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Common English Irregular Verb List

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
Abide	Abode/Abided	Abode/Abided/Abidden
Alight	Alit/Alighted	Alit/Alighted
Arise	Arose	Arisen
Awake	Awoke	Awoken
Be	Was/Were	Been
Bear	Bore	Born/Borne
Beat	Beat	Beaten
Become	Became	Become
Begin	Began	Begun
Behold	Beheld	Beheld
Bend	Bent	Bent
Bet	Bet	Bet
Bid	Bid	Bid
Bid	Bade	Bidden
Bind	Bound	Bound
Bite	Bit	Bitten
Bleed	Bled	Bled
Blow	Blew	Blown
Break	Broke	Broken
Breed	Bred	Bred
Bring	Brought	Brought
Broadcast	Broadcast/Broadcasted	Broadcast/Broadcasted
Build	Built	Built
Burn	Burnt/Burned	Burnt/Burned
Burst	Burst	Burst
Bust	Bust	Bust
Buy	Bought	Bought
Cast	Cast	Cast
Catch	Caught	Caught
Choose	Chose	Chosen
Clap	Clapped/Clapt	Clapped/Clapt
Cling	Clung	Clung
Clothe	Clad/Clothed	Clad/Clothed
Come	Came	Come
Cost	Cost	Cost
Countersink	Countersank, Countersunk	Countersunk
Creep	Crept	Crept
Cut	Cut	Cut
Dare	Dared/Durst	Dared
Deal	Dealt	Dealt
Dig	Dug	Dug
Dive	Dived/Dove	Dived
Do	Did	Done
Draw	Drew	Drawn
Dream	Dreamt/Dreamed	Dreamt/Dreamed
Drink	Drank	Drunk
Drive	Drove	Driven
Dwell	Dwelt	Dwelt
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Feed	Fed	Fed
Feel	Felt	Felt
Fight	Fought	Fought
Find	Found	Found
Fit	Fit/Fitted	Fit/Fitted
Flee	Fled	Fled
Fling	Flung	Flung
Fly	Flew	Flown
Forbid	Forbade/Forbad	Forbidden
Forecast	Forecast/Forecasted	Forecast/Forecasted
Foresee	Foresaw	Foreseen
Foretell	Foretold	Foretold
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken
Freeze	Froze	Frozen
Frostbite	Frostbit	Frostbitten
Get	Got	Got/Gotten
Give	Gave	Given
Go	Went	Gone/Been
Grind	Ground	Ground
Grow	Grew	Grown
Handwrite	Handwrote	Handwritten
Hang	Hung/Hanged	Hung/Hanged
Have	Had	Had
Hear	Heard	Heard
Hide	Hid	Hidden
Hit	Hit	Hit
Hold	Held	Held
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt
Inlay	Inlaid	Inlaid
Input	Input/Inputted	Input/Inputted
Interlay	Interlaid	Interlaid
Keep	Kept	Kept
Kneel	Knelt/Kneeled	Knelt/Kneeled
Knit	Knit/Knitted	Knit/Knitted
Know	Knew	Known
Lay	Laid	Laid
Lead	Led	Led
Lean	Leant/Leaned	Leant/Leaned
Leap	Leapt/Leaped	Leapt/Leaped
Learn	Learnt/Learned	Learnt/Learned
Leave	Left	Left
Lend	Lent	Lent
Let	Let	Let
Lie	Lay	Lain
Light	Lit	Lit
Lose	Lost	Lost
Make	Made	Made
Mean	Meant	Meant
Meet	Met	Met
Melt	Melted	Molten/Melted
Mislead	Misled	Misled
Mistake	Mistook	Mistaken
Misunderstand	Misunderstood	Misunderstood
Miswed	Miswed/Miswedded	Miswed/Miswedded
Mow	Mowed	Mown
Overdraw	Overdrew	Overdrawn
Overhear	Overheard	Overheard
Overtake	Overtook	Overtaken
Pay	Paid	Paid
Preset	Preset	Preset
Prove	Proved	Proven/Proved
Put	Put	Put
Quit	Quit	Quit
Re-prove	Re-proved	Re-proven/Re-proved
Read	Read	Read
Rid	Rid/Ridded	Rid/Ridded
Ride	Rode	Ridden
Ring	Rang	Rung
Rise	Rose	Risen
Rive	Rived	Riven/Rived
Run	Ran	Run
Saw	Sawed	Sawn/Sawed
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	Shaven/Shaved
Shear	Shore/Sheared	Shorn/Sheared
Shed	Shed	Shed
Shine	Shone	Shone
Shoe	Shod	Shod
Shoot	Shot	Shot
Show	Showed	Shown
Shrink	Shrank	Shrunk
Shut	Shut	Shut
Sing	Sang	Sung
Sink	Sank	Sunk
Sit	Sat	Sat
Slay	Slew	Slain
Sleep	Slept	Slept
Slide	Slid	Slid/Slidden
Sling	Slung	Slung
Slink	Slunk	Slunk
Slit	Slit	Slit
Smell	Smelt/Smelled	Smelt/Smelled
Sneak	Sneaked/Snuck	Sneaked/Snuck
Soothsay	Soothsaid	Soothsaid
Sow	Sowed	Sown
Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Speed	Sped/Speeded	Sped/Speeded
Spell	Spelt/Spelled	Spelt/Spelled
Spend	Spent	Spent
Spill	Spilt/Spilled	Spilt/Spilled
Spin	Span/Spun	Spun
Spit	Spat/Spit	Spat/Spit
Split	Split	Split
Spoil	Spoilt/Spoiled	Spoilt/Spoiled
Spread	Spread	Spread
Spring	Sprang	Sprung
Stand	Stood	Stood
Steal	Stole	Stolen
Stick	Stuck	Stuck
Sting	Stung	Stung
Stink	Stank	Stunk
Stride	Strode/Strided	Stridden
Strike	Struck	Struck/Stricken
String	Strung	Strung
Strip	Stript/Stripped	Stript/Stripped
Strive	Strove	Striven
Sublet	Sublet	Sublet
Sunburn	Sunburned/Sunburnt	Sunburned/Sunburnt
Swear	Swore	Sworn
Sweat	Sweat/Sweated	Sweat/Sweated
Sweep	Swept/Sweeped	Swept/Sweeped
Swell	Swelled	Swollen
Swim	Swam	Swum
Swing	Swung	Swung
Take	Took	Taken
Teach	Taught	Taught
Tear	Tore	Torn
Tell	Told	Told
Think	Thought	Thought
Thrive	Throve/Thrived	Thriven/Thrived
Throw	Threw	Thrown
Thrust	Thrust	Thrust
Tread	Trod	Trodden
Undergo	Underwent	Undergone
Understand	Understood	Understood
Undertake	Undertook	Undertaken
Upsell	Upsold	Upsold
Upset	Upset	Upset
Vex	Vext/Vexed	Vext/Vexed
Wake	Woke	Woken
Wear	Wore	Worn
Weave	Wove	Woven
Wed	Wed/Wedded	Wed/Wedded
Weep	Wept	Wept
Wend	Wended/Went	Wended/Went
Wet	Wet/Wetted	Wet/Wetted
Win	Won	Won
Wind	Wound	Wound
Withdraw	Withdrew	Withdrawn
Withhold	Withheld	Withheld
Withstand	Withstood	Withstood
Wring	Wrung	Wrung
Write	Wrote	Written
Zinc	Zinced/Zincked	Zinced/Zincked