An Irregular verb is a verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending.
These are some examples of sentences using irregular verbs:
| #1 | Somebody stole my wallet |
| #2 | I paid for everything you ate |
| #3 | She made a very delicious cake |
| #4 | I broke a window |
| #5 | I fed all the dogs |
| #6 | She sent an important email |
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The past and participle form of the verbs is the most visible when using tenses in English such as:
In the case of the simple past, the past form is only used with affirmative sentences:
In the past and present perfect, the past participle is used with all types of sentences
These are some examples of irregular verbs in English
| be | was, were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten, beat |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet, betted | bet, betted |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| bless | blessed, blest | blessed, blest |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| cleave | cleft, cleaved, clove | cleft, cleaved, cloven |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
These are some examples of irregular verbs in English
| find | found | found |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| get | got | got, gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grind | ground | ground |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden, hid |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| leave | left | left |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
These are some examples of irregular verbs in English
| pay | paid | paid |
| prove | proved | proven, proved |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| run | ran | run |
| saw | sawed | sawn, sawed |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew | slain |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spill | spilt, spilled | spilt, spilled |
| stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wake | woke, waked | woken, waked |
| wear | wore | worn |
| write | wrote | written |
These are example of sentences with irregular verbs
These are some sentences with irregular verbs using the Present Perfect
These are some sentences with irregular verbs using the Past Perfect
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