Irregular Verb Tense

A Arise Arose Arisen Awake Awoke Awakened/awoken B Be Was/were Been Bear Bore Born/borne Beat Beat Beaten/beat Become Became Become Begin Began Begun Bend Bent Bent Bet Bet/betted Bet/betted bid(farewell) Bid/bade Bidden bid(offer amount) Bid Bid Bind Bound Bound Bite Bit Bitten Bleed Bled Bled Blow Blew Blown break Broke Broken Breed Bred Bred Bring Brought Brought Build Built Built Burn Burned/burnt Burned/burnt Burst Burst Burst Bust Busted/bust Busted/bust Buy Bought bought C Cast Cast Cast Catch Caught Caught Choose Chose Chosen Cling Clung Clung Clothe Clothed/clad Clothed/clad Come Came Come Cost Cost Cost Creep Crept Crept Cut Cut cut D Deal Dealt Dealt Dig Dug Dug Dive (jump head-first) Dove/dived Dived Dive (scuba diving) Dived/dove Dived Do Did Done Draw Drew Drawn Dream Dreamed/dreamt Dreamed/dreamt Drink Drank Drunk Drive Drove Driven Dwell Dwelt/dwelled Dwelt/dwelled E Eat Ate eaten F Fall Fell Fallen Feed Fed Fed Feel Felt Felt Fight Fought Fought Find Found Found Fit (tailor, change size) Fitted/fit Fitted/fit Fit (be right size) Fit/fitted Fit/fitted Flee Fled Fled Fling Flung Flung Fly Flew Flown Forbid Forbade Forbidden Forget Forgot Forgotten/forgot Forgive Forgave Forgiven Forsake Forsook forsaken Freeze Froze frozen G Get Got Gotten/got Give Gave Given Go Went Gone Grind Ground Ground Grow Grew grown H Hang Hung Hung Have Had Had Hear Heard Heard Hide Hid Hidden Hit Hit Hit Hold Held Held Hurt Hurt Hurt K Keep Kept Kept Kneel Knelt/kneeled Knelt/kneeled Knit Knitted/knit Knitted/knit Know Knew known L Lay Laid Laid Lead Led Led Lean Leaned/leant Leaned/leant Leap Leaped/leapt Leaped/leapt Learn Learned/learnt Learned/learnt Leave Left Left Lend Lent Lent Let Let Let Lie Lay lain Light Lit/lighted Lit/lighted Lost Lost Lost M Make Made Made Mean Meant Meant Meet Met Met Mow Mowed Mowed/mown P Pay Paid Paid Plead Pleaded/pled Pleaded/pled Prove Proved Proven/proved Put Put Put Q Quit Quit/quitted Quit/quitted R Read Read (sounds like “red”) Read (sounds like “red”) Rid Rid Rid Ride Rode Ridden Ring Rang Rung Rise Rose Risen Run Ran Run S 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 Sheared/shorn Shed Shed Shed Shine Shined/shone Shined/shone Shoot Shot Shot Show Showed Shown/showed Shrink Shrank/shrunk Shrunk Shut Shut Shut Sing Sang Sung Sink Sank/sunk Sunk Sit Sat Sat Slay (kill) Slew/slayed Slain/slayed Sleep Slept Slept Slide Slid Slid Sling Slung Slung Slink Slinked/slunk Slinked/slunk Slit Slit Slit Smell Smelled/smelt Smelled/smelt Sneak Sneaked/snuck Sneaked/snuck Sow Sowed Sown/sowed Speak Spoke Spoken Speed Sped/speeded Sped/speeded Spell Spelled/spelt Spelled/spelt Spend Spent Spent Spill Spilled/spilt Spilled/spilt Spin Spun Spun Spit Spit/spat Spit/spat Split Split Split Spoil Spoiled/spoilt Spoiled/spoilt Spoon-feed Spoon-fed Spoon-fed Spread Spread Spread Spring Sprang/sprung sprung Stand Stood Stood Steal Stole Stolen Stick Stuck Stuck Sting Stung Stung Stink Stunk/stank Stunk Strew Strewed Strewn/strewed Stride Strode Stridden Strike (delete) Struck Striken Strike (hit) Struck Struck/stricken String Strung Strung Strive Strove/strived Striven/strived Sublet Sublet Sublet Swear Swore Sworn Sweat Sweat/sweated Sweat/sweated Sweep Swept Swept Swell Swelled Swollen/swelled Swim Swam Swum Swing Swung Swung T Take Took Taken Teach Taught Taught Tear Tore Torn Tell Told Told Think Thought Thought Throw Threw Thrown Thrust Thrust Thrust Tread Trod Trodden/trod U Understand Understood Understood W Wake Woke/waked Woken/waked Wear Wore Worn Weave Wove/weaved Woven/weaved Wed Wed/wedded Wed/wedded Weep Wept wept Wet Wet Wet Win Won Won Wind Wound Wound Wring Wrung Wrung Write Wrote Written ****** Notes ****** Remember the tense of the verbs on this list do not change even when a prefix is added to the base word (for examples: A-, Dis-, Fore-, For-, In-, Inter-, Mis-, Off-, Out-, Over-, Pre-, Re-, Un-, Under-, Up-, With-, etc.) Compound words made from the base verb do not change from their original tense for; example: “broadcast” (as in television or radio broadcast) doesn't change it's tense form from the base word “cast.” So in it's Simple Present and Past Participle form; broadcast follows the same exact rules as the tense changes made for “cast.” Irregular Verb Tenses Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle