Irregular Verbs — Advanced

This list contains 287 irregular verbs of English and includes many uncommon ones. For a list of fewer, go to the Intermediate or Elementary Irregular Verbs Pages.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
arise	arose	arisen
awake	awoke / awaked	awoken / awaked
be	was / were	been
bear	bore	born (given birth) / borne (carried)
beat	beat	beaten / beat
become	became	become
befall	befell	befallen
beget	begot / begat	begot / begotten
begin	began	begun
behold	beheld	beheld
bend	bent	bent
bereave	bereft / bereaved	bereaved
beseech	besought / beseeched	besought / beseeched
beset	beset	beset
bespeak	bespoke	bespoke / bespoken
bestrew	bestrewed	bestrewed / bestrewn
bet	bet / betted	bet / betted
bethink	bethought	bethought
bid (at an auction)	bid	bid
bid (speak a greeting)	bade / bid	bade / bidden / bid
bide	bode / bided	bode / bided
bind	bound	bound
bite	bit	bitten / bit
bleed	bled	bled
blend	blended / UK blent	blended
bless	blest / blessed	blest / blessed
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
breastfeed	breastfed	breastfed
breed	bred	bred
bring	brought	brought
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
browbeat	browbeat	browbeat / browbeaten
build	built	built
burn	burnt / burned	burnt / burned
burst	burst	burst
bust	busted / bust	busted / bust
buy	bought	bought
can	could	been able to
cast	cast	cast
catch	caught	caught
chide	chid / chided	chid / chidden / chided
choose	chose	chosen
cleave	cleft / clove / cleaved	cleft / cleaved / cloven
cling	clung	clung
come	came	come
cost (intransitive: be priced at)	cost	cost
cost (transitive: assign a price to)	costed	costed
creep	crept	crept
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dig	dug	dug
dive	dived, US dove	dived, US dove
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
dream	dreamt / dreamed	dreamt / dreamed
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
dwell	dwelt / dwelled	dwelt / dwelled
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feed	fed	fed
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fit (to be the right size)	fit	fit
fit (to tailor, to adjust the size)	fit / fitted	fit / fitted
flee	fled	fled
fling	flung	flung
fly	flew / flied (baseball)	flown / flied (baseball)
forbid	forbade	forbidden / forbid
forecast	forecast / UK forecasted	forecast / UK forecasted
forego (also forgo)	forewent	foregone
foreknow	foreknew	foreknown
forerun	foreran	forerun
foresee	foresaw	foreseen
forespeak	forespoke	forespoken
foreshow	foreshowed	foreshown / foreshowed
foretell	foretold	foretold
forget	forgot	forgotten / forgot
forgive	forgave	forgiven
forsake	forsook	forsaken
forswear	forswore	forsworn
freeze	froze	frozen
geld	gelt / gelded	gelt / gelded
get	got	got / US gotten
ghostwrite	ghostwrote	ghostwritten
gild	gilt / gilded	gilt / gilded
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grave	graved	graven / graved
grind	ground	ground
grow	grew	grown
handwrite	handwrote	handwritten
hang (suspend)	hung	hung
hang (execute by hanging)	hanged	hanged
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
heave (Nautical term)	heaved / hove	heaved / hove
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
housesit	housesat	housesat
hurt	hurt	hurt
input	input / inputted	input / inputted
inset	inset	inset
interbreed	interbred	interbred
interweave	interwove	interwoven
keep	kept	kept
kneel	knelt / US kneeled	knelt / US kneeled
knit	knit / knitted	knit / knitted
know	knew	known
lay (to put, to place; transitive)	laid	laid
lead	led	led
lean	leaned / UK leant	leaned / UK leant
leap	leapt / leaped	leapt / leaped
learn	learned / UK learnt	learned / UK learnt
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
let	let	let
lie (to put oneself horizontally; intransitive)	lay	lain
light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
mishear	misheard	misheard
mislay	mislaid	mislaid
mislead	misled	misled
