Notes on Irregular Verbs in English
Introduction to Irregular Verbs
- Irregular verbs in English do not follow the regular pattern of adding -ed for the past tense. They have unique forms.
List of Common Irregular Verbs
be
- was/were
- been
- Polish: być
beat
- beat
- beaten
- Polish: (verb not provided)
lose
- lost
- Polish: gubić, tracić
become
- became
- become
- Polish: zostawać
make
- made
- made
- Polish: robić
mean
- meant
- meant
- Polish: znaczyć
begin
- began
- begun
- Polish: zaczynać
meet
- met
- met
- Polish: spotykać, poznawać
blow
- blew
- blown
- Polish: wiać, dmuchać
pay
- paid
- paid
- Polish: płacić
break
- broke
- broken
- Polish: psuć się
quit
- quit
- quit
- Polish: rezygnować
bring
- brought
- brought
- Polish: przynosić
read
- read
- read
- Polish: czytać
build
- built
- built
- Polish: budować
ride
- rode
- ridden
- Polish: jeździć
burn
- burnt/burned
- burnt/burned
- Polish: palić (się)
ring
- rang
- rung
- Polish: dzwonić
buy
- bought
- bought
- Polish: kupić
rise
- rose
- risen
catch
- caught
- caught
- Polish: łapać
choose
- chose
- chosen
- Polish: wybierać
run
- ran
- run
- Polish: biec
come
- came
- come
- Polish: przychodzić
say
- said
- said
- Polish: powiedzieć
cost
- cost
- cost
- Polish: kosztować
see
- saw
- seen
- Polish: widzieć
cut
- cut
- cut
- Polish: ciąć
sell
- sold
- sold
- Polish: sprzedawać
do
- did
- done
- Polish: robić
draw
- drew
- drawn
- Polish: rysować
set
- set
- set
- Polish: ustawiać, zachodzić
dream
- dreamt
- dreamt
- Polish: marzyć, śnić
show
- showed
- shown
- Polish: pokazywać
drink
- drank
- drunk
- Polish: pić
shut
- shut
- shut
- Polish: zamykać
drive
- drove
- driven
- Polish: jechać
sing
- sang
- sung
- Polish: śpiewać
sit
- sat
- sat
- Polish: siedzieć
eat
- ate
- eaten
- Polish: jeść
sleep
- slept
- slept
- Polish: spać
fall
- fell
- fallen
- Polish: upadać
feel
- felt
- felt
- Polish: czuć
smell
- smelt
- smelt
- Polish: czuć, wachać
fight
- fought
- fought
- Polish: walczyć
speak
- spoke
- spoken
- Polish: mówić
find
- found
- found
- Polish: znajdować
spend
- spent
- spent
- Polish: wydawać
fly
- flew
- flown
- Polish: latać
stand
- stood
- stood
- Polish: stać
forget
- forgot
- forgotten
- Polish: zapominać
steal
- stole
- stolen
- Polish: kraść
forgive
- forgave
- forgiven
- Polish: wybaczać
swim
- swam
- swum
- Polish: pływać
get
- got
- got
- Polish: dostawać
take
- took
- taken
- Polish: brać, wziąć
give
- gave
- given
- Polish: dawać
teach
- taught
- taught
- Polish: uczyć (kogoś)
go
- went
- gone
- Polish: iść, jechać
tell
- told
- told
- Polish: powiedzieć
grow
- grew
- grown
- Polish: rosnąć
think
- thought
- thought
- Polish: myśleć
have
- had
- had
- Polish: mieć
throw
- threw
- thrown
- Polish: rzucać
hang
- hung
- hung
- Polish: wieszać
understand
- understood
- understood
- Polish: rozumieć
hear
- heard
- heard
- Polish: słyszeć
wear
- wore
- worn
- Polish: nosić
hide
- hid
- hidden
- Polish: chować
win
- won
- won
- Polish: wygrywać, zdobywać
hold
- held
- held
- Polish: trzymać
write
- wrote
- written
- Polish: pisać
hurt
- hurt
- hurt
- Polish: ranić
know
- knew
- known
- Polish: znać
lead
- led
- led
- Polish: wieźć
learn
- learnt/learned
- learnt/learned
- Polish: uczyć się
leave
- left
- left
- Polish: opuszczać, zostawiać
lend
- lent
- lent
- Polish: pożyczać (komuś)
Conclusion
- Mastering irregular verbs is essential for fluency in English and requires practice to remember their unique forms.