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IRREGULAR VERBS BY IRREGULARITY
Type I

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Bend bent bent bending

Build built built building
Deal dealt dealt dealing
Have-has had had having
Lend lent lent lending
Make made made making
Mean meant meant meaning
Send sent sent sending
Spend spent spent spending

Type Ia

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Burn burnt/burned US burnt/burned US burning

Dwell dwelt/dwelled US dwelt/dwelled US dwelling
Dream dreamt/dreamed US dreamt/dreamed US dreaming
Leap leapt/leaped US leapt/leaped US leaping
Learn learnt/learned US learnt/learned US learning
Smell smelt/smelled US smelt/smelled US smelling
Spell spelt/spelled US spelt/spelled US spelling
Spill spilt/spilled US spilt/spilled US spilling
Spoil spoilt/spoiled US spoilt/spoiled US spoiling

Type II

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Mow mowed mown mowing

Saw sawed sawn sawing
Sew sewed sewn sewing

Type IIa

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Hew hewed hewn/hewed US hewing

Shear sheared shorn/sheared US shearing
Show showed shown/showed US showing
Sow sowed sown/sowed US sowing
Strew strewed strewn/strewed US strewing
Swell swelled swollen/swelled US swelling
Thrive thrived thriven/thrived US thriving

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Type III

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Buy bought bought buying

Bind bound bound binding
Bring brought brought bringing
Hear heard heard hearing
Lay laid laid laying
Lead led led leading
Leave left left leaving
Lose lost lost losing
Say said said saying
Feel felt felt feeling
Keep kept kept keeping
Meet met met meeting
Pay paid paid paying
Seek sought sought seeking
Sell sold sold selling
Sleep slept slept sleeping
Slide slid slid sliding
Spin spun spun spinning
Spit spat spat spitting
Stand stood stood standing
Stink stunk stunk stinking
Swing swung swung swinging
Teach taught taught teaching
Think thought thought thinking
Weep wept wept weeping

Type IV

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Arise arouse arisen arising

Awake awoke awoken awaking
Bear bore borne/born bearing
Beat beat beaten beating
Bite bit bitten biting
Blow blew blown blowing
Break broke broken breaking
Choose chose chosen choosing
Do did done doing
Draw drew drawn drawing
Drive drove driven driving
Eat ate eaten eating
Fall fell fallen falling
Fly flew flown flying
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Forbear forbore forborne forbearing
Forbid forbade forbidden forbidding
Forget forgot forgotten forgetting
Forgive forgave forgiven forgiving
Forsake forsook forsaken forsaking
Freeze froze frozen freezing
Go went gone going
Give gave given giving
Grow grew grown growing
Hide hid hidden hiding
Know knew known knowing
Lie lay lain laying
Ride rode ridden ridding
Rise rose risen rising
See saw seen seeing
Shake shook shaken shaking
Speak spoke spoken speaking
Steal stole stolen stealing
Stride strode stridden striding
Swear swore sworn swearing
Take took taken taking
Tear tore torn tearing
Throw threw thrown throwing
Undertake undertook undertaken undertaking
Wear wore worn wearing
Weave wove woven weaving
Write wrote written writing

Type IVa

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Tread trod trodden/trod treading

Wake woke woken/waked waling

Type V

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Bid bid bid bidding

Broadcast broadcast broadcast broadcasting
Burst burst burst bursting
Cast cast cast casting
Cut cut cut cutting
Hit hit hit hitting
Hurt hurt hurt hurting
Let let let letting
Put put put putting
Set set set setting
Shed shed shed shedding
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Shut shut shut shutting
Slit slit slit slitting
Spread spread spread spreading
Thrust thrust thrust thrusting

Type Va

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Bet bet/betted US bet/betted US betting

Cost cost/costed US cost/costed US costing
Fit fit/fitted US fit/fitted US fitting
Knit knit/knitted US knit/knitted US knitting
Quit quit/quitted US quit/quitted US quitting
Rid rid/ridded US rid/ridded US ridding
Sweat sweat/sweated US sweat/sweated US sweating
Wed wed/wedded US wed/wedded US wedding
Wet wet/wetted US wet/wetted US wetting

Type VI

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Bleed bled bled bleeding

Breed bred bred breeding
Cling clung clung clinging
Creep crept crept creeping
Dig dug dug digging
Fight fought fought fighting
Feed fed fed feeding
Find found found finding
Flee fled fled fleeing
Fling flung flung flinging
Get got got/gotten getting
Grind ground ground grinding
Hold held held holding
Read read read reading
Shine shone shone shining
Shoot shot shot shooting
Sit sat sat sitting
Stand stood stood standing
Stick stuck stuck sticking
Sting stung stung stinging
Strike struck struck striking
Sweep swept swept sweeping
Tell told told telling
Understand understood understood understanding
Weep wept wept weeping
Win won won winning
Wind wound wound winding
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Wring wrung wrung wringing

Type VIa

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Hang hung/hanged hung/hanged hanging

Light lit/lighted lit/lighted lighting
Kneel knelt/kneeled knelt/kneeled kneeling
Speed sped/speeded sped/speeded speeding

Type VII

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Become became become becoming

Begin began begun beginning
Come came come coming
Drink drank drunk drinking
Ring rang rung ringing
Run ran run running
Shrink shrank shrunk shrinking
Sing sang sung singing
Sink sank sunk sinking
Spring sprang sprung springing
Stink stank stunk stinking
Swim swam swum swimming

Modal verbs

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Can could
May might
Must -------
Ought -------
Shall should
Will would

To be

BASE FORM PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Am-are-is was-were been being

were (subjunctive)

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TOTAL VERBS
Type number Irregularity
I 9 Last consonant shift or adding ‘T’ to the base form.
Ia 9 These verbs are regular in North American English
II 3 The past form is regular; the past participle is formed by adding ‘N’.
IIa 7 These verbs are regular in North American English
III 25 Vowel shift from or to diphthongs, the past and past participle are the same.
IV 40 ‘N’ is added to the past participle from the base or past forms.
IVa 2 The regular past participle is unusual.
V 15 The three forms remain the same.
Va 9 The past form and the past participle are regular in North American English.
VI 28 There is vowel shift; the past form and the past participle are the same.
VIa 4 The past participle is regular in north American English.
VII 12 The part form changes, the base form and the past participle are the same.
Modals 6 These verbs have no participle forms, must and ought has no past form.
To be 8 The most irregular verb in English with eight forms.
Total 177

Bibliography
Greenbaum, S. (1996). Oxford English Grammar (First ed.). Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom:
Oxford University Press.

Larousse. (1997). Verbos ingleses (Primera ed.). México, D. F., México: Larousse.

Thomson, A. J., & Martinet, A. V. (1986). A Practical English Grammar (Fourth ed.). Oxford,
Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University press.

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