VERBS WITH IRREGULAR PAST TENSES

be become begin bet bite bleed blow break bring build buy catch choose come cost cut dig do draw drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fly forget forgive freeze get give go grow hang* was / were been became began bet bit bled blew broke brought built bought caught chose came cost cut dug did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found flew forgot forgave froze got gave went grew hung become begun bet bitten bled blown broken brought built bought caught chosen come cost cut dug done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found flown forgotten forgiven frozen gotten given gone grown hung

have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lead leave lend let lie ** light lose make mean meet pay put quit read *** ride ring rise run say see sell send set shake shine shoot show shut sing sink

had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew led left lent let lay lit lost made meant met paid put quit read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent set shook shone shot showed shut sang sank

had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known led left lent let lain lit lost made meant met paid put quit read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent set shaken shone shot shown shut sung sunk

sit sleep slide speak spend spread stand steal swear sweep swim swing take teach tear tell think throw wake wear win write

sat slept slid spoke spent spread stood stole swore swept swam swung took taught tore told thought threw woke wore won wrote

sat slept slid spoken spent spread stood stolen sworn swept swum swung taken taught torn told thought thrown woken worn won written

understand understood understood

* HANG - Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs Hang-Hung-Hung. BUT when Hang means "to kill someone by putting a rope around someone's neck and leaving them in a high position without any support", we use different verbs: Hang-Hanged-hanged. This verb is typical of public executions in the past. (e.g. They hanged him in the main square.) ** LIE - Lie has two meanings. When it means "to put your body in a horizontal position" (normally on a bed) it uses the Lie-Lay-Lain verbs. BUT it is regular Lie-Lied-Lied when it has the other meaning of "not to say the truth".

*** READ - Even though they are written the same, the pronunciation is different in the Past Tense and Past Participle form.

Part Two
The following verbs can be regular or irregular:
Verb Past Simple burn learn burned OR burnt learned OR learnt Past Participle burned OR burnt learned OR learnt smelled OR smelt

dream dreamed OR dreamt dreamed OR dreamt smell smelled OR smelt

The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British English.

Part Three
Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form:
Verb bet cut hit hurt let put quit read set shut spread Past Simple Past Participle bet cut hit hurt let put quit read set shut spread bet broadcast cut hit hurt let put quit read set shut spread

broadcast broadcast

All of the verbs above are written and pronounced the same in the three forms EXCEPT for Read which is written the same but pronounced differently.