Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs - Amazon S3

Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs

This list includes most of the irregular simple past--tense verbs in English.

Base Verb

Past Tense

Base Verb

arise

arose

dig

awake

awakened / awoke

dive (jump head--first)

be

was, were

dive (scuba diving)

bear

bore

do

beat

beat

draw

become

became

dream

begin

began

drink

Behold

Beheld

drive

bend

bent

dwell

bet

bet

eat

bid (farewell)

bid / bade

fall

bid (offer amount)

bid

feed

bind

bound

feel

bite

bit

fight

bleed

bled

find

blow

blew

fit

break

broke

flee

breed

bred

fling

bring

brought

fly

broadcast

broadcast/broadcasted

forbid

build

built

forecast

burn

burned or burnt

forego (also forgo)

burst

burst

foresee

bust

busted / bust

forget

buy

bought

forgive

cast

cast

forsake

catch

caught

freeze

choose

chose

frostbite

cling

clung

get

clothe

clad/clothed

give

come

came

go

cost

cost

grind

creep

crept

grow

cut

cut

hand--feed

deal

dealt

handwrite

Past Tense

dug dove / dived dived / dove did drew dreamed or dreamt drank drove dwelt ate fell fed felt fought found fit, fitted fled flung flew forbade or forbad forecast/forecasted forewent foresaw forgot forgave forsook froze frostbit got gave went ground grew hand--fed handwrote

Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs. Lumen Learning, CC BY.

Base Verb

hang have hear hew hide hit hold hurt inbreed inlay input interbreed Interlay interweave

keep kneel knit know lay lead lean leap learn leave lend let lie (down) lie (not tell truth)

light lose make mean meet mistake misunderstand mow offset overcome

Past Tense

hung or hanged had heard hewed hid hit held hurt inbred inlaid input / inputted interbred Interlaid interwove / interweaved kept knelt or kneeled knitted or knit knew laid led leant /leaned leapt /leaped learnt /learned left lent let lay lied lit /lighted lost made meant met mistook misunderstood mowed offset overcame

Base Verb

overhear overtake pay plead prove put quit read relay (for example tiles) relay (pass along)

relight rewind rid ride ring rise run saw say see seek sell send set sew shake shave shear shed shine Shoe shoot show shrink shut sight--read sing sink sit

Past Tense

overheard overtook paid pleaded/plead proved put quit read relaid relayed relit / relighted rewound rid rode rang rose ran sawed said saw sought sold sent set sewed shook shaved sheared shed shone Shod shot showed shrank or shrunk shut sight--read sang sank / sunk sat

Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs. Lumen Learning, CC BY.

Base Verb

slay (amuse) REGULAR slay (kill) sleep slide sling slink slit smell smite sneak sow speak speed spell spend spill Spin spit split spoil spread spring stand steal stick sting stink strew stride strike (delete) strike (hit) string strive sublet swear sweat sweep swell swim

Past Tense

slayed slew / slayed slept slid slung slinked / slunk slit smelt /smelled smote sneaked or snuck sowed spoke sped / speeded spelt /spelled spent spilt /spilled Span/Spun spit / spat split spoilt /spoiled spread sprang stood stole stuck stung stunk / stank strewed strode struck struck strung strove or strived sublet swore sweat / sweated swept swelled swam

Base Verb

swing take teach tear telecast tell think throw thrust tread understand undo wake waylay wear weave wed weep wend wet win wind withdraw withhold withstand wring write

Past Tense

swung took taught tore telecast told thought threw thrust trod understood undid woke /waked waylaid wore wove / weaved wed / wedded wept wended/went wet / wetted won wound withdrew withheld withstood wrung wrote

Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs. Lumen Learning, CC BY.

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