Definitive Guide to 100 English Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs: A to B

  • To arise

    • Past Tense: arose
    • Past Participle: arisen
    • French Meaning: (se) lever
  • To be

    • Past Tense: was, were
    • Past Participle: been
    • French Meaning: être
  • To bear

    • Past Tense: bore
    • Past Participle: born(e)
    • French Meaning: (sup)porter
  • To beat

    • Past Tense: beat
    • Past Participle: beaten
    • French Meaning: battre
  • To become

    • Past Tense: became
    • Past Participle: become
    • French Meaning: devenir
  • To begin

    • Past Tense: began
    • Past Participle: begun
    • French Meaning: commencer
  • To bind

    • Past Tense: bound
    • Past Participle: bound
    • French Meaning: lier
  • To bite

    • Past Tense: bit
    • Past Participle: bitten
    • French Meaning: mordre
  • To bleed

    • Past Tense: bled
    • Past Participle: bled
    • French Meaning: saigner
  • To blow

    • Past Tense: blew
    • Past Participle: blown
    • French Meaning: souffler
  • To break

    • Past Tense: broke
    • Past Participle: broken
    • French Meaning: briser
  • To bring

    • Past Tense: brought
    • Past Participle: brought
    • French Meaning: apporter
  • To build

    • Past Tense: built
    • Past Participle: built
    • French Meaning: bâtir
  • To burn

    • Past Tense: burned
    • Past Participle: burnt(ed)
    • French Meaning: brûler
  • To burst

    • Past Tense: burst
    • Past Participle: burst
    • French Meaning: éclater
  • To buy

    • Past Tense: bought
    • Past Participle: bought
    • French Meaning: acheter

Irregular Verbs: C to D

  • To catch

    • Past Tense: caught
    • Past Participle: caught
    • French Meaning: attraper
  • To choose

    • Past Tense: chose
    • Past Participle: chosen
    • French Meaning: choisir
  • To come

    • Past Tense: came
    • Past Participle: come
    • French Meaning: venir
  • To cost

    • Past Tense: cost
    • Past Participle: cost
    • French Meaning: coûter
  • To creep

    • Past Tense: crept
    • Past Participle: crept
    • French Meaning: ramper
  • To cut

    • Past Tense: cut
    • Past Participle: cut
    • French Meaning: couper
  • To dig

    • Past Tense: dug
    • Past Participle: dug
    • French Meaning: creuser
  • To do

    • Past Tense: did
    • Past Participle: done
    • French Meaning: faire
  • To draw

    • Past Tense: drew
    • Past Participle: drawn
    • French Meaning: dessiner
  • To drink

    • Past Tense: drank
    • Past Participle: drunk
    • French Meaning: boire
  • To drive

    • Past Tense: drove
    • Past Participle: driven
    • French Meaning: conduire

Irregular Verbs: E to G

  • To eat

    • Past Tense: ate
    • Past Participle: eaten
    • French Meaning: manger
  • To fall

    • Past Tense: fell
    • Past Participle: fallen
    • French Meaning: tomber
  • To feed

    • Past Tense: fed
    • Past Participle: fed
    • French Meaning: nourrir
  • To feel

    • Past Tense: felt
    • Past Participle: felt
    • French Meaning: (se) sentir
  • To fight

    • Past Tense: fought
    • Past Participle: fought
    • French Meaning: (se) battre
  • To find

    • Past Tense: found
    • Past Participle: found
    • French Meaning: trouver
  • To fly

    • Past Tense: flew
    • Past Participle: flown
    • French Meaning: voler
  • To forbid

    • Past Tense: forbade
    • Past Participle: forbidden
    • French Meaning: interdire
  • To forget

    • Past Tense: forgot
    • Past Participle: forgotten
    • French Meaning: oublier
  • To forgive

    • Past Tense: forgave
    • Past Participle: forgiven
    • French Meaning: pardonner
  • To freeze

    • Past Tense: froze
    • Past Participle: frozen
    • French Meaning: geler
  • To get

    • Past Tense: got
    • Past Participle: got(ten)
    • French Meaning: obtenir
  • To give

    • Past Tense: gave
    • Past Participle: given
    • French Meaning: donner
  • To go

    • Past Tense: went
    • Past Participle: gone
    • French Meaning: aller
  • To grind

    • Past Tense: ground
    • Past Participle: ground
    • French Meaning: moudre
  • To grow

    • Past Tense: grew
    • Past Participle: grown
    • French Meaning: croître

Irregular Verbs: H to L

  • To hang

    • Past Tense: hung
    • Past Participle: hung
    • French Meaning: accrocher/pendre
  • To have

    • Past Tense: had
    • Past Participle: had
    • French Meaning: avoir
  • To hear

    • Past Tense: heard
    • Past Participle: heard
    • French Meaning: entendre
  • To hide

    • Past Tense: hid
    • Past Participle: hidden
    • French Meaning: cacher
  • To hit

    • Past Tense: hit
    • Past Participle: hit
    • French Meaning: frapper
  • To hold

    • Past Tense: held
    • Past Participle: held
    • French Meaning: tenir
  • To hurt

    • Past Tense: hurt
    • Past Participle: hurt
    • French Meaning: blesser
  • To keep

    • Past Tense: kept
    • Past Participle: kept
    • French Meaning: garder
  • To know

    • Past Tense: knew
    • Past Participle: known
    • French Meaning: savoir
  • To lay

    • Past Tense: laid
    • Past Participle: laid
    • French Meaning: poser
  • To lead

    • Past Tense: led
    • Past Participle: led
    • French Meaning: mener
  • To leave

    • Past Tense: left
    • Past Participle: left
    • French Meaning: quitter
  • To lend

    • Past Tense: lent
    • Past Participle: lent
    • French Meaning: prêter
  • To let

    • Past Tense: let
    • Past Participle: let
    • French Meaning: laisser
  • To lie

    • Past Tense: lay
    • Past Participle: lain
    • French Meaning: être étendu(e)
  • To light

    • Past Tense: lit
    • Past Participle: lit
    • French Meaning: allumer
  • To lose

    • Past Tense: lost
    • Past Participle: lost
    • French Meaning: perdre

Irregular Verbs: M to R

  • To make

    • Past Tense: made
    • Past Participle: made
    • French Meaning: faire
  • To mean

    • Past Tense: meant
    • Past Participle: meant
    • French Meaning: signifier
  • To meet

    • Past Tense: met
    • Past Participle: met
    • French Meaning: rencontrer
  • To pay

    • Past Tense: paid
    • Past Participle: paid
    • French Meaning: payer
  • To put

    • Past Tense: put
    • Past Participle: put
    • French Meaning: mettre
  • To read

    • Past Tense: read
    • Past Participle: read
    • French Meaning: lire
  • To rid

    • Past Tense: rid
    • Past Participle: rid
    • French Meaning: débarrasser
  • To ride

    • Past Tense: rode
    • Past Participle: ridden
    • French Meaning: (se) promener
  • To ring

    • Past Tense: rang
    • Past Participle: rung
    • French Meaning: sonner
  • To rise

    • Past Tense: rose
    • Past Participle: risen
    • French Meaning: (se) lever
  • To run

    • Past Tense: ran
    • Past Participle: run
    • French Meaning: courir

Irregular Verbs: S

  • To say

    • Past Tense: said
    • Past Participle: said
    • French Meaning: dire
  • To see

    • Past Tense: saw
    • Past Participle: seen
    • French Meaning: voir
  • To seek

    • Past Tense: sought
    • Past Participle: sought
    • French Meaning: chercher
  • To sell

    • Past Tense: sold
    • Past Participle: sold
    • French Meaning: vendre
  • To send

    • Past Tense: sent
    • Past Participle: sent
    • French Meaning: envoyer
  • To set

    • Past Tense: set
    • Past Participle: set
    • French Meaning: placer
  • To sew

    • Past Tense: sewed
    • Past Participle: sewn
    • French Meaning: coudre
  • To shake

    • Past Tense: shook
    • Past Participle: shaken
    • French Meaning: secouer
  • To shine

    • Past Tense: shone
    • Past Participle: shone
    • French Meaning: briller
  • To shoot

    • Past Tense: shot
    • Past Participle: shot
    • French Meaning: tirer
  • To show

    • Past Tense: showed
    • Past Participle: shown
    • French Meaning: montrer
  • To shrink

    • Past Tense: shrank
    • Past Participle: shrunk
    • French Meaning: rétrécir
  • To shut

    • Past Tense: shut
    • Past Participle: shut
    • French Meaning: fermer
  • To sing

    • Past Tense: sang
    • Past Participle: sung
    • French Meaning: chanter
  • To sink

    • Past Tense: sank
    • Past Participle: sunk
    • French Meaning: couler
  • To sit

    • Past Tense: sat
    • Past Participle: sat
    • French Meaning: être assis(e)
  • To sleep

    • Past Tense: slept
    • Past Participle: slept
    • French Meaning: dormir
  • To slide

    • Past Tense: slid
    • Past Participle: slid
    • French Meaning: glisser
  • To speak

    • Past Tense: spoke
    • Past Participle: spoken
    • French Meaning: parler
  • To speed

    • Past Tense: sped
    • Past Participle: sped
    • French Meaning: aller vite
  • To spend

    • Past Tense: spent
    • Past Participle: spent
    • French Meaning: dépenser
  • To spin

    • Past Tense: spun
    • Past Participle: spun
    • French Meaning: filer/tourner
  • To split

    • Past Tense: split
    • Past Participle: split
    • French Meaning: diviser/répartir
  • To spread

    • Past Tense: spread
    • Past Participle: spread
    • French Meaning: étendre
  • To spring

    • Past Tense: sprang
    • Past Participle: sprung
    • French Meaning: bondir
  • To stand

    • Past Tense: stood
    • Past Participle: stood
    • French Meaning: être debout
  • To steal

    • Past Tense: stole
    • Past Participle: stolen
    • French Meaning: voler
  • To stick

    • Past Tense: stuck
    • Past Participle: stuck
    • French Meaning: coller
  • To sting

    • Past Tense: stung
    • Past Participle: stung
    • French Meaning: piquer
  • To stink

    • Past Tense: stank
    • Past Participle: stunk
    • French Meaning: puer
  • To strike

    • Past Tense: struck
    • Past Participle: struck
    • French Meaning: frapper
  • To swear

    • Past Tense: swore
    • Past Participle: sworn
    • French Meaning: jurer
  • To sweep

    • Past Tense: swept
    • Past Participle: swept
    • French Meaning: balayer
  • To swim

    • Past Tense: swam
    • Past Participle: swum
    • French Meaning: nager
  • To swing

    • Past Tense: swung
    • Past Participle: swung
    • French Meaning: balancer

Irregular Verbs: T to W

  • To take

    • Past Tense: took
    • Past Participle: taken
    • French Meaning: prendre
  • To teach

    • Past Tense: taught
    • Past Participle: taught
    • French Meaning: enseigner
  • To tear

    • Past Tense: tore
    • Past Participle: torn
    • French Meaning: déshabiller / déchirer
  • To tell

    • Past Tense: told
    • Past Participle: told
    • French Meaning: dire
  • To think

    • Past Tense: thought
    • Past Participle: thought
    • French Meaning: penser
  • To throw

    • Past Tense: threw
    • Past Participle: thrown
    • French Meaning: jeter
  • To thrust

    • Past Tense: thrust
    • Past Participle: thrust
    • French Meaning: pousser
  • To understand

    • Past Tense: understood
    • Past Participle: understood
    • French Meaning: comprendre
  • To upset

    • Past Tense: upset
    • Past Participle: upset
    • French Meaning: renverser
  • To wake

    • Past Tense: woke
    • Past Participle: woken
    • French Meaning: (s') éveiller
  • To wear

    • Past Tense: wore
    • Past Participle: worn
    • French Meaning: porter
  • To win

    • Past Tense: won
    • Past Participle: won
    • French Meaning: gagner
  • To wind

    • Past Tense: wound
    • Past Participle: wound
    • French Meaning: enrouler
  • To write

    • Past Tense: wrote
    • Past Participle: written
    • French Meaning: écrire", "title": "Definitive Guide to 100 English Irregular Verbs"}