PRESENT TENSE & PAST TENSE

Irregular Verbs

Present Tense

Past Tense Present Tense

Past Tense

awake awoke light lit bear bore lie lay beat beat lose lost become became make made begin began mean meant bend bent meet met bind bound pay paid bite bit ride rode bleed bled ring rang blow blew rise rose break broke run ran bring brought say said build built see saw buy bought seek sought catch caught sell sold choose chose send sent come came shake shook creep crept shine shone deal dealt shoot shot dig dug sing sang do did sink sank draw drew sit sat drink drank slay slew drive drove sleep slept eat ate speak spoke fall fell spend spent feed fed spin spun feel felt stand stood fight fought steal stole find found strike struck flee fled swear swore fly flew swell swelled forget forgot swim swam forgive forgave take took

forsake forsook teach taught freeze froze tear tore get got tell told give gave think thought go went throw threw grind ground tread trod grow grew wake woke hang (an article)

hung wear wore

hang (a person)

hanged weave wove

hear heard withdraw withdrew hide hid win won hold held wind wound keep kept wring wrung kneel knelt write wrote know knew lay laid lead led leave left

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table end in ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’.

Present Tense

Past Tense Present Tense

Past Tense

add added drop dropped advise advised escape escaped agree agreed fit fitted allow allowed hand handed appear appeared hope hoped arrange arranged join joined arrive arrived jump jumped behave behaved laugh laughed breathe breathed lie lied care cared live lived cause caused roam roamed change changed show showed close closed stop stopped compare compared study studied

complete completed talk talked continue continued tie tied dance danced use used die died wait waited divide divided

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table end in ‘ied’ after omitting the ‘y’.

Present Tense

Past Tense Present Tense

Past Tense

carry carried hurry hurried copy copied marry married cry cried reply replied dry dried study studied fry fried try tried

The Past Tense of the verbs in this table remain the same.

Present Tense

Past Tense

burst burst cast cast cost cost cut cut hit hit hurt hurt let let put put read read rid rid set set shed shed shut shut slit slit split split spread spread