Irregular verbs
Regular verbs
With regular verbs you make the past participle by adding '-ed' behind the verb.
As with the past simple, the -y sometimes changes to an -ie and the last consonant is sometimes doubled.
Examples:
Present tense
|
Past tense
|
past participle
|
to play |
played |
played |
to live |
lived |
lived |
to own |
owned |
owned |
to work |
worked |
worked |
to cry |
cried |
cried |
to prefer |
preferred |
preferred |
Irregular verbs
The irregular verbs have their own form that you have to memorize.
Examples:
Present tense
|
Past tense
|
past participle
|
to be |
was/were |
been |
to beat |
beat |
beaten |
to become |
became |
become |
to begin |
began |
begun |
to bend |
bent |
bent |
to bet |
bet |
bet |
to bind |
bound |
bound |
to bite |
bit |
bitten |
to blow |
blew |
blown |
to break |
broke |
broken |
to bring |
brought |
brought |
to build |
built |
built |
to buy |
bought |
bought |
to burn |
burnt |
burnt |
to burst |
burst |
burst |
to catch |
caught |
caught |
to choose |
chose |
chosen |
to come |
came |
come |
to cost |
cost |
cost |
to creep |
crept |
crept |
to cut |
cut |
cut |
to deal |
dealt |
dealt |
to dig |
dug |
dug |
to do |
did |
done |
to draw |
drew |
drawn |
to dream |
dreamt |
dreamt |
to drink |
drank |
drunk |
to drive |
drove |
driven |
to eat |
ate |
eaten |
to fall |
fell |
fallen |
to feed |
fed |
fed |
to feel |
felt |
felt |
to fight |
fought |
fought |
to find |
found |
found |
to flee |
fled |
fled |
to fly |
flew |
flown |
to forbid |
forbade |
forbidden |
to forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
to get |
got |
got |
to give |
gave |
given |
to go |
went |
gone |
to grow |
grew |
given |
to hang |
hung |
hung |
to have |
had |
had |
to hear |
heard |
heard |
to hide |
hid |
hidden |
to hit |
hit |
hit |
to hold |
held |
held |
to hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
to keep |
kept |
kept |
to know |
knew |
known |
to lay |
laid |
laid |
to lead |
led |
led |
to leave |
left |
left |
to lend |
lent |
lent |
to let |
let |
let |
to lie |
lay |
lay |
to lose |
lost |
lost |
to make |
made |
made |
to mean |
meant |
meant |
to meet |
met |
met |
to pay |
paid |
paid |
to put |
put |
put |
to read |
read |
read |
to ride |
rode |
ridden |
to ring |
rang |
rung |
to rise |
rose |
risen |
to run |
ran |
run |
to say |
said |
said |
to see |
saw |
seen |
to seek |
sought |
sought |
to sell |
sold |
sold |
to send |
sent |
sent |
to set |
set |
set |
to shake |
shook |
shaken |
to shine |
shone |
shone |
to shoot |
shot |
shot |
to show |
showed |
shown |
to shut |
shut |
shut |
to sing |
sang |
sung |
to sink |
sank |
sunk |
to sit |
sat |
sat |
to sleep |
slept |
slept |
to smell |
smelt |
smelt |
to speak |
spoke |
spoken |
to spend |
spent |
spent |
to spoil |
spoilt |
spoilt |
to spread |
spread |
spread |
to stand |
stood |
stood |
to steal |
stole |
stolen |
to stink |
stank |
stunk |
to strike |
struck |
struck |
to swear |
swore |
sworn |
to sweep |
swept |
swept |
to swim |
swam |
swum |
to take |
took |
taken |
to teach |
taught |
taught |
to tear |
tore |
torn |
to tell |
told |
told |
to think |
thought |
thought |
to throw |
threw |
thrown |
to understand |
understood |
understood |
to wake |
woke |
woken |
to wear |
wore |
worn |
to win |
won |
won |
to write |
wrote |
written |
On the internet you can find various lists of irregular verbs.