50 examples of irregular verbs! Before listing 50 irregular verbs, we first need to define what irregular verbs are and how they form their past tense and past participle. An irregular verb is one which does not form past tense and past participle with the ending -d or -ed, i.e., there aren’t any specific rules to make its past and past participle. For example, take the most common verb go. The past tense or V2 of go is ‘went,’ and the past participle or V3 is ‘gone.’ You have seen there aren’t rules to change the form of irregular verbs.
Learn: List of Irregular Verbs
Like this one, there are hundreds of irregular verbs in English, but here in this blog post, we will explore 50 examples of irregular verbs with their two forms (past and past participle)
List of 50 Examples of Irregular Verbs
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| Awake | Awoke | Awoken |
| Backslide | Backslid | Backslid |
| Bear | Bore | Borne |
| Beget | Begot/Begat | Begotten/Begot |
| Bespeak | Bespoke | Bespoken |
| Bet | Bet | Bet |
| Bind | Bound | Bound |
| Browbeat | Browbeat | Browbeaten |
| Burn | Burnt | Burnt |
| Buy | Bought | Bought |
| Cast | Cast | Cast |
| Cleave | Clove | Cloven |
| Creep | Crept | Crept |
| Crow | Crew | Crew |
| Dwell | Dwelt | Dwelt |
| Dream | Dreamt | Dreamt |
| Do | Did | Done |
| Dig | Dug | Dug |
| Feed | Fed | Fed |
| Forbear | Forbore | Forborne |
| Forerun | Foreran | Forerun |
| Forsake | Forsook | Forsaken |
| Forswear | Forswore | Forsworn |
| Gainsay | Gainsaid | Gainsaid |
| Gird | Girt | Girt |
| Get | Got | Got |
| Hagride | Hagrode | Hagridden |
| Hit | Hit | Hit |
| Hurt | Hurt | Hurt |
| Kneel | Knelt | Knelt |
| Knit | Knit | knit |
| Lay | Laid | Laid |
| Lean | Leant | Leant |
| Lie | Lay | Lain |
| Lend | Lent | Lent |
| Mean | Meant | Meant |
| Misdrive | Misdrove | Misdriven |
| Misteach | Mistaught | Mistaught |
| Miswrite | Miswrote | Miswritten |
| Outbid | Outbid | Outbid |
| Outdo | Outdid | Outdone |
| Outleap | Outleapt | Outleapt |
| Plead | Pled | Pled |
| Rend | Rent | Rent |
| Rid | Rid | Rid |
| Bestrew | Bestrewed | Bestrewn |
| Seek | Sought | Sought |
| Shake | Shook | Shaken |
| Shit | Shit/Shat/Shitted | (Shit/Shat/Shitted |
| Slay | Slew | Slain |
Definition of Important Terms:
Base Form: The base form of a verb refers to the first form, also called present form, V1, or infinitive. It is used to make the present tenses.
Past Form: A verb’s past form or past tense refers to the second form, also called V2. We use the second form of verbs to form past tense.
Past Participle: The past participle refers to the third form. This form is also V3. We use it to form perfect tenses (e.g., present perfect, past perfect, future perfect)