English Irregular Verbs-Libre
English Irregular Verbs-Libre
English Irregular Verbs-Libre
1. First group:
group: -u- in the past participle (and mostly in the simple past)
Infinitive
Simple Past
to cling
ng
to fling
ng
to haang
to ring
ng
to sing
ng
to sling
ng
to spring
ng
to sting
ng
to string
ng
to swing
ng
to wring
ng
to drink
nk
to shrink
nk
raang
saang
spraang
draank
shraank
Past Participle
Etymological
information
clu
ung
flu
ung
hu
ung
clu
ung
flu
ung
hu
ung
ru
ung RARELY
su
ung RARELY
slu
ung
spru
ung US
stu
ung
stru
ung
swu
ung
wru
ung
ru
ung
su
ung
slu
ung
spru
ung
stu
ung
stru
ung
swu
ung
wru
ung
dru
unk
shru
unk
shru
unk
OLD-
FASHIONED
to sink
nk
to slink
nk
to stink
nk
su
unk RARELY/US
slu
unk
stu
unk
saank
staank
su
unk
slu
unk
stu
unk
swu
um
begu
un
ru
un
US/AUSTR ALSO
to swim
m
to begin
n
to ru
un
swaam
begaan
raan
to spin
n
to stick
ck
to dig
g
spaan ARCH.
to snea
eak
eak
to strik
ke
sneaked
begu
un
RARELY
spu
un
stu
uck
du
ug
spu
un
stu
uck
du
ug
spaan UK ALSO
snu
uck US ALSO
stru
uck
snu
uck US ALSO
stru
uck
sneaked
striicken
ARCH.
Simple Past
Past Participle
gnawed
hewed
sawed
to gnaw
w
to hew
w7
to saw
w
gnawn
n
hewn
n
sawn
n
Etymological information
gnawed
hewed
sawed
sewed
USUAL
to sew
w
to show
w
to shew
w
to sow
w7
to strew
w
to strow
w
to blow
w7
to crow
w
to draw
w
to mow
w7
to throw
w
to grow
w7
to know
w7
to fly
to slay
sewed
showed
shewed
sowed
strewed
strowed
bleew
creew UK ALSO
dreew
crowed
mowed
threew
greew
kneew
fleew
sleew
sewn
n
shown
n
shewn
n
sown
n
strewn
n
strown
n
blown
n
shewed
sowed
strewed
crowed
drawn
n
mown
n
thrown
n
grown
n
known
n
flown
n
slai
ain
ain
mowed
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to biite
to diive
to driive
to hiide
to riide
to riise
bit
do
ove US ALSO
drove
biitten
to riive
to shriive
to smiite ARCH.
to striide
to striive
to thriive
dived
hiid
ro
ode
ro
ose
rived
shrived
shro
ove
smo
ote
stro
ode
stro
ove
thro
ove
(/ strived)
US ALSO
thrived
dived
driiven
hiidden
riidden
riisen
riiven
shriiven
smiitten
striidden
striiven
rived
shrived
US
thrived
abided
shined
triiven
(/ strived)
ALSO
to wriite
to abiide OLD USE
wro
ote
abo
ode
abided
to shiine
sho
one
shined
wriitten
abiidden /
abo
ode
sho
one
4. Fourth group:
group: Verbs that end on -ind (and to fight)
Infinitive
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to bind
ind
to find
ind
to grind
ind
to wind
ind
to fight
ght
bound
found
ground
wound
fought
bound
found
ground
wound
fought
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to bear
ear
to shear
ear
bore
shore
born US ALSO
shorn
sheared
borne
sheared
ARCH./POET.
to swear
ear
to tear
ear
to wear
ear
swore
tore
wore
sworn
torn
worn
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to break
eak
to speak
eak
to steal
eal
to weav
eave
eav
broke
spoke
stole
wove
broken
spoken
stolen
woven
spake ARCH.
weaved US
ALSO
weaved US
ALSO
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to beat7
to bid (to request; to say)
to chide
beat
bid / bade
to choose
to cleave OLD USE / LITERARY
chose
clove
to eat
to fall
to freeze
ate
fell
froze
beaten
en / US ALSO beat
bidden
en / bid
chided /
chidden
en
chid
chosen
en
cleft /
cloven
en
cleaved
eaten
en
fallen
en
frozen
en
chided / chid
cleft /
cleaved
to get
to give
to heave
got
gave
hove NAUT.
heaved
got / gotten
en US
given
en
heaved
hove(n)
e(n)
NAUT.
laded
to lade
to lie
lay
overloaded
to overload
laden
en
lain
n
laded
overladen
en
overloaded
UK ALSO
proved
to prove
proven
en
proved
US/SCOTS
to see
to swell
to tread
saw
trod
to forsake
to shake
to take
to wake
forsook
shook
took
woke
swelled
treaded US ALSO
waked
seen
n
swollen
en
swelled FIG.
US/AUSTR ALSO
trodden
en /
trod
forsaken
en
shaken
en
taken
en
waked
woken
en
8. Restgroup
Infinitive
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to win3
to cleave
to come4
to hold7
to shit(e) 1
to shoot2
to sit5
to spit
won
clave
came
held
shit / shat
shot
sat
spat / spit US
won
to stand7
to stave
stood
stove
cleaved
shitted
staved
cleaved
come
held
shit / shat shitted
shot
sat
spat / spit US
stood
stove
staved
Simple Past
Past Participle
Etymological information
to be
to can
to dare
been
dared
done
gone
had
made
-
Old English dn
SUBJUNCTIVE SENSE
to do
to go
to have
to make
to may
to shall
to will
did
went (SUPPLIED FROM TO WEND)
had
made
might
should
would
Old English gn
English irregular
irregular weak verbs
Note: Only irregular in orthography are lay (laid - laid), pay (paid - laid) and say (said - said). The verb to lose (lost - lost)
could also be placed alongside these verbs. Verbs I find hard to classify, but seem to be irregular
weak are to cloth (clad (written language) / clothed - clad (written language) / clothed), to light (lit / lighted - lit / lighted) and to shoe (shod /
shoed (US also) - shod / shoed (US also))
.
Infinitive
Simple Past
to bend
to bet
to bid (in auctions)
to build
to burst
to bust
to cast
to cost
to cut
to hit
to hurt
to lend
to slide
to slit
bent
bet
bid
built
burst
bust UK
cast
cost
cut
hit
hurt
lent
slid
slit
to split
to spread
to sweat
to thrust
to wed
to wet
to fit
to gild
to gird OLD USE
to knit
to put
to quit
to rend
to rid
to send
to set
to shed7
to shut
to spend
to let7
split
spread
sweat
thrust
wed
wet
US ALSO
fit
gilt
girt
knit
put
quit
rent
rid
sent
set
shed
shut
spent
let
Past Participle
(/ bended)
(/ betted)
busted ESP. US
sweated
wedded
wetted
fitted
gilded
girded
knitted
quitted
rended US
ridded
(sended NAUT.)
bent
bet
bid
built
burst
bust UK
cast
cost
cut
hit
hurt
lent
slid
slit
Etymological
information
(/ bended)
(/ betted)
split
spread
sweat
thrust
wed
wet
US ALSO
fit
gilt
girt
knit
put
quit
rent
rid
sent
set
shed
shut
spent
let
busted ESP. US
sweated
wedded
wetted
fitted
gilded
girded
knitted
quitted
rended US
ridded
(sended NAUT.)
Infinitive
Simple Past
to dwell
ll
to smell
ll
to spell
ll
to spill
ll
to spoil
to bless
to burn
dwelt
UK ALSO
smelt
spelt UK
spilt UK
UK ALSO
spoilt
blest LITERARY
burnt
Past Participle
dwelled
smelled
spelled US
spilled US
spoiled
blessed
burned
dwelt
UK ALSO
smelt
spelt UK
spilt UK
UK ALSO
spoilt
blest LITERARY
burnt
dwelled
smelled
spelled US
spilled US
spoiled
blessed
burned
Etymological information
to lean
to learn
UK ALSO
to pen
pent
UK ALSO
leant
learnt
leaned
learned
penned
UK ALSO
leaned
learned
leant
UK ALSO
learnt
pent
penned
Infinitive
Simple Past
to bereave
bereaved
SENSE
USU. BY DEATH
to deal
to dream
to feel
to flee
to hear
to kneel
to lead
to leap
to leave
to mean
to meet
to plead
dealt
dreamt
felt
fled
heard
knelt
led
leapt UK
left
meant
met
pled US, SCOTS, DIAL.
Past Participle
dreamed
kneeled
leaped US
pleaded
bereaved
bereft
Etymological information
Old English berafian
Old English dlan
dealt
dreamt
felt
fled
heard
knelt
led
leapt UK
left
meant
met
pled US,
dreamed
Old English flon
kneeled
leaped US
pleaded
SCOTS, DIAL.
to read
to bleed
eed
to breed
eed
to feed
eed
to speed
eed (to
hurry)
to creep
eep
to keep
eep
to sleep
eep
to sweep
eep
to weep
eep
read
bled
bred
fed
sped
read
bled
bred
fed
sped
crept
kept
slept
swept
wept
crept
kept
slept
swept
wept
trans. is weak
English mixed
mixed
mixed verbs with a special form
Infinitive
Simple Past
Past Participle
to buy
to bring
to catch
to beseech OLD USE / LITERARY
to seek
to teach
to think
to wreak
to sell
to tell
bought
ght
brought
ght
caught
ght
besought
ght
sought
ght
taught
ght
thought
ght
wrought
sold
told
bought
ght
brought
ght
caught
ght
besought
ght
sought
ght
taught
ght
thought
ght
wrought
ght
sold
told
beseeched
wreaked
beseeched
Old English scan
wreaked
urce material:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/
Longman dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Cambridge dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com/
Online Etymologic Dictionary
The Wordsworth Concise English Dictionary (2007)
Etymological information