Regular and irregular verbs

 An English verb can be regular or irregular. Regular verbs form their past and past participle forms by adding –ed.

Examples are given below.

Walk – walked – walked
Dance – danced – danced
Paint – painted – painted
Work – worked – worked

Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms in different ways.

There are mainly three types of irregular verbs.

Verbs in which all the three forms are the same (e.g. put – put – put)
Verbs in which two of the three forms are the same (e.g. sit – sat – sat)
Verbs in which all three forms are different (e.g. drink – drank – drunk)

Some verbs can be both regular and irregular. Examples are:

Burn – burnt – burnt (irregular)
Burn – burned – burned (regular)

Dream – dreamt – dreamt (irregular)
Dream – dreamed – dreamed (regular)

Lean – lent – lent (irregular)
Lean – leaned – leaned (regular)

Learn – learnt – learnt (irregular)
Learn – learned – learned (regular)

Leap – leapt – leapt (irregular)

Leap – leaped – leaped (regular)

Smell – smelt – smelt (irregular)
Smell – smelled – smelled (regular)

Spill – spilt – spilt (irregular)
Spill – spilled – spilled (regular)

Spoil – spoilt – spoilt (irregular)
Spoil – spoiled – spoiled (regular)

Complete the following sentences using the past or past participle form of the verb given in the brackets.

1. It has been ages since I last ……………… him. (see)

2. The old man has ……………….. better days (see)

3. The cat ………………. all the milk. (drink)

4. The child has ………………… all the milk. (drink)

Answers

1. It has been ages since I last saw him.

2. The old man has seen better days

3. The cat drank all the milk.

4. The child has drunk all the milk.

101 Irregular Verbs – Past Tense in English

The following is a list of 101 Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense with example sentences in English:

Present tense – Past Tense: Example Sentence

Be – was/were: They were happy. ….. The boy was tired.
Become – became: They became very angry.
begin – began: He began work at seven.
bend – bent: He bent over to pick up the newspaper.
bet – bet: He bet all of his money.
bite – bit: The dog bit the postman.
bleed – bled: My finger bled for a while.
blow – blew: She blew some bubbles.
break – broke: She broke her pencil.
bring – brought: The waiter brought my order to the table.

build – built: The boy built a sandcastle.
buy – bought: She bought many things at the shopping mall.
catch – caught: He caught a small fish.
choose – chose: He chose something from the menu.
come – came: She came to my birthday party wearing a costume.
cost – cost: It cost me a lot of money.
cut – cut: She cut the paper with a pair of scissors.
deal – dealt: She dealt the cards to the other players.
dig – dug: The dog dug a hole in the backyard.
do – did: She did her homework.

draw – drew: He drew another cartoon.
drink – drank: He drank a glass of water.
drive – drove: The clown drove a small car.
eat – ate: She ate all of the cake.
fall – fell: The bowling ball fell on his foot.
feed – fed: She fed the pigeons.
feel – felt: She felt cold.
fight – fought: They fought with pillows.
find – found: She found a coin on the ground.
fly – flew: The pilot flew to another city.

forget – forgot: I forgot what I had to do.
forgive – forgave: She forgave him.
freeze – froze: He froze outside in the blizzard.
get – got: He got the high score.
give – gave: My children gave me a birthday present.
go – went: The kids went to the local park to play.
grow – grew: Flowers grew under the hammock.
hang – hung: The monkey hung from the branch.
have – had: I had pancakes for breakfast.
hear – heard: She heard a sound coming from the box.

hide – hid: He hid his face.
hit – hit: The ball hit the back of her head.
hold – held: She held an egg in her hand.
hurt – hurt: You hurt my feelings.
keep – kept: He kept his tools in a toolbox.
know – knew: She knew the answer.
lead – led: He led his pet along the street.
leave – left: They left the office at 5 o’clock.
lend – lent: He lent me some money.
let – let: My boss let me leave work early.

light – lit: He lit a match.
lose – lost: He lost the match.
make – made: She made a chocolate cake.
mean – meant: I don’t know what you meant.
meet – met: We met for the first time yesterday.
pay – paid: She paid her taxes.
put – put: He put his suggestion in the box.
quit – quit: He quit his job last month.
read – read: I read the book in three days.
ride – rode: She rode her horse.

ring – rang: He rang the doorbell.
rise – rose: Profits rose considerably last year.
run – ran: He ran in the marathon.
say – said: He said that he liked flowers.
see – saw: The pirate saw another ship in the distance.
sell – sold: He sold lemonade in front of his house.
send – sent: He sent a postcard.
set – set: He set the table.
shake – shook: Everything in the house shook during the earthquake.
shine – shone: He shone a flashlight to see where he was going.

shoot – shot: He shot at the target.
shut – shut: The boy shut his eyes.
sing – sang: She sang very well.
sink – sank: He slowly sank in the quicksand.
sit – sat: They sat on the park bench.
sleep – slept: He slept in the armchair.
slide – slid: She slid to second base.
speak – spoke: He spoke about how to be successful in life.
speed – sped: He sped along the road.
spend – spent: He spent all of his money on a new bicycle.

spin – spun: The dancer spun around very quickly.
spread – spread: I spread a lot of jam on the bread.
stand – stood: A guard stood at the entrance.
steal – stole: The thief stole a painting from the museum.
stick – stuck: Some chewing gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe.
sting – stung: A bee stung my arm.
strike – struck: He struck the ball well.
sweep – swept: The man swept the path.
swim – swam: The boy swam to the edge of the pool.
swing – swung: He swung on a vine.

take – took: She took her medication.
teach – taught: He taught geography at a local high school.
tear – tore: She tore the paper in half.
tell – told: I told you to be careful.
think – thought: He thought about a possible solution to the problem.
throw – threw: She threw the can into the bin.
understand – understood: He understood the lesson.
wake – woke: He woke up at 6 o’clock.
wear – wore: She wore a blue hat and a blue dress.
win – won: He won three medals.

write – wrote: The teacher wrote a message on the board.

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