List of English irregular verbs

What is an irregular verb?

Irregular verbs are those that don’t follow the normal rule of adding –d, –ed or –ied to form their past simple and past participle.

Irregular verbs have a variety of spellings. Their infinitive, past simple and infinitive forms are sometimes the same, sometimes different:

• Some irregular verbs have the same infinitive, past simple and past participle forms.
• Some irregular verbs have different infinitive, past simple and past participle forms.
• Some irregular verbs have the same past simple and past participle forms, but a different infinitive.

Common English irregular verbs

This is a list of over 180 common English irregular verbs, with their past simple and past participle forms.

The list does not include less common verbs or those which simply add the prefixes re-, un– or out– to a verb already on the list.