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The Greenland School English Department

Common Irregular Verbs in English
The list below is a list of some irregular verbs that are part of the English language. A comprehensive dictionary can tell you when a verb is regular or irregular or both and its uses in context as the verbs burn (n° 24) or dream (n° 43), for example. Irregular verbs are very common in English, that’s why it is veryimportant to study them. Notice that basically there are three types of irregular verbs: 1. Those that change in their three forms. (Ex. nº41) 2. Those that change in one of their forms. (Ex. nº86) 3. Those that remain the same in their three forms.(Ex.n° 97)

Irregular Verbs
Base Form (Third person) Spanish Translation(s)

Past Simple Form

Past Participle Form

1. 2.

Arise(s) /Awake(s) /

ra z / / z / we k / / s /

arose / Awoke /

r w

z/ k/

arisen / r z n / awoken / w k n/

3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Be (is, are) / bi / / z / / Bear(s) / be / / z / Beat(s) / bi:t / / s / Become(s) / bi k m / / z / Beget(s) / bi et / / s /

/

was / w z / were / w / bore / b / beat became / bi ke m / begot / bi t/

been / bi:n /

borne / b n / beaten / 'bi:tn / become begot /begotten (Am.) / t n/ begun / bi beheld bent/bended n/

8. 9.

Begin(s) / bi

n//z/ ld / / z /

began / bi æn / beheld / bi held / bent / bent / bended / bend d / beset bet / bet / betted / bet d / bid / b d /

Behold(s) / bi h

10. Bend(s) / bend / / z /

11. Beset(s) / bi set / / s / 12. Bet(s) / bet / / s /

beset bet / betted

13. Bid(s) / b d / / z /

bid / b d /

14. Bid(s)/ b d / / z /

bade / bæd / / be d /

bidden / b d n /

15. Bind(s) / ba nd / / z / 16. Bite(s) / ba t / / s / 17. Bleed(s) / bli d / / z /

bound / ba nd / bit / b t / bled / bled /

bound bitten / b t n / bled

18. Bless(es) / bles / / z /

blest / blest / blessed / blest / blew / blu / broke / br k/

blest blessed blown / bl broken / br bred brought built burnt/burned n/ k n19. Blow(s) / bl

//z/

20. Break(s) / bre k / / s / 21. Breed(s) / bri d / / z / 22. Bring(s) / br ŋ / / z / 23. Build(s) build / b ld / / z / 24. Burn(s) / b n / / z /

bred / bred / brought / br t / built / b lt / burnt / b nt / burned / b nd / burst/ b st / bust/ b st / busted / b st d / bought / b t / could / k d / cast / k st / caught / k t / chose / t z/

25. Burst(s) / b st / / s/ 26. Bust(s) / b st / / s /

burst bust/busted

27. Buy(s) / ba / / z / 28. Can / kæn / 29. Cast(s) / k st / / s / 30. Catch(es) / kæt / / z / 31. Choose(s) / t u z / / z / 32. Cleave(s) / kli v / / z /

bought … cast caught chosen / t o z n / cleaved cleft cloven / kl v n / clung come / k m / cost crept cut dealt dug dove / dived

cleaved / kli vd / cleft / kleft / clove / kl v / clung/ kl ŋ / came / ke m / cost / k st / crept / krept / cut / c t / dealt / delt / dug / d /

33. Cling(s) / kl ŋ / / z / 34. Come(s) / k m / / z / 35. Cost(s) / k st / / s / 36. Creep(s) / kri p / / s / 37. Cut(s) / c t / / s / 38. Deal(s) / di l / / z / 39. Dig(s) / d //z/

40. Dive(s) / da v / / z /

dove / d v / dived da vd did / d d / drew / dru / dreamt / dremt / dreamed / dri md / drank/ dræŋk / drove / dr v/

41. Do(es) / du / / d z / 42. Draw(s) / dr / / z / 43. Dream(s) / dri m / / z /

done / d n / drawn / dr n / dreamt/dreamed

44. Drink(s) / dr ŋk / / s / 45. Drive(s) / dra v / / z / 46. Dwell(s) / dwel / / z /

drunk / dr ŋk / driven / dr v n / dwelt/ dwelled

dwelt / dwelt / dwelled / dweld /

47. Eat(s) / i t / / s / 48. Fall(s) / f l / / z / 49. Feed(s) /fi d / / z / 50. Feel(s) / fi l / / z / 51. Fight(s) / fa t / / s / 52. Find(s) / fa nd / / z / 53. Fit(s) / f t / / s /

ate /et / /e t / fell / fel / fed / fed / felt / felt / fought / f t / found / fa nd / fit / fitted / f t d / fled / fled / flew / flu / forbade / f bæd / forgot / f t/

eaten / i t n / fallen / f l n / fed felt fought found fit / fitted

54. Flee(s) / fli / / z / 55....