Present Past Past Participle Be Was, Were Been Become Became

WHAT IS AN IRREGULAR VERB?

An irregular verb is a verb that does not follow the normal pattern for conjugation. Instead, these

verbs form their past tense and past participle in some irregular way. If the verb is irregular, con-

sult the dictionary for guidance. The dictionary will list the verb in its plain form, its past tense,

and its past participle in that order. The following are some common irregular verbs:

Present Past Past Participle

Be Was, Were Been

Become Became Become

Begin Began Begun

Bring Brought Brought

Choose Chose Chosen

Come Came Come

Do Did Done

Drink Drank Drunk

Drive Drove Driven

Eat Ate Eaten

Fall Fell Fallen

Fly Flew Flown

Forget Forgot Forgotten

Forgive Forgave Forgiven

Get Got Gotten

Give Gave Given

Go Went Gone

Have Had Had

Keep Kept Kept

Know Knew Known

Lay Laid Laid

Leave Left Left

Present Past Past Participle

Let Let Let

Lie Lay Lain

Make Made Made

Quit Quit Quit

Read Read Read

Ring Rang Rung

Rise Rose Risen

Run Ran Run

Send Sent Sent

Sit Sat Sat

Sleep Slept Slept

Speak Spoke Spoken

Spend Spent Spent

Steal Stole Stolen

Swim Swam Swum

Take Took Taken

Teach Taught Taught

Think Thought Thought

Throw Threw Thrown

Understand Understood Understood

Wake Woke (Waked) Woken (Waked)

Wear Wore Worn

Win Won Won

Write Wrote Written

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