Some irregular verbs in English have completely different forms for the infinitive, simple past, and past participle. The table below lists these verbs to help you recognize their patterns and use them correctly in different tenses.
| Infinitive | Simple past | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| arise | arose | arisen |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| backslide | backslid | backslidden |
| be | was/were | been |
| bear | bore | born/borne |
| befall | befell | befallen |
| beget | begot | begotten |
| begin | began | begun |
| bespeak | bespoke | bespoken |
| bestride | bestrode | bestridden |
| bid (utter greeting) | bade | bidden/bid |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| chide | chid/chided | chidden/chided |
| cleave (split) | clove/cleft | cloven/cleft |
| crow | crew | crowed |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| forbear | forbore | forborne |
| forego/forgo | forewent | foregone |
| foresee | foresaw | foreseen |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| forswear | forswore | forsworn |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| handwrite | handwrote | handwritten |
| hew | hewed | hewn/hewed |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| interweave | interwove | interwoven |
| know | knew | known |
| lie (recline) | lay | lain |
| misgive | misgave | misgiven |
| misspeak | misspoke | misspoken |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| miswrite | miswrote | miswritten |
| outdo | outdid | outdone |
| outdraw | outdrew | outdrawn |
| outdrive | outdrove | outdriven |
| outgrow | outgrew | outgrown |
| outride | outrode | outridden |
| outsing | outsang | outsung |
| outswim | outswam | outswum |
| overbear | overbore | overborne |
| overdo | overdid | overdone |
| overdraw | overdrew | overdrawn |
| overeat | overate | overeaten |
| overfly | overflew | overflown |
| overgrow | overgrew | overgrown |
| overlie | overlay | overlain |
| oversee | oversaw | overseen |
| overtake | overtook | overtaken |
| overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
| overwrite | overwrote | overwritten |
| partake | partook | partaken |
| prove | proved | proven/proved |
| redo | redid | redone |
| retake | retook | retaken |
| rewrite | rewrote | rewritten |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| saw (cut) | sawed | sawn/sawed |
| see | saw | seen |
| sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shave | shaved | shaven/shaved |
| shear | sheared | shorn/sheared |
| show | showed | shown/showed |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| shrive | shrove | shriven |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| slay | slew | slain |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| sow | sowed | sown/sowed |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| strew | strewed | strewn/strewed |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| strike | struck | stricken/struck |
| strive | strove | striven |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| swell | swelled | swollen/swelled |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| tear | tore | torn |
| thrive | throve/thrived | thriven/thrived |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| unfreeze | unfroze | unfrozen |
| undo | undid | undone |
| undergo | underwent | undergone |
| underlie | underlay | underlain |
| undertake | undertook | undertaken |
| underwrite | underwrote | underwritten |
| wake | woke/waked | woken/waked |
| wear | wore | worn |
| weave | wove | woven |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| write | wrote | written |
