English Irregular Verbs

There are many Irregular Verbs in English which do not conform to the pattern. The principal parts of the English verb are the base form, the simple past, and the past participle. For regular verbs, the simple past and the past participle are spelled the same and are created by adding ed to the base form. However, there are many irregular verbs in English which do not conform to this pattern.

The additional forms of the verb in English are the s form (3rd person singular present), and the present participle, which is created by adding ing to the base form. There are no irregular forms of the present participle, so the spelling of any verb will adhere to the rules of spelling for regular inflection.

A comprehensive list of 619 English irregular verbs, including their base form, past simple, past participle and definitions is here below.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle	Definition
Fall	Fell	Fallen	To move downwards or to the ground
Farebeat	Farebeat	Farebeaten	To avoid paying fares when using public transport
Fast-cut	Fast-cut	Fast-cut	To cut quickly from one scene to another in a film
Feed	Fed	Fed	To give or supply food
Feel	Felt	Felt	To sense by touch To experience an emotion, or sensation
Fight	Fought	Fought	To try to hurt or kill someone in combat or war
Find	Found	Found	To discover something either by chance or when looking for it
Fit	Fit/Fitted	Fit/Fitted	To be the correct size, for clothes, etc. (fit/fit/fit) To measure someone for size (fit fit/fitted/ fit/fitted)
Flash-freeze	Flash-froze	Flash-frozen	To freeze food very rapidly to preserve taste and nutrients
Flee	Fled	Fled	To run away in order to find safety
Fling	Flung	Flung	To throw or move something suddenly
Floodlight	Floodlit	Floodlit	To use powerful lights to illuminate something outside at night
Fly	Flew	Flown	To move through the air To travel by aeroplane
Flyblow	Flyblew	Flyblown	To contaminate by laying eggs, the way a fly does
Forbear	Forbore	Forborne/Forborn	Not to use or talk about something
Forbid	Forbade/Forbad	Forbidden	To prohibit
Force-feed	Force-fed	Force-fed	To feed someone who refuses or doesn't want to eat
Fordo/Foredo	Fordid	Fordone	To ruin or destroy
Forecast	Forecast/Forecasted	Forecast/Forecasted	To predict the future
Forefeel	Forefelt	Forefelt	To have a feeling before something happens To have a premonition
Forego	Forewent	Foregone	To preceed something To go without something
Foreknow	Foreknew	Foreknown	To know something beforehand
Forerun	Foreran	Forerun	To go before something To show that something is going to happen
Foresee	Foresaw	Foreseen	To predict or see the future
Foreshow	Foreshowed	Forshowed/Foreshown	To show something or make it known beforehand To foretell
Forespeak	Forespoke	Forespoken	To predict To speak of something beforehand
Foretell	Foretold	Foretold	To predict the future
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten	To be unable to remember something
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven	To pardon or stop being angry with someone who has offended you
Forlese	Forlore	Forlorn	To lose completely
Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken	To give something up To abandon
Forswear	Forswore	Forsworn	To make a false promise or oath
Fraught	Fraught/Fraughted	Fraught/Fraughted	To stock To load a ship, etc To hire a ship, etc
Free-fall	Free-fell	Free-fallen	To drop or fall suddenly To fall through the air without opening a parachute
Freeze	Froze	Frozen	To make liquids into solids by cold temperatures To store food below zero degrees centigrade
Frostbite	Frostbit	Frostbitten	To injure or damage part of the body through extreme cold

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