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infinitive
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past simple
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past participle
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infinitive
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past simple
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past participle
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| be | was/were | been | make | made | made | |
| beat | beat | beaten | mean | meant | meant | |
| become | became | become | meet | met | met | |
| begin | began | begun | pay | paid | paid | |
| bend | bent | bent | put | put | put | |
| bite | bit | bitten | read | read [red] | read [red] | |
| bleed | bled | bled | ride | rode | ridden | |
| blow | blew | blown | ring | rang | rung | |
| break | broke | broken | rise | rose | risen | |
| bring | brought | brought | run | ran | run | |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast | say | said | said | |
| build | built | built | see | saw | seen | |
| buy | bought | bought | seek | sought | sought | |
| catch | caught | caught | sell | sold | sold | |
| choose | chose | chosen | send | sent | sent | |
| come | came | come | set | set | set | |
| cost | cost | cost | sew | sewed | sewn/sewed | |
| creep | crept | crept | shake | shook | shaken | |
| cut | cut | cut | shine | shone | shone | |
| deal | dealt | dealt | shoot | shot | shot | |
| dig | dug | dug | show | showed | shown/showed | |
| do | did | done | shrink | shrank | shrunk | |
| draw | drew | drawn | shut | shut | shut | |
| drink | drank | drunk | sing | sang | sung | |
| drive | drove | driven | sink | sank | sunk | |
| eat | ate | eaten | sit | sat | sat | |
| fall | fell | fallen | sleep | slept | slept | |
| feed | fed | fed | slide | slid | slid | |
| feel | felt | felt | speak | spoke | spoken | |
| fight | fought | fought | spend | spent | spent | |
| find | found | found | spin | spun | spun | |
| flee | fled | fled | spit | spat | spat | |
| fly | flew | flown | split | split | split | |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden | spread | spread | spread | |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | spring | sprang | sprung | |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | stand | stood | stood | |
| freeze | froze | frozen | steal | stole | stolen | |
| get | got | got/gotten (amer.) | stick | stuck | stuck | |
| give | gave | given | sting | stung | stung | |
| go | went | gone | stink | stank | stunk | |
| grow | grew | grown | strike | struck | struck | |
| hang (up) | hung | hung | swear | swore | sworn | |
| have | had | had | sweep | swept | swept | |
| hear | heard | heard | swim | swam | swum | |
| hide | hid | hidden | swing | swung | swung | |
| hit | hit | hit | take | took | taken | |
| hold | held | held | teach | taught | taught | |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | tear | tore | torn | |
| keep | kept | kept | tell | told | told | |
| kneel | knelt | knelt | think | thought | thought | |
| know | knew | known | throw | threw | thrown | |
| lay | laid | laid | understand | understood | understood | |
| lead | led | led | wake | woke | woken | |
| leave | left | left | wear | wore | worn | |
| lend | lent | lent | weep | wept | wept | |
| let | let | let | win | won | won | |
| lie (down) | lay | lain | wind | wound | wound | |
| light | lit | lit | write | wrote | written | |
| lose | lost | lost |
The verbs in this list are also irregular when they have a prefix, e.g.
overtake – overtook – overtaken
foretell – foretold – foretold
A few verbs have irregular present simple forms:
| verb | present simple |
| be | I am; you/we/they are; he/she/it is |
| do | he/she/it does |
| go | he/she/it goes |
| have | he/she/it has |
| say | he/she/it says |