Regular & Irregular Verbs

CONJUGATION OF VERBS (Regular & Irregular Verbs) Strong Verbs or Irregular Verbs Regular or Weak Verbs: Some verbs have regular past and past participle forms. They are called regular verbs, or weak verbs. Regular or Weak Verbs: The formation of past and past participle of some verbs are irregular. They are called irregular verbs, or strong verbs.

The past and past participle of the following verbs are formed by changing some vowels. 


Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
abide
abode
abode
arise 
arose
arisen
awake
awoke
awaken
be (am, is, are)
was, were
been
bear
bore
borne
bear
bore
born
become
became
become
begin
began
begun
behold
beheld
beheld
beat
beat
beaten
bid
bade
bidden/bid
bite
bit
bitten/bit
bind
bound
bound
bleed
bled
bled
breed
bred
bred
blow
blew
blown
break
broke
broken
chide
chided
chidden/chid/chided
choose
chose
chosen
cling
clung
clung
come
came
come
welcome
welcomed
welcomed
creep
crept
crept
dig
dug
dug
do
did
done
draw
drew
drawn
drink
drank
drunk
drive
drove
driven
eat
ate
eaten
fall
fell
fallen
feed
fed
fed
fight
fought
fought
find
found
found
fly
flew
flown
forbid
forbade
forbidden
forgive
forgave
forgiven
forget
forgot
forgotten
forsake
forsook
forsaken
freeze
froze
frozen
get
got
gotten/got
give
gave
given
go
went
gone
grow
grew
grown
hang
hung
hung
hide
hid
hidden/hid
hold
held
held
know
knew
known
leave
left
left
lie 
lay
lain
make
made
made
meet
met
met
mistake
mistook
mistaken
ride
rode
ridden
ring
rang
rung
rise
rose
risen
run
ran
run
see
saw
seen
sit
sat
sat
sing
sang
sung
sink
sank
sunk
shrink
shrank
shrunk
spring 
sprang
sprung
spin
spun/span
spun
speak
spoke
spoken
shake
shook
shaken
shine
shone
shone 
shoot
shot
shot
slay
slew
slain
smite
smote
smote
stand
stood
stood
steal
stole
stolen
stick
stuck
stuck
strike
struck
struck
strive
strove
stroven
swear
swore
sworn
swim
swam
swum
take
took
taken
tear
tore
torn
throw
threw
thrown
tread
trod
trodden
wake
woke
waken
wear
wore
worn
weave
wove
woven
win
won
won
write
wrote
written
withhold
withheld
withheld
withdraw
withdrew
withdrawn

  

The present, past and past participle of the following verbs are same. 

Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
bet
bet
bet
bid
bid
bid
broadcast
broadcast
broadcast
burst
burst
burst
cast
cast
cast
cost
cost
cost
cut
cut
cut
hit
hit
hit
hurt
hurt
hurt
let
let
let
put
put
put
quit
quit
quit
read
read
read
set
set
set
shut
shut
shut
spread
spread
spread
spit
spit
spit
thrust
thrust
thrust
telecast
telecast
telecast
beat
beat
beat

Week verbs or Regular verbs 

The past and past participle of regular verbs are formed by adding the suffix -ed.  

Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
add
added
added
allow
allowed
allowed
appear
appeared
appeared
ask
asked
asked
boil
boiled
boiled
borrow
borrowed
borrowed
cheer
cheered
cheered
clean
cleaned
cleaned
climb
climbed
climbed
delay
delayed
delayed
discuss
discussed
discussed
dream
dreamed/dreamt
dreamed/dreamt
end
ended
ended
enjoy
enjoyed
enjoyed
fail
failed
failed
fill
filled 
filled 
fix
fixed
fixed
flow
flowed
flowed
folow
folowed
folowed
hang
hanged
hanged
help
helped
helped
jump
jumped
jumped
kill
killed
killed
laugh
laughed
laughed
load
loaded
loaded
lock
locked
locked
look
looked
looked
mend
mended
mended
need
needed
needed
obey
obeyed
obeyed
own
owned
owned
pass
passed
passed
paint
painted
painted
play
played
played
pull
pulled
pulled
push
pushed
pushed
punish
punished
punished
rain
rained
rained
reach
reached
reached
rear
reared
reared
sew
sewed
sewed
sow
sowed
sowed
show
showed
showed
stay
stayed
stayed
stroke
stroked
stroked
thank
thanked
thanked
wait
waited
waited
walk
walked
walked
wash
washed
washed
wish
wished
wished
work
worked
worked


If the regular verb ends in -e, we simply add -d.  

Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
agree
agreed
agreed
advise
advised
advised
arrive
arrived
arrived
arrange
arranged
arranged
care
cared
cared
change
changed
changed
charge
charged
charged
close
closed
closed
compare
compared
compared
compete
competed
competed
dare
dared
dared
dance
danced
danced
die
died
died
divide
divided
divided
gaze
gazed
gazed
hate
hated
hated
hope
hoped
hoped
lie
lied
lied
live
lived
lived
loose
loosed
loosed
love
loved
loved
move
moved
moved
place
placed
placed




The following verbs needs extra care and attention.

flee
fled
fled
have
had
had
hear
heard
heard
sell
sold
sold
tell
told
told



If a verb ends with a single vowel + a single consonant, the last consonant is doubled. 

Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
beg
begged
begged
cancel
cancelled
cancelled
drop
dropped
dropped
hop
hopped
hopped
emit
emitted
emitted
nod
nodded
nodded
pat
patted
patted
plan
planned
planned
refer
referred
referred
rub
rubbed
rubbed
stop
stopped
stopped
travel
travelled
travelled
quarrel
quarreled
quarreled


If a verb ends with a consonant + y, ‘y’ is changed to ‘i' and -ed is added.  

Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
bury
buried
buried
carry
carried
carried
cry
cried
cried
dry
dried
dried
fry
fried
fried
try
tried
tried
hurry
hurried
hurried
marry
married
married
lay
laid
laid
pay
paid
paid
say
said
said
enjoy
enjoyed
enjoyed



The past and past participle forms of some verbs end in ‘t’. 

Present (Base form)
Past form
Past participle
bend
bent
bent
build
built
built
burn
burnt
burnt
buy
bought
bought
catch
caught
caught
fight
fought
fought
deal
dealt
dealt
dream
dreamt
dreamt
dwell
dwelt
dwelt
feel
felt
felt
keep
kept
kept
kneel
knelt
knelt
learn
learnt
learnt
leave
left
left
lend
lent
lent
lose
lost
lost
mean
meant
meant
seek
sought
sought
send
sent
sent
sleep
slept
slept
smell
smelt
smelt
spell
spelt
spelt
spend
spent
spent
sweep
swept
swept
teach
taught
taught
think
thought
thought
weep
wept
wept