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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 3rd edition

Irregular verbs
This is a list of the English verbs that have an irregular past simple tense and an irregular
past participle. If more than one form is listed, it could be because each form has a different
meaning. You should check this in the dictionary.
Infinitive

Past Simple

Past Participle

Infinitive

Past Simple

Past Participlearise
awake

arisen
awoken

be
bear

arose
awoke
(US also awaked)
was/were
bore

beat

beat

beget
become
befall
begin
behold
belie
bend
beseech

begot, begat
became
befell
began
beheld
belied
bent
beseeched,
besought
bestrewed

draw
dream
drink
drive
dwell
eat
fall
feed
feel
fight
find
flee
fling
fly
forbid
forecast

drew
dreamed, dreamt
drank
drove
dwelt, dwelled
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
found
fledflung
flew
forbade, forbad
forecasted, forecast

foresee
forget
forgive
forgo
forsake
forswear
freeze
gainsay
get

foresaw
forgot
forgave
forwent
forsook
forswore
froze
gainsaid
got

gird
give
go
grind
grow
hang
have
hear
hew
hide
hit
hold
hurt
input
interbreed
interweave
keep
kneel
knit

girded, girt
gave
went
ground
grew
hung, hanged
had
heard
hewed
hid
hit
held
hurt
inputted, input
interbredinterwove
kept
knelt, kneeled
knitted, knit

know
lead
lean

knew
led
leaned (UK also
leant)
leapt, leaped

drawn
dreamed, dreamt
drunk
driven
dwelt, dwelled
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
found
fled
flung
flown
forbidden
forecasted,
forecast
foreseen
forgotten
forgiven
forgone
forsaken
forsworn
frozen
gainsaid
got (US also
gotten)
girded, girt
given
gone
ground
grown
hung, hanged
had
heard
hewed,hewn
hidden
hit
held
hurt
inputted, input
interbred
interwoven
kept
knelt, kneeled
knitted (US also
knit)
known
led
leaned (UK also
leant)
leapt, leaped

bestrew
bestride
bet
bid
bind
bite
bleed
bless
blow
break
breed
bring
broadcast
build
burn
burst
bust
buy
cast
catch
choose
cleave
cling
come
cost
creep
cut
deal
dig
dive

bestrode
bet, betted
bid, bade
bound
bit
bled
blessed, blest
blew
broke
bredbrought
broadcast
(US also
broadcasted)
built
burnt, burned
burst
(UK) bust,
(US) busted
bought
cast
caught
chose
cleaved (US
also clove)
clung
came
cost, costed
crept
cut
dealt
dug
dived (US also
dove)

been
borne
(US also born)
beaten
(US also beat)
begotten, begot
become
befallen
begun
beheld
belied
bent
beseeched,
besought
bestrewn,
bestrewed
bestridden
bet, betted
bid, bidden
bound
bittenbled
blessed, blest
blown
broken
bred
brought
broadcast
(US also
broadcasted)
built
burnt, burned
burst
(UK) bust,
(US) busted
bought
cast
caught
chosen
cleaved, cloven
clung
come
cost, costed
crept
cut
dealt
dug
dived

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 3rd edition
Infinitive

Past Simple

Past Participle

Infinitive

Past Simple

Past Participlelearn

learned (UK also
learnt)
left
lent
let
lay, lied
lit, lighted
lip-read
lost
made
mean
met
mimicked
miscast
misheard
mislaid
misled
misspelled
(UK also misspelt)

learned, (UK
also learnt)
left
lent
let
lain, lied
lit, lighted
lip-read
lost
made
meant
met
mimicked
miscast
misheard
mislaid
misled
misspelled
(UK also
misspelt)
misspent
mistaken
misunderstood
mown, mowed
offset
outbid, outbiddenoutdone
outfought
outgrown
outrun
outsold
outshone
overbid
overcome
overdone
overdrawn
overeaten
overhung
overheard
overlaid
overloaded (UK
also overladen)
overpaid
overridden
overrun
overseen
overshot
overslept
overspent
overtaken
overthrown
overwritten
partaken
paid
pleaded (US
also pled)
preset
proved, proven
put
quit, quitted
read /red/
rebuilt
recast

refit
remake
rend

refit, refitted
remaderent (US also
rended)
repaid
reran
resat
rethought
rewrote
rid
rode
rang
rose
ran
sawed

refit, refitted
remade
rent (US also
rended)
repaid
rerun
resat
rethought
rewritten
rid
ridden
rung
risen
run
sawn (US also
sawed)
said
seen
sought
sold
sent
set
sewn, sewed
shaken
sheared, shorn
shed
shone
shit, shat, shitted
shod (US also
shoed)
shot
shown
shrunk
shut
sunk
sat
slain
slept
slid
slung
slunk...