Irregular verbs a-d
Additional explanations:
What is an Infinitive?- The Infinitive consists of the basic form of a word + to. For example: to bring, to hide, to eat;
- The Infinitive does not give any information about time, number of people and mode.
- The Past Participle is a verb form that is used for passive constructions, the present perfect, the past perfect and sometimes as an adjective.
Use the table below for studying. You may hide and show an entire column or single rows and test yourself thereby.
Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
arise | arose | arisen |
awake | awoke | awoken |
be | was | been |
bear | bore | borne |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
beget | begot | begotten |
begin | began | begun |
bend | bent | bent |
beseech | besought | besought |
bet | bet | bet |
bid | bid | bid |
bide | bode | bidden |
bind | bound | bound |
bite | bit | bitten |
bleed | bled | bled |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
burn | burnt | burnt |
buy | bought | bought |
can | could | (none) |
cast | cast | cast |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
cleave | clove | cloven |
cling | clung | clung |
clothe | clad | clad |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
creep | crept | crept |
crow | crew | crowed |
cut | cut | cut |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dig | dug | dug |
dive | dove | dived |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
dream | dreamt | dreamt |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
Now practise the various forms of the irregular verbs by completing the table below.
Look at the list of verb forms below. Decide which of the forms are simple past forms (yellow) and which are past participles (orange). To do so, first click on the yellow colour and then on the words you believe to be simple past forms. Then click on the orange colour and then on the words that you think are past participles.
Practise again all the irregular verbs from this page using our slideshow. Try to remember the simple past form and the past participle of the verbs. To check if you were right, scroll your mouse over the hidden areas.