This document lists the base form and past tense form of many irregular English verbs. It includes verbs such as arise/arose, awake/awoke, be/was or were, begin/began, bend/bent, bet/bet, bind/bound, bite/bit, blow/blew, break/broke, bring/brought, build/built, buy/bought, come/came, do/did, drink/drank, drive/drove, eat/ate, fall/fell, feel/felt, find/found, fly/flew, get/got, give/gave, go/went, have/had, know/knew, lay

1. Irregular Past Tense Verbs
The first slide has the base form of the
verb. Try to remember the form of the
verb for the simple past tense before you
look at the next card.
Patricia Galien

2. arise

3. arose

4. awake

5. awoke

6. be

7. was/were

8. bear

9. bore

10. beat

11. beat

12. become

13. became

14. begin

15. began

16. bend

17. bent

18. bet

19. bet

20. bid

21. bid

22. bind

23. bound

24. bite

25. bit

26. bleed

27. bled

28. blow

29. blew

30. break

31. broke

32. breed

33. bred

34. bring

35. brought

36. build

37. built

38. burst

39. burst

40. bust

41. bust

42. buy

43. bought

44. cast

45. cast

46. caught

47. caught

48. choose

49. chose

50. cling

51. clung

52. come

53. came

54. cost

55. cost

56. creep

57. crept

58. cut

59. cut

60. deal

61. dealt

62. dig

63. dug

64. dive

65. dived/dove

66. do

67. did

68. draw

69. drew

70. dream

71. dreamt
dreamed

72. drink

73. drank

74. drive

75. drove

76. dwell

77. dwelt

78. eat

79. ate

80. fall

81. fell

82. feed

83. fed

84. feel

85. felt

86. fight

87. fought

88. find

89. found

90. fit

91. fit
fitted

92. flee

93. fling

94. flung

95. fly

96. flew

97. forbid

98. forbade
forbad

99. forecast

100. forecast
forecasted

101. foresee

102. foresaw

103. foretell

104. foretold

105. forget

106. forgot

107. forgive

108. forgave

109. forsake

110. forsook

111. freeze

112. froze

113. get

114. got

115. give

116. gave

117. go

118. went

119. grind

120. ground

121. grow

122. grew

123. hang

124. hung
hanged

125. have

126. had

127. hear

128. heard

129. hide

130. hid

131. hit

132. hit

133. hold

134. held

135. hurt

136. input

137. input
inputted

138. keep

139. kept

140. kneel

141. knelt
kneeled

142. knit

143. knit
knitted

144. know

145. knew

146. lay

147. laid

148. lead

149. led

150. leap

151. leapt
leaped

152. leave

153. left

154. lend

155. lent

156. let

157. let

158. lie

159. lay

160. light

161. lit

162. lose

163. lost

164. make

165. made

166. mean

167. meant

168. meet

169. met

170. mislead

171. misled

172. mistake

173. mistook

174. misunderstand

175. misunderstood

176. overdraw

177. overdrew

178. overhear

179. overheard

180. overtake

181. overtook

182. pay

183. paid

184. preset

185. preset

186. put

187. put

188. quit

189. quit

190. read

191. read

192. ride

193. rode

194. ring

195. rang

196. rise

197. rose

198. run

199. ran

200. say

201. said

202. see

203. saw

204. seek

205. sought

206. sell

207. sold

208. send

209. sent

210. set

211. set

212. shake

213. shook

214. shear

215. shore
sheared

216. shed

217. shed

218. shine

219. shone

220. shoot

221. shot

222. shrink

223. shrank

224. shut

225. sing

226. sang

227. sink

228. sank

229. sit

230. sat

231. sleep

232. slept

233. slide

234. slid

235. slink

236. slunk

237. slit

238. slit

239. sneak

240. sneaked
snuck

241. speak

242. spoke

243. speed

244. sped
speeded

245. spend

246. spent

247. spin

248. spun

249. spit

250. spat
spit

251. split

252. split

253. spread

254. spread

255. spring

256. sprang

257. stand

258. stood

259. steal

260. stole

261. stick

262. stuck

263. sting

264. stung

265. sublet

266. sublet

267. sunburn

268. sunburned
sunburnt

269. swear

270. swore

271. sweat
sweated

272. sweep

273. swept
sweeped

274. swim

275. swam

276. swing

277. swung

278. take

279. took

280. teach

281. taught

282. tear

283. tore

284. tell

285. told

286. think

287. thought

288. throw

289. threw

290. tread

291. trod

292. undergo

293. underwent

294. understand

295. understood

296. undertake

297. undertook

298. upset

299. upset

300. wake

301. woke

302. wear

303. wore

304. weave

305. wove

306. wed

307. wed
wedded

308. weep

309. wept

310. wet

311. wet
wetted

312. wind

313. wound

314. withdraw

315. withdrew

316. withhold

317. withheld

318. withstand

319. withstood

320. wring

321. wrung

322. write

323. wrote