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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
Lade	Laded	Laden/Laded	To load (put goods onto) a ship
Landslide	Landslid/Landslided	Landslid/Landslided	To win a convincing and easy victory in an election
Lay	Laid	Laid	To put something in a horizontal position
Lead	Led	Led	To take someone somewhere or guide them To be in command
Lean	Leant/Leaned	Leant/Leaned	To place something at an incline for support against something
Leap	Leapt/Leaped	Leapt/Leaped	To jump
Learn	Learnt/Learned	Learnt/Learned	To acquire knowledge
Leave	Left	Left	To go out of a place
Lend	Lent	Lent	To give somebody money that must be returned
Lep	Lept	Lept	To leap
Let	Let	Let	To allow something to happen To allow someone to do something
Lie	Lay	Lain	To get into or be in a horizontal position
Light	Lit	Lit	To make something burn
Linebreed	Linebred	Linebred	Breed animals from a particular family
Lip-Read	Lip-Read	Lip-Read	To work out what someone is saying from the movements of their mouth
Lose	Lost	Lost	Not to have something because you do not know where it is

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