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 |