186 · A1–C2

English irregular verbs

Irregular verbs don't add -ed in the past. Here are the 186 verbs in the Irregular Verbs app with their three forms and their CEFR level, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient). Choose a verb for its meaning and an example.

Base form	Past simple	Past participle	Level
alight	alit	alit	C1
arise	arose	arisen	C1
awake	awoke	awoken	C1
be	was or were	been	A1
bear	bore	born or borne	C1
beat	beat	beaten	B1
become	became	become	A2
beget	begot	begotten	C2
begin	began	begun	A1
behold	beheld	beheld	C1
bend	bent	bent	B2
bet	bet	bet	B1
bid	bid	bid	C2
bind	bound	bound	C2
bite	bit	bitten	B1
bleed	bled	bled	B1
blow	blew	blown	B1
break	broke	broken	A2
breed	bred	bred	B2
bring	brought	brought	A2
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	B2
build	built	built	A2
burn	burnt	burnt	B1
burst	burst	burst	B2
buy	bought	bought	A1
cast	cast	cast	C2
catch	caught	caught	A2
chide	chid	chid or chidden	C2
choose	chose	chosen	A1
cleave	cleft or cleaved or clove	cleft or cleaved or cloven	C2
cling	clung	clung	C2
clothe	clad	clad	C1
come	came	come	A1
cost	cost	cost	A2
creep	crept	crept	C2
cut	cut	cut	A2
deal	dealt	dealt	B1
dig	dug	dug	B1
dive	dove	dived	B1
do	did	done	A1
draw	drew	drawn	A1
dream	dreamt	dreamt	A2
drink	drank	drunk	A1
drive	drove	driven	A1
dwell	dwelt	dwelt	C1
eat	ate	eaten	A1
fall	fell	fallen	A2
feed	fed	fed	B1
feel	felt	felt	A1
fight	fought	fought	B1
find	found	found	A1
fit	fit	fit	B1
flee	fled	fled	C1
fling	flung	flung	C1
fly	flew	flown	A1
forbid	forbade	forbidden	B2
forget	forgot	forgotten	A2
forgive	forgave	forgiven	B1
forsake	forsook	forsaken	C2
freeze	froze	frozen	B1
get	got	got or gotten	A1
give	gave	given	A1
go	went	gone	A1
grind	ground	ground	C1
grow	grew	grown	A2
hang	hung	hung	B1
have	had	had	A1
hear	heard	heard	A1
hide	hid	hidden	B1
hit	hit	hit	A2
hold	held	held	A2
hurt	hurt	hurt	A2
keep	kept	kept	A2
kneel	knelt	knelt	B2
knit	knit	knit	B1
know	knew	known	A1
lay	laid	laid	B1
lead	led	led	B1
lean	leant	leant	B2
leap	leapt	leapt	C2
learn	learnt	learnt	A1
leave	left	left	A1
lend	lent	lent	B1
let	let	let	A2
lie	lay	lain	B1
light	lit	lit	B1
lose	lost	lost	A2
make	made	made	A1
mean	meant	meant	A2
meet	met	met	A1
mistake	mistook	mistaken	B1
pay	paid	paid	A1
plead	pled	pled	C2
proofread	proofread	proofread	C2
put	put	put	A1
quit	quit	quit	B1
read	read	read	A1
rend	rent	rent	C2
rid	rid	rid	B2
ride	rode	ridden	A2
ring	rang	rung	B1
rise	rose	risen	B1
rive	rived	riven	C2
run	ran	run	A1
saw	sawed	sawn	C2
say	said	said	A1
see	saw	seen	A1
seek	sought	sought	C1
sell	sold	sold	A2
send	sent	sent	A1
set	set	set	B1
sew	sewed	sewn	B1
shake	shook	shaken	B1
shave	shaved	shaven	B2
shear	sheared	shorn	C2
shed	shed	shed	C1
shine	shone	shone	B1
shoe	shod or shoed	shod or shoed	C2
shoot	shot	shot	B1
show	showed	shown	A2
shrink	shrank	shrunk	B2
shut	shut	shut	B1
sing	sang	sung	A1
sink	sank	sunk	B1
sit	sat	sat	A1
slay	slew	slain	C2
sleep	slept	slept	A1
slide	slid	slid	C1
sling	slung	slung	C2
slink	slunk	slunk	C2
slit	slit	slit	C2
smell	smelt	smelt	B1
smite	smote	smitten	C1
sneak	snuck	snuck	C2
sow	sowed	sown	C1
speak	spoke	spoken	A1
speed	sped	sped	C1
spend	spent	spent	A2
spell	spelt	spelt	A2
spill	spilt	spilt	B1
spin	spun	spun	C1
spit	spat	spat	C2
split	split	split	B1
spoil	spoilt	spoilt	B1
spread	spread	spread	B2
spring	sprang	sprung	C2
stand	stood	stood	A2
steal	stole	stolen	A2
stick	stuck	stuck	B1
sting	stung	stung	B2
stink	stank	stunk	C1
strew	strewed	strewn	C1
stride	strode	stridden	C1
strike	struck	struck or stricken	B2
string	strung	strung	C2
strip	stripped	stripped	C1
strive	strove	striven	C2
swear	swore	sworn	B2
sweat	sweat	sweat	B2
sweep	swept	swept	C1
swell	swelled	swollen	B2
swim	swam	swum	A2
swing	swung	swung	C1
take	took	taken	A1
teach	taught	taught	A1
tear	tore	torn	B1
tell	told	told	A1
think	thought	thought	A1
thrive	throve	thriven	C1
throw	threw	thrown	A2
thrust	thrust	thrust	B2
tread	trod	trodden	C2
undergo	underwent	undergone	C1
understand	understood	understood	A2
undertake	undertook	undertaken	C1
wake	woke	woken	A2
wear	wore	worn	A2
weave	wove	woven	C1
wed	wed	wed	C1
weep	wept	wept	C2
wet	wet	wet	B2
win	won	won	A2
wind	wound	wound	B2
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	C1
wring	wrung	wrung	C1
write	wrote	written	A1