Red List: Irregular Verbs

The past tense of verbs is normally formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb:

ask-->asked

However, many common verbs have irregular past forms. Here is a list of some of these verbs. It is useful to memorize this list.

Base form Past tense   Base form Past Tense
become became   lend lent
begin began   let let
bet bet   lie lay
bite bit   lose lost
bleed bled   mean meant
blow blew   meet met
break broke   pay paid
bring brought   put put
build built   read read
buy bought   ride rode
catch caught   ring rang
choose chose   rise rose
come came   run ran
cost cost   say said
cut cut   see saw
dig dug   sell sold
do did   send sent
eat ate   shake shook
fall fell   shoot shot
feed fed   sing sang
feel felt   sit sat
fight fought   sleep slept
find found   speak spoke
fly flew   spend spent
forget forgot   stand stood
get got   steal stole
give gave   swim swam
go went   take took
grow grew   teach taught
have had   tear tore
hear heard   tell told
hide hid   think thought
hit hit   throw threw
hold held   wear wore
hurt hurt   win won
      write wrote
         
 

Advanced Irregular Verbs

Practice #1

Practice #2