Irregular verbs

Irregular Verbs :: List of

Posted by eLynx in Irregular verbs on May 30, 2007

List of irregular verbs grouped according to similarity.

Here are the most common irregular verbs. We distinguish five types. We indicate the Infinitive by the letter A, change to B if the Past Simple changes, and then to C if the P. Participle is different from the Past Simple. They are in groups according to similarity to help you to learn them.

infinitive	past simple	p. participle	meaning

1. TYPE ABB VERBS: Past and Participle with the same form.

1.1 Past and P. Participle ending in '-t'.
bring	brought	brought	traer
build	built	built	construir
burn (r.)⁽¹⁾	burnt	burnt	quemar
buy	bought	bought	comprar
catch	caught	caught	coger
creep	crept	crept	reptar
deal	dealt	dealt	tratar
dream (r.)	dreamt	dreamt	soñar
feel	felt	felt	sentir
fight	fought	fought	luchar
get	got	got	obtener
keep	kept	kept	guardar, mantener
lean (r.)	leant	leant	apoyarse, inclinarse
learn (r.)	learnt	learnt	aprender
leave	left	left	dejar, marcharse
lend	lent	lent	prestar
light	lit	lit	encender
lose	lost	lost	perder
mean	meant	meant	querer decir
meet	met	met	conocer, encontrarse
send	sent	sent	enviar
shoot	shot	shot	disparar
sit	sat	sat	sentarse
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
smell	smelt	smelt	oler
spend	spent	spent	gastar, pasar (tiempo)
spill (r.)	spilt	spilt	verter, derrarmarse
spit	spat	spat	escupir
spoil (r.)	spoilt	spoilt	echar a perder
sweep	swept	swept	barrer, apartar
teach	taught	taught	enseñar
think	thought	thought	pensar

1.2 Past and P. Participle ending in '-d'.
feed	fed	fed	dar de comer, alimentar
find	found	found	encontrar
have	had	had	tener
hear	heard	heard	oir
hold	held	held	sostener, sujetar
lay	laid	laid	poner, colocar
lead	led	led	dirigir, llevar
make	made	made	hacer
pay	paid	paid	pagar
read	read	read	leer
say	said	said	decir
sell	sold	sold	vender
slide	slid	slid	deslizarse
stand	stood	stood	estar de pie
tell	told	told	decir
understand	understood	understood	entender
wind	wound	wound	serpentear, enrollar

1.3 Verbs changing infinitive vowel to '-u-' (or '-o-').
dig	dug	dug	cavar, hurgar
hang	hung	hung	colgar
stick	stuck	stuck	pegar, clavar
win	won	won	ganar
shine	shone	shone	brillar

2. TYPE ABC VERBS: Infinitive, Past and P. Participle with different forms.

2.1 P. Participle ending in '-n-'.
be	was, were	been	ser, estar
bite	bit	bitten	morder
blow	blew	blown	soplar, sonarse
break	broke	broken	romper
choose	chose	chosen	elegir
do	did	done	hacer
draw	drew	drawn	dibujar
drive	drove	driven	conducir
eat	ate	eaten	comer
fall	fell	fallen	caer
fly	flew	flown	volar, viajar en avión
forbid	forbade	forbidden	prohibir
forget	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
forgive	forgave	forgiven	perdonar
freeze	froze	frozen	congelar, helarse
give	gave	given	dar
go	went	gone, been	ir
grow	grew	grown	crecer, cultivar
hide	hid	hidden	esconder
know	knew	known	saber, conocer
lie⁽²⁾	lay	lain	echarse, yacer
mistake	mistook	mistaken	confundir
ride	rode	ridden	montar
rise	rose	risen	subir, elevarse
see	saw	seen	ver
shake	shook	shaken	sacudir, agitar
show	showed	shown	mostrar
speak	spoke	spoken	hablar
steal	stole	stolen	robar
swear	swore	sworn	jurar
take	took	taken	coger, llevar
tear	tore	torn	rasgar, romper
throw	threw	thrown	tirar, lanzar
wake	woke	woken	despertarse
wear	wore	worn	llevar puesto
weave	wove	woven	tejer
write	wrote	written	escribir

2.2 Verbs having the vowel pattern '-i-' '-a-' '-u-'.
begin	began	begun	empezar
drink	drank	drunk	beber
ring	rang	rung	llamar, sonar
sing	sang	sung	cantar
sink	sank	sunk	hundir(se)
swim	swam	swum	nadar

3. TYPE AAA VERBS — All forms are the same.
bet	bet	bet	apostar
burst	burst	burst	reventar, estallar
cost	cost	cost	costar
cut	cut	cut	cortar
hit	hit	hit	golpear
hurt	hurt	hurt	doler, lastimar
let	let	let	permitir, dejar
put	put	put	poner
set	set	set	colocar, estar situado
shut	shut	shut	cerrar
split	split	split	partir
spread	spread	spread	extender

4. TYPE ABA VERBS: Infinitive and P. Participle with the same form.
become	became	become	llegar a ser
come	came	come	venir
run	ran	run	correr

5. TYPE AAB VERBS: Infinitive and Past Simple with the same form.
beat	beat	beaten	golpear, vencer

NOTES: 1. (r.) means that both regular forms and irregular forms exist. The regular forms are particularly common in U.S. 2. Lie meaning not telling the truth is regular.