misread	misread	misread
misspell	misspelled / UK misspelt	misspelled / UK misspelt
mistake	mistook	mistaken
misunderstand	misunderstood	misunderstood
mow	mowed	mown / US mowed
must	had to / must	had to
outbid	outbid	outbid / outbidden
outdo	outdid	outdone
outgrow	outgrew	outgrown
outrun	outran	outrun
outsell	outsold	outsold
overcast	overcast	overcast
overcome	overcame	overcome
overdo	overdid	overdone
overdraw	overdrew	overdrawn
overeat	overate	overeaten
overhang	overhung	overhung
overhear	overheard	overheard
overlay	overlaid	overlaid
overlie	overlay	overlain
overpay	overpaid	overpaid
override	overrode	overridden
overrun	overran	overrun
oversee	oversaw	overseen
oversell	oversold	oversold
overshoot	overshot	overshot
oversleep	overslept	overslept
overtake	overtook	overtaken
overthrow	overthrew	overthrown
partake	partook	partaken
pay	paid	paid
pen (write)	penned	penned
pen (enclose)	penned / pent	penned / pent
picnic	picnicked	picnicked
plead	pled / pleaded	pled / pleaded
pre-set	pre-set	pre-set
proofread	proofread	proofread
prove	proved	proved / US proven
put	put	put
quit	quit / quitted	quit / quitted
read	read (sounds like "red")	read (sounds like "red")
rebind	rebound	rebound
rebuild	rebuilt	rebuilt
recast	recast	recast
redo	redid	redone
re-lay (for example, tiles or bricks)	re-laid	re-laid
remake	remade	remade
rend	UK rent / US rended	UK rent / US rended
repay	repaid	repaid
rerun	reran	rerun
resell	resold	resold
reset	reset	reset
rethink	rethought	rethought
rewind	rewound	rewound
rewrite	rewrote	rewritten
rid	rid	rid
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
saw	sawed	sawed / sawn
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
seek	sought	sought
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
set	set	set
sew	sewed	sewn / sewed
shake	shook	shaken
shave	shaved	shaved / shaven
shear	sheared	shorn / sheared
shed	shed	shed
shine	shone / shined	shone / shined
shine (to polish something, such as shoes)	shined	shined
shit	shit / UK shat	shit / UK shat
shoe	shoed	shoed / shod
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown / showed
shrink	shrank / US shrunk	shrunk / US shrunken
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 / slinked	slunk / slinked
slit	slit	slit
smell	US smelled / smelt	US smelled / smelt
smite	smote	smitten
sneak	US sneaked / snuck	US sneaked / snuck
sow	sowed	sowed / sown
speak	spoke	spoken
speed	sped / US speeded	sped / US speeded
spell	US spelled / spelt	US spelled / spelt
spend	spent	spent
spill	spilled / spilt	spilled / spilt
spin	spun / AuE span	spun
spit	spat / US spit	spat / US spit
split	split	split
spoil	spoiled / spoilt	spoiled / spoilt
spoon-feed	spoon-fed	spoon-fed
spread	spread	spread
spring	sprang / US sprung	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 (delete)	struck	stricken
strike (hit)	struck	struck / stricken
string	strung	strung
strive	strove	striven / strived
swear	swore	sworn
sweat	sweat / sweated	sweat / sweated
sweep	swept	swept
swell	swelled	swollen / swelled
swim	swam	swum
swing	swung	swung
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
thrive	thrived / US throve	thrived / US thriven
throw	threw	thrown
thrust	thrust	thrust
tread	trod	trodden, trod
unbind	unbound	unbound
undergo	underwent	undergone
underlie	underlay	underlain
understand	understood	understood
undertake	undertook	undertaken
underwrite	underwrote	underwritten
undo	undid	undone
unwind	unwound	unwound
uphold	upheld	upheld
upset	upset	upset
wake	woke / waked	woken / waked
waylay	waylaid	waylaid
wear	wore	worn
weave	wove	woven
wed	wed / wedded	wed / wedded
weep	wept	wept
wend	went	went
wet	wet / wetted	wet / wetted
win	won	won
wind	wound	wound
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn
withhold	withheld	withheld
withstand	withstood	withstood
work	worked / wrought (uncommon)	worked / wrought (uncommon)
wring	wrung	wrung
write	wrote	written