Irregular Verbs

Source and Structural Overview

• Header and publishing attribution:
  • Top header designation: APORRATTARNA OCH STUBENTLITTERATUR
  • Bottom footer designation: EORETTARNA OCH STUDENTLITTERATZ
• Resource section metadata:
  • Page number numeral: 165
  • Page number spelled out: one hundred and sixty-five
  • Primary classification: RESOURCE SECTION
• Grammatical structure:
  • The resource covers foundational irregular English verbs.
  • Entries are mapped across three principal grammatical components: Infinitive (base form), Past Simple, and Past Participle.

Complete Irregular Verbs Reference List

• be:
  • Infinitive: be
  • Past Simple: was, were
  • Past Participle: been
• become:
  • Infinitive: become
  • Past Simple: became
  • Past Participle: become
• begin:
  • Infinitive: begin
  • Past Simple: began
  • Past Participle: begun
• break:
  • Infinitive: break
  • Past Simple: broke
  • Past Participle: broken
• bring:
  • Infinitive: bring
  • Past Simple: brought
  • Past Participle: brought
• build:
  • Infinitive: build
  • Past Simple: built
  • Past Participle: built
• buy:
  • Infinitive: buy
  • Past Simple: bought
  • Past Participle: bought
• catch:
  • Infinitive: catch
  • Past Simple: caught
  • Past Participle: caught
• choose:
  • Infinitive: choose
  • Past Simple: chose
  • Past Participle: chosen
• come:
  • Infinitive: come
  • Past Simple: came
  • Past Participle: come
• do:
  • Infinitive: do
  • Past Simple: did
  • Past Participle: done
• dream:
  • Infinitive: dream
  • Past Simple: dreamt, dreamed
  • Past Participle: dreamt, dreamed
• drink:
  • Infinitive: drink
  • Past Simple: drank
  • Past Participle: drunk
• drive:
  • Infinitive: drive
  • Past Simple: drove
  • Past Participle: driven
• eat:
  • Infinitive: eat
  • Past Simple: ate
  • Past Participle: eaten
• fall:
  • Infinitive: fall
  • Past Simple: fell
  • Past Participle: fallen
• feel:
  • Infinitive: feel
  • Past Simple: felt
  • Past Participle: felt
• fight:
  • Infinitive: fight
  • Past Simple: fought
  • Past Participle: fought
• find:
  • Infinitive: find
  • Past Simple: found
  • Past Participle: found
• forget:
  • Infinitive: forget
  • Past Simple: forgot
  • Past Participle: forgotten
• get:
  • Infinitive: get
  • Past Simple: got
  • Past Participle: got, gotten
• give:
  • Infinitive: give
  • Past Simple: gave
  • Past Participle: given
• go:
  • Infinitive: go
  • Past Simple: went
  • Past Participle: gone
• have:
  • Infinitive: have
  • Past Simple: had
  • Past Participle: had
• hear:
  • Infinitive: hear
  • Past Simple: heard
  • Past Participle: heard
• hit:
  • Infinitive: hit
  • Past Simple: hit
  • Past Participle: hit
• hurt:
  • Infinitive: hurt
  • Past Simple: hurt
  • Past Participle: hurt
• keep:
  • Infinitive: keep
  • Past Simple: kept
  • Past Participle: kept
• know:
  • Infinitive: know
  • Associated forms in entry: known, knew
• learn:
  • Infinitive: learn
  • Past Simple: learnt, learned
  • Past Participle: learnt, learned
• leave:
  • Infinitive: leave
  • Past Simple: left
  • Past Participle: left

Morphological Categories and Inflection Patterns

• Invariable Verbs:
  • Stems that remain unchanged across Infinitive, Past Simple, and Past Participle forms:
  • hit -> hit -> hit
  • hurt -> hurt -> hurt
• Verbs with Identical Past Simple and Past Participle:
  • Stems undergoing vowel or consonant modification that serves both simple past and participle usage:
  • bring -> brought -> brought
  • build -> built -> built
  • buy -> bought -> bought
  • catch -> caught -> caught
  • feel -> felt -> felt
  • fight -> fought -> fought
  • find -> found -> found
  • have -> had -> had
  • hear -> heard -> heard
  • keep -> kept -> kept
  • leave -> left -> left
• Verbs with Identical Infinitive and Past Participle:
  • Base form recurs in the participle while the past simple alters vowel quality:
  • become -> became -> become
  • come -> came -> come
• Verbs with Three Distinct Forms:
  • Tri-part variation across base, past simple, and past participle:
  • be -> was, were -> been
  • begin -> began -> begun
  • break -> broke -> broken
  • choose -> chose -> chosen
  • do -> did -> done
  • drink -> drank -> drunk
  • drive -> drove -> driven
  • eat -> ate -> eaten
  • fall -> fell -> fallen
  • forget -> forgot -> forgotten
  • give -> gave -> given
  • go -> went -> gone
  • know -> knew / known
• Dual-Form and Variant Verbs:
  • Verbs accommodating both regular inflectional suffixes (-ed) and irregular suffixes (-t or alternate participles):
  • dream: Past Simple (dreamt, dreamed); Past Participle (dreamt, dreamed)
  • learn: Past Simple (learnt, learned); Past Participle (learnt, learned)
  • get: Past Simple (got); Past Participle (got, gotten)