Here’s a list of some of the more common irregular verbs. The past tense form (so-called because of its use with this tense) is also referred to as verb 2. This is because it also has other functions, such as in unreal conditionals and to talk about wishes in the present. Referring to it as the “past tense form” can therefore cause confusion, and in the table below we refer to it as verb 2. The past participle form also has different functions, for example: – forming the perfect aspect: I have already eaten / He had arrived – forming the passive voice: 1000 widgets are produced in the factory every day – modifying nouns: You can spend the enclosed money on whatever you like For this reason, the past participle form is also referred to as verb 3, and that’s what we use in the table below. Base formVerb 2Verb 3 awakeawokeawoken bewas/werebeen bearboreborn beatbeatbeaten becomebecamebecome beginbeganbegun bendbentbent betbetbet bitebitbitten bleedbledbled blowblewblown breakbrokebroken breedbredbred bringbroughtbrought broadcastbroadcastbroadcast buildbuiltbuilt burnburnt/burnedburnt/burned burstburstburst buyboughtbought castcastcast catchcaughtcaught choosechosechosen comecamecome costcostcost creepcreptcrept cutcutcut dealdealtdealt digdugdug divedived/dovedived dodiddone drawdrewdrawn drinkdrankdrunk drivedrovedriven eatateeaten fallfellfallen feedfedfed feelfeltfelt fightfoughtfought findfoundfound fleefledfled flyflewflown forbidforbadeforbidden forgetforgotforgotten forgiveforgaveforgiven freezefrozefrozen getgotgot givegavegiven gowentgone/been growgrewgrown hanghung/hangedhung/hanged havehadhad hearheardheard hidehidhidden hithithit holdheldheld hurthurthurt keepkeptkept kneelknelt/kneeledknelt/kneeled knowknewknown laylaidlaid leadledled leanleant/leanedleant/leaned leapleapt/leapedleapt/leaped learnlearnt/learnedlearnt/learned leaveleftleft lendlentlent letletlet lielaylain lightlitlit loselostlost makemademade meanmeantmeant meetmetmet paypaidpaid putputput quitquitquit readreadread rideroderidden ringrangrung riseroserisen runranrun saysaidsaid seesawseen sellsoldsold sendsentsent setsetset shakeshookshaken shineshoneshone shootshotshot showshowedshown shrinkshrankshrunk shutshutshut singsangsung sinksanksunk sitsatsat sleepsleptslept slideslidslid smellsmelt/smelledsmelt/smelled speakspokespoken spendspentspent spitspat/spitspat/spit spreadspreadspread standstoodstood stealstolestolen stickstuckstuck stingstungstung stinkstankstunk strikestruckstruck/stricken swearsworesworn sweepswept/sweepedswept/sweeped swimswamswum swingswungswung taketooktaken teachtaughttaught teartoretorn telltoldtold thinkthoughtthought throwthrewthrown understandunderstoodunderstood wakewokewoken wearworeworn winwonwon writewrotewritten