Weak with vowel reduction and assimilation of dentalsīlow blew blown overblow overblew overblownīreed bred bred inbreed inbred inbred interbreed interbred interbred overbreed overbred overbredīuild built built overbuild overbuilt overbuilt rebuild rebuilt rebuilt Weak with Rückumlaut and Germanic spirant lawīid (in cards, auctions, etc.) bid bid outbid outbid outbid overbid overbid overbid underbid underbid underbidīid (meaning to request or say) bade/bid/bidded bidden/bid/bidded forbid forbad/forbade/forbid forbid/forbiddenīide bided/bode bided/bidden abide abided/abode abided/*abiddenīind bound bound/*bounden unbind unbound unbound underbind underbound underbound Weak with assimilation of dentals and devoicing of the endingīeseech besought/beseeched besought/beseeched See Indo-European copula.īear bore/bare born/borne forbear forbore forborne *misbear misbore misborne overbear overbore overborne underbear underbore underborneīeat beat beaten/beat browbeat browbeat browbeatenīend bent/bended bent/bended overbend overbent overbent unbend unbent unbent This table includes selected archaic forms (marked *).
Note that many of these forms vary even within each English variety depending on the dialect. In this table, the preferred or more common usage is generally listed first, though for some words usage is nearly equal for both choices. Australian English tends to follow British practice, while Canadian English often sides with American usage. In other cases, the opposite is true ( dived and sneaked in Britain, but also dove and snuck in the United States). spilled), American English uses the regular form, while British English tends to favor the irregular. Many of these verbs are irregular in British or American English only. Typical irregularities in weak verbs are the assimilation of dentals ( bended → bent) and vowel reduction ( *keeped → kept).
The right hand column notes whether the verb is weak or strong, whether it belongs to a subclass, and links to discussions elsewhere. Next is the preterite or simple past form, then finally the past participle. The tables’ left-hand column shows verb forms ( lemma and inflected): The citation form (the infinitive) comes first (linked to its Wiktionary article), from which a marker (dagger †) references a footnote if its present tense forms are irregular. Each row shows an irregular verb (or group of compounds sharing a base verb), arranged alphabetically. What does the table show?īelow is a list of over 200 of the most common English irregular verbs, the first column shows their base form, the second columns shows past simple, the the third columns shows past participle, the third column shows 3rd person singular, and last column shows present participle - gerund.This table lists irregular verbs in the English language. Some irregular verbs do not change at all, while others change completely, or they can even change letters in the middle. The English language has a lot of irregular verbs, which don't add - ed or -d to the end of the verb In the English language, regular verbs will add -ed or -d if the end with the letter 'e') when you need to form the past tense and past participle. Sometimes irregular verbs do not change at all. What is an irregular verb?Īn irregular verb is when a verb does not end with -ed or -d, when it is used for the Past Simple and Past Participle forms.
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