burning
    Buy Bought Bought Buying
    Catch Caught Caught Catching
    Cling Clung Clung Clinging
    Come Came Come Coming
    Creep Crept Crept Creeping
    Deal Dealt Dealt Dealing
    Dig Dug Dug Digging
    Dream Dreamt/Dreamed Dreamt/Dreamed Dreaming
    Dwell Dwelt Dwelt Dwelling
    Feed Fed Fed Feeding
    Feel Felt Felt Feeling
    Fight Fought Fought Fighting
    Find Found Found Finding
    Get Got Got Getting
    Grind Ground Ground Grinding
    Hang Hung Hung Hanging
    Have Had Had Having
    Hear Heard Heard Hearing
    Hold Held Held Holding
    Keep Kept Kept Keeping
    Kneel Knelt Knelt Kneeling
    Lay Laid Laid Laying
    Lead Led Led Leading
    Lean Lent/Leaned Lent/Leaned Leaning
    Learn Learnt/Learned Learnt/Learned Learning
    Leap Leapt/Leaped Leapt/Leaped Leaping
    Leave Left Left Leaving
    Lend Lent Lent Lending
    Light Lit Lit Lighting
    Lose Lost Lost Losing
    Make Made Made Making
    Mean Meant Meant Meaning
    Meet Met Met Meeting
    Pay Paid Paid Paying
    Run Ran Run Running
    Say Said Said Saying
    Sell Sold Sold Selling
    Send Sent Sent Sending
    Shine Shone Shone Shining
    Shoot Shot Shot Shooting
    Sit Sat Sat Sitting
    Slay Slew Slain Slaying
    Sleep Slept Slept Sleeping
    Smell Smelt/Smelled Smelt/Smelled Smelling
    Speed Sped Sped Speeding
    Spell Spelt Spelt Spelling
    Spend Spent Spent Spending
    Spill Spilt/Spilled Spilt/Spilled Spilling
    Spit Spat Spat Spitting
    Spoil Spoilt/Spoiled Spoilt/Spoiled Spoiling
    Stand Stood Stood Standing
    Stick Stuck Stuck Sticking
    Sting Stung Stung Stinging
    Strike Struck Struck Striking
    Sweep Swept Swept Sweeping
    Swing Swung Swung Swinging
    Teach Taught Taught Teaching
    Tell Told Told Telling
    Think Thought Thought Thinking
    Understand Understood Understood Understanding
    Weep Wept Wept Weeping
    Win Won Won Wining
    Wind Wound Wound Winding
All three forms are the same:
  • Base Form
  • Cut
  • Past Tense
  • Cut
  • Past Participle
  • Cut
  • Present Participle
  • Cutting
Examples with Irregular verbs where all three forms are the same:
  • » My son often cuts himself while shaving.
  • » Pinal cut his finger with a knife when he was cooking.
  • » The hairdresser has cut Rohit's hair very short.
List of Irregular Verbs where all three forms are the same:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Bet Bet Bet Betting
    Burst Burst Burst Bursting
    Cost Cost Cost Costing
    Cut Cut Cut Cutting
    Hit Hit Hit Hitting
    Hurt Hurt Hurt Hurting
    Let Let Let Letting
    Put Put Put Putting
    Read Read Read Reading
    Set Set Set Setting
    Shut Shut Shut Shutting
    Split Split Split Splitting
    Spread Spread Spread Spreading
All three forms are different:
  • Base Form
  • Fly
  • Past Tense
  • Flew
  • Past Participle
  • Flown
  • Present Participle
  • Flying
Examples with Irregular verbs where all three forms are different:
  • » I Fly the kite.
  • » I flew the kite.
  • » I have flown the kite.
List of Irregular Verbs where all three forms are different:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Be Was/Were Been Being
    Bear Bore Borne Bearing
    Beget Begot Begotten Begetting
    Begin Began Begun Beginning
    Bid Bade Bidden Biding
    Bite Bit Bitten Biting
    Blow Blew Blown Blowing
    Break Broke Broken Breaking
    Chide Chide Chidden Chidings
    Choose Chose Chosen Choosing
    Do Did Done Doing
    Draw Drew Drawn Drawing
    Drink Drank Drunk Drinking
    Drive Drove Driven Driving
    Eat Ate Eaten Eating
    Fall Fell Fallen Falling
    Fly Flew Flown Flying
    Forbid Forbade Forbidden Forbidding
    Forget Forgot Forgotten Forgetting
    Forgive Forgave Forgiven Forgiving
    Freeze Froze Frozen Freezing
    Give Gave Given Giving
    Go Went Gone Going
    Grow Grew Grown Growing
    Hide Hid Hidden Hiding
    Know Knew Known Knowing
    Lie Lay Lain Lying
    Mistake Mistook Mistaken Mistaking
    Ride Rode Ridden Riding
    Ring Rang Rung Ringing
    Rise Rose Risen Rising
    See Saw Seen Seeing
    Sew Sewed Sewn/Sewed Sewing
    Shake Shook Shaken Shaking
    Show Showed Shown Showing
    Shrink Shrank Shrunk Shrinking
    Sing Sang Sung Singing
    Sink Sank Sunk Sinking
    Speak Spoke Spoken Speaking
    Spring Sprang Sprung Springing
    Steal Stole Stolen Stealing
    Stink Stank Stunk Stinking
    Swear Swore Sworn Swearing
    Swim Swam Swum Swimming
    Take  Took Taken Taking
    Tear Tore Torn Tearing
    Throw Threw Thrown Throwing
    Wake Woke Woken Waking
    Wear Wore Worn Wearing
    Write Wrote Written Writing
Verbs have an alternative past participle form (ending in en) which can only be used adjectively:
  • Base Form
  • Drink
  • Past Tense
  • Drank
  • Past Participle
  • Drunk
  • Present Participle
  • Drinking
Examples with irregular verbs that have an alternative past participle form (ending in en) which can only be used adjectively:
  • » I You mustn't drink and drive.
  • » Riya drank far too much yesterday.
  • » I have drunk too much wine already.
List of Irregular Verbs that have an alternative past participle form (ending in en) which can only be used adjectively:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Drink Drank Drunk Drinking
    Melt Melted Molten Melting
    Prove Proved Proven Proving
    Shave Shaved Shaven Shaving
    Shear Sheared Shorn Shearing
    Shrink Shrunk Shrunken Shrinking
    Sink Sunk Sunken Sinking
    Strike Struck Stricken Striking
Types of Auxiliary Verbs
(1) Auxiliary–cum–verbs.

"Auxiliary-cum-verbs" are :

These 11 auxiliaries are also used as verbs, therefore, they are called Auxiliary–cum–verbs. These are used to form Tenses. ( Please refer Tense Table).

(2) Pure Auxiliary verbs..

These 20 auxiliaries only support normal verbs, therefore, they are called Pure Auxiliary Verbs. They are also called Models or Model Auxiliary Verbs.

Related Topics :
Types of Noun in English Language
Types of Pronoun in English Language
Types of Verb in English Language
Types of Adverb in English Language
Types of Adjective in English Language
Kinds of Preposition in English Language
Types of Conjunction in English Language
Uses of Interjection words in English Language

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