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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.

Verbs in English can be classified according to three different criteria: tense (present, past), aspect (perfect, progressive), and modality. There are only 2 true tenses in English, simple present and simple past, where the actual spelling of the word changes to reflect the change of tense. All the other 'tenses' are variations of the principal parts, which are combined with different auxiliary words to change the aspect or modality of the verb

Following are the rules for using the principal parts of a verb, as well as a list of the irregular verbs showing all 3 parts, and a complete list of all the verb tenses English.

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

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|Z

• Irregular Verbs - Third Person Singular
• Irregular Verbs - Base Form
• Irregular Verbs - like BUY/BOUGHT/BOUGHT
• Irregular Verbs - like DIG/DUG/DUG
• Irregular Verbs - Present Participle and Gerund
• Irregular Verbs - Past Participle
• Irregular Verbs - Simple Past
• Irregular Verbs - Like Drive / Drove / Driven
• Irregular Verbs - Like Find / Found / Found
• Irregular Verbs - Like Get / Got / Got
• Irregular Verbs - Like Know / Knew / Known
• Irregular Verbs - Like Shake / Shook / Shaken
• Irregular Verbs - Like Sing / Sang / Sung
• Irregular Verbs - Like Swell / Swelled / Swollen
• Irregular Verbs - Like Tell / Told / Told
• Irregular Verbs - Like Wake / Woke / Woken
• Irregular Verbs - Like Wear / Wore / Worn
• Irregular Verbs - No Change
• Irregular Verbs - The Comprehensive List

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