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Practice the correct spelling of different tenses of irregular verbs here. Just fill in the gaps for the different tenses, and if you are correct it will turn green. Select "Start again" or reload the page and you will see a new page verbs to practice with. Try again!
The best way to study English irregular verbs is to divide them into groups. As we have done here.
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
| abide | abode | abode |
| arise | arose | |
| awake | awoke | |
| be | was/were | |
| bear | bore | born |
| beat | beaten | |
| beget | begot | