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
Take	Took	Taken	To perform an action To acquire
Teach	Taught	Taught	To instruct or train somebody
Team-teach	Team-taught	Team-taught	To teach with more than one teacher for the class or group
Tear	Tore	Torn	To make a hole or divide material, paper, etc.
Telecast	Telecast/Telecasted	Telecast/Telecasted	To broadcast on TV
Tell	Told	Told	To give somebody information
Test-drive	Test-drove	Test-driven	To drive a car to test it before buying
Test-fly	Test-flew	Test-flown	To test a plane
Think	Thought	Thought	To have an opinion To use the brain
Thrive	Throve/Thrived	Thriven/Thrived	To do very well because the circumstances or situation is right
Throw	Threw	Thrown	To cause an object to leave your hand in such a way that it travels through the air
Thrust	Thrust	Thrust	To push with force
Thunderstrike	Thunderstruck	Thunderstruck/Thunderstricken	To strike with lightning To shock
Tine	Tint/Tined	Tint/Tined	To shut
Toss	Tossed/Tost	Tossed/Tost	Throw around
Tread	Trod	Trodden	To put your foot down
Troubleshoot	Troubleshot	Troubleshot	To solve a problem
Typecast	Typecast	Typecast	To give an actor the same sort of role repeatedly
Typeset	Typeset	Typeset	To compose type for printing
Typewrite	Typewrote	Typewritten	To write with a typewriter

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