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Past Simple (Preterite) Irregular Verbs
Here is a list of Irregular verbs in the Past Simple.
NOTE: This list is not every past simple irregular verb, but it has a lot of the most common English verbs.
| INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE |
|---|---|
| be | was/were |
| become | became |
| begin | began |
| bring | brought |
| build | built |
| buy | bought |
| catch | caught |
| choose | chose |
| come | came |
| cost | cost |
| cut | cut |
| do | did |
| drink | drank |
| drive | drove |
| eat | ate |
| fall | fell |
| find | found |
| fly | flew |
| forget | forgot |
| get | got |
| give | gave |
| go | went |
| grow | grew |
| have | had |
| hear | heard |
| hit | hit |
| hold | hold |
| keep | kept |
| know | knew |
| leave | left |
| let | let |
| lie | lay |
| lose | lost |
| make | made |
| mean | meant |
| pay | paid |
| put | put |
| read | read |
| ring | rang |
| run | ran |
| say | said |
| see | saw |
| sell | sold |
| send | sent |
| shoot | shot |
| sing | sang |
| sit | sat |
| sleep | slept |
| speak | spoke |
| spend | spent |
| stand | stood |
| steal | stole |
| take | took |
| teach | taught |
| tell | told |
| think | thought |
| throw | threw |
| understand | understood |
| wake | woke |
| wear | wore |
| win | won |
| write | wrote |