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Past Tense Irregular Verbs List: English Grammar Notes

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Past Tense Irregular Verbs List

English Grammar Notes


Part One
The following is a list of Irregular Verbs in English: Verb arise babysit be beat become bend begin bet bind bite bleed blow break breed bring broadcast build buy catch choose come cost cut deal dig Past Simple Past Participle arose babysat was / were beat became bent began bet bound bit bled blew broke bred brought broadcast built bought caught chose came cost cut dealt dug arisen babysat been beaten become bent begun bet bound bitten bled blown broken bred brought broadcast built bought caught chosen come cost cut dealt dug

do draw drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fly forbid forget forgive freeze get give go grow hang* have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead leave lend let lie ** light lose

did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found flew forbade forgot forgave froze got gave went grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led left lent let lay lit lost

done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found flown forbidden forgotten forgiven frozen gotten given gone grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known lain led left lent let lain lit lost

make mean meet pay put quit read *** ride ring rise run say see sell send set shake shine shoot show shut sing sink sit sleep slide speak spend spin spread stand steal stick sting strike swear

made meant met paid put quit read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent set shook shone shot showed shut sang sank sat slept slid spoke spent spun spread stood stole stuck stung struck swore

made meant met paid put quit read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent set shaken shone shot shown shut sung sunk sat slept slid spoken spent spun spread stood stolen stuck stung struck sworn

sweep swept swim swam swing swung take took teach taught tear tore tell told think thought throw threw understand understood wake woke wear wore win won withdraw withdrew write wrote

swept swum swung taken taught torn told thought thrown understood woken worn won withdrawn written

Part Two
The following verbs can be regular or irregular: Verb Past Simple Past Participle

burn burned OR burnt burned OR burnt dream dreamed OR dreamt dreamed OR dreamt learn learned OR learnt learned OR learnt smell smelled OR smelt smelled OR smelt

Part Three
Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form: Verb bet broadcast cut hit hurt let put quit read set shut spread Past Simple Past Participle bet broadcast cut hit hurt let put quit read set shut spread bet broadcast cut hit hurt let put quit read set shut spread

To Be - Past Tense
English Grammar Notes
To Be - Affirmative
Subject I You He She It We You They To Be was were was was was were were were Examples I was tired this morning. You were very good. He was the best in his class. She was late for work. It was a sunny day. We were at home. You were on holiday. They were happy with their test results.

To Be - Negative Sentences
The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were). Subject I You He She It We You They To Be Examples

was not I was not tired this morning. were not was not was not was not were not were not were not You were not crazy. He was not married. She was not famous. It was not hot yesterday. We were not invited. You were not at the party. They were not friends.

Verb Tense Overview with Examples


Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future If you are having problems, I will help you study English. I am going to study English next year. Future Continuous I will be studying English when you arrive tonight. I am studying English now. I was studying English when you called yesterday. I am going to be studying English when you arrive tonight. Future Perfect I will have studied every tense by the time I finish this course. I have studied English in severaldifferent countries. I had studied a little English beforeI moved to the U.S. I am going to have studied every tense by the time I finish this course. Future Perfect Continuous I will have been studying English for over two hours by the time you arrive. I am going to have been studying English for over two hours by the time you arrive.

I study English every day.

Two years ago, I studied English in England.

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

I have been studying English for fiveyears.

I had been studying English for fiveyears before I moved to the U.S.

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