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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
Gainsay	Gainsaid	Gainsaid	To contradict or deny
Gaslight	Gaslit/Gaslighted	Gaslit/Gaslighted	To frighten and confuse someone so much that they think they are going mad
Geld	Gelded/Gelt	Gelded/Gelt	To castrate an animal
Get	Got	Got/Gotten	To obtain, catch or receive
Ghostwrite	Ghostwrote	Ghostwritten	To write for someone else, who will put their name as the author
Gild	Gilt/Gilded	Gilt/Gilded	To cover something with a thin layer of gold
Gin	Gan	Gan	To begin something
Gird	Girded/Girt	Girded/Girt	To secure or encirle something with a belt or bend
Give	Gave	Given	To offer something as a present
Gnaw	Gnawed	Gnawed/Gnawn	To bite or chew To cause worry
Go	Went	Gone/Been	To travel to a place
Grave	Graved	Graven/Graved	To dig To carve To fix in the memory
Grind	Ground	Ground	To break something into a powder
Grow	Grew	Grown	To increase in size

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