notes:misc:irregular_verbs
Irregular Verbs in English
Base | Past Tense | Past Participle |
be (am, is, are) | was, were | been |
bear | bore | borne |
bet | bet | bet |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bend | bent | bent |
bid (offer to pay) | bid | bid |
bite | bit | bitten |
bleed | bled | bled |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
build | built | built |
burst | burst | burst |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
cling | clung | clung |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
cut | cut | cut |
creep | crept | crept |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dig | dug | dug |
dive | dived/dove | dived |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
flee | fled | fled |
fling | flung | flung |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten/forgot |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | got/gotten |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grind | ground | ground |
grow | grew | grown |
hang (suspend) | hung | hung |
hang (put to death) | hanged | hanged |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hide | hid | hidden |
hit | hit | hit |
hold | held | held |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt | knelt |
know | knew | known |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
let | let | let |
lie | lay | lain |
light | lit/lighted | lit/lighted |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
mistake | mistook | mistaken |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
quit | quit | quit |
read | red | red |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
seek | sought | sought |
sell | sold | sold |
set | set | set |
send | sent | sent |
shake | shook | shaken |
shed | shed | shed |
shine | shone | shone |
shrink | shrank | shrunk |
shoot | shot | shot |
shut | shut | shut |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
slit | slit | slit |
speak | spoke | spoken |
speed | sped | sped |
spend | spent | spent |
spill | spilt/spilled | spilt/spilled |
spin | spun/span | spun |
split | split | split |
spread | spread | spread |
spring | sprang | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
stink | stank/stunk | stunk |
stride | strode | stridden |
strike | struck | struck |
swear | swore | sworn |
sweep | swept | swept |
swim | swam | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tear | tore | torn |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
throw | threw | thrown |
upset | upset | upset |
understand | understood | understood |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove | woven |
weep | wept | wept |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
write | wrote | written |
Base | Past Tense | Past Participle | Example | Meaning |
raise | raised | raised | to raise flowers | chodować, uprawiać, wychowywać dzieci |
rise | rose | risen | to rise from a seat | wstawać, podnosić się, wschodzić (słońce) |
lay | laid | laid | (lays, laying) he lays his clothes on his chair | to put something down carefully in a flat position |
lie | lay | lain | (lies, lying) lying on the beach | to be in or put yourself into a flat position |
lie | lied | lied | I lied to my teacher about my homework | to say something which is not true |
The verbs raise and rise both refer to something going “up”. The main difference between them is that raise is transitive (it must have a direct object) and rise is intransitive (no direct object).
notes/misc/irregular_verbs.txt · Last modified: 2020/08/26 (external edit)