Some verbs in english are irregular, and there is no way of telling which ones they are. We need to learn them.
Here is a list of verbs that are irregular in the infinitive, past simple and past participle.
| Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| be/is/am/are/ | was/were | been |
| buy | bought | bought |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| begin | began | begun |
| bring | brought | brought |
| become | became | become |
| catch | caught | caught |
| come | came | come |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| do | did | done |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | felt | felt |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| get | got | got (gotten in USA) |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hold | held | held |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | knew |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| leave | left | left |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| read | read (pronounced red) | read (pronounced red) |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| sing | sang | sung |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| write | wrote | written. |
If you would like to know how to use the past participle with present perfect tense please jump over here.
If you would like to know how to use the simple past tense, jump over here.
