Irregular verbs

IRREGULAR VERBS
These are the most common irregular verbs in English.
All living languages change. English is changing, too. Because of this change, some words have two forms of the past or past participle. Usually one form is used more in British English and the other form is used more in American English.

See also Spelling Tips.

Simple Form Present (he/she/it) Present Participle Past Simple Past Participle
Be يكون am/is/are being was/were been
Beat يهزم beats beating beat beat / beaten
Become يصبح become becoming became become
Begin يبدأ begins beginning began begun
Bite يعض bites biting bit bit
Blowيهب blows blowing blew blown
Break يكسر breaks breaking broke broken
Bring يحضر brings bringing brought brought
buildيبني builds building built built
Burnيحرق يشعل burns burning burnt / burned burnt / burned
buyيشتري buys buying bought bought
Catch يمسك catches catching caught caught
Choose يختار chooses choosing chose chosen
Come يأتي comes coming came come
Cost يكلف costs costing cost cost
Cut يقطع cuts cutting cut cut
Do يفعل does doing did done
Draw يرسم draws drawing drew drawn
Dream يحلم dreams dreaming dreamt / dreamed dreamt / dreamed
Drink يشرب drinks drinking drank drunk
Drive يقود drives driving drove driven
Eat يأكل eats eating ate eaten
Fall يسقط falls falling fell fallen
Feed يطعم feeds feeding fed fed
Feel يشعر feels feeling felt felt
Fight يقاتل fights fighting fought fought
Find يجد finds finding found found
Fly يطير flies flying flew flown
For get ينسي forgets forgetting forgot forgotten
Get يحصل gets getting got got / gotten 1
giveيعطي gives giving gave given
goيذهب goes going went gone
Grow ينمو.يزرع grows growing grew grown
Hangيعلق hangs hanging hung 2 hung 2
Haveيملك has having had had
Hearيسمع hears hearing heard heard
Hideيخفي hides hiding hid hidden
Hitيضرب hits hitting hit hit
Holdيمسك holds holding held held
Hurtيجرح hurts hurting hurt hurt
Keepيربي...يحفظ keeps keeping kept kept
Knowيعرف knows knowing knew known
lay 3يبيض lays laying laid laid
learnيتعلم learns learning learnt / learned learnt / learned
leaveيغادر leaves leaving left left
Lendيقرض lends lending lent lent
Letيترك..يدع lets letting let let
lie 4يكذب lies lying lay lain
Lightيضئ lights lighting lit lit
Loseيفقد loses losing lost lost
Makeيصنع makes making made made
Meanيعني means meaning meant meant
meetيقابل meets meeting met met
Payيدفع pays paying paid paid
putيضع put putting put put
readيقرأ reads reading read 5 read 5
Rideيقود..يركب rides riding rode ridden
ringيرن rings ringing rang Rung
rise rises rising rose Risen
run runs running ran Run
say says saying said Said
see sees seeing saw Seen
sell sells selling sold Sold
send sends sending sent Sent
set sets setting set Set
shake shakes shaking shook Shaken
shine shines shining shone Shone
shoot shoots shooting shot Shot
show shows showing showed Shown
shut shuts shutting shut Shut
sing sings singing sang Sung
sink sinks sinking sank Sunk
sit sits sitting sat Sat
sleep sleeps sleeping slept Slept
smell smells smelling smelt / smelled smelt / smelled
speak speaks speaking spoke Spoken
spend spends spending spent Spent
stand stands standing stood Stood
steal steals stealing stole Stolen
stick sticks sticking stuck Stuck
swim swims swimming swam Swum
take takes taking took Taken
teach teaches teaching taught Taught
tear tears tearing tore Torn
tell tells telling told Told
think thinks thinking thought Thought
throw throws throwing threw Thrown
understand understands understanding understood Understood
wake wakes waking woke Woken
wear wears wearing wore Worn
win wins winning won Won
write writes writing wrote Written

1 American English

2 If you hang a thing, the verb is irregular. But if you hang a person, the verb is regular. Examples: Mona hung the picture on the wall. The police hanged the killer.

3 Lay means to put something down. Many people confuse this with lie (to have your body flat on something or to get into this position) because the past of lie is lay. Don’t you make the same mistake!

4 Lie (to have your body flat on something or to get into this position). Many people confuse this verb with lay. Don’t make the same mistake!

Lie (to say something false) is a regular verb: lies, lying, lied, lied.

5 Pronounced like the colour red.

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