Irregular verbs
- List of common irregular verbs in English with their infinitive, past tense and meaning
- Includes verbs like arise/arose, awake/awoke, be/was/were, beat/beat, become/became, begin/began, bend/bent
- Regular verbs follow a predictable pattern of adding "-ed" to the base form to make the past tense, like adapt/adapted
1. IRREGULAR VERBS
Infinitive Past tense Meaning
Arise arose surgir
Awake awoke despertar
Be was/were ser/estar
Beat beat golpear
Become became llegar a ser
Begin began empezar
Bend bent doblar
bet bet apostar
bite bit morder
bleed bled sangrar
blow blew soplar
break broke romper
bring brought traer
broadcast broadcast emitir
build built construir
burn burnt quemar
burst burst estallar
buy bought comprar
can could poder
catch caught coger
choose chose elegir
come came venir
cost cost costar
cut cut cortar
deal dealt tratar
dig dug cavar
do did hacer
draw drew dibujar
dream dreamt soñar
drink drank beber
drive drove conducir
eat ate comer
fall fell caer
feed fed alimentar
feel felt sentir
fight fought pelear
find found encontrar
fit fit quedar (de ropa)
fly flew volar
forbid fordad(e) prohibir
2. forget forgot olvidar
forgive forgave perdonar
freeze froze helar
get got conseguir
give gave dar
go went ir
grow grew crecer
hang hung colgar
have had haber - tener
hear heard oir
hide hid esconder
hit hit golpear
hold held agarrar - sostener
hurt hurt herir
keep kept guardar
kneel knelt arrodillarse
know knew saber - conocer
lay laid poner
lead led dirigir
learn learned / learnt aprender
leave left dejar / irse de
lend lent prestar
let let permitir
light lit encender
lose lost perder
make made hacer - fabricar
meet met encontrar
overtake overtook adelantar
pay paid pagar
put put colocar / poner
read read leer
ride rode montar
ring rang sonar
rise rose levantarse
run ran correr
say said decir
see saw ver
seek sought buscar
sell sold vender
send sent enviar
set set poner, colocar
sew sewed coser
shake shook agitar, estrechar la mano
shine shone brillar
shoot shot disparar
show showed mostrar
3. shrink shrank encoger
shut shut cerrar
sing sang cantar
sink sank hundir
sit sat sentarse
sleep slept dormir
smell smelt oler
speak spoke hablar
spell spelt deletrear
spend spent pasar - gastar
split split dividir
spoil
spoilt
estropear
spread spread extender
stand stood estar de pie
steal stole robar
stick stuck pegar
sting stung pegar
strike struck golpear
strive strove esforzarse - procurar
swear swore jurar
sweep swept barrer
swim swam nadar
swing swung balancear
take took tomar, llevar
teach taught enseñar
tear tore rasgar - desgarrar
tell told decir, contar
think thought pensar
throw threw tirar
understand understood entender
upset upset afligir
wake woke despertar
wear wore llevar puesto
weep wept llorar
win won ganar
withdraw withdrew retirar
write wrote escribir
Regular Verbs
REGULAR
VERBS
PASADO SIGNIFICA
PRONUNCIACIO
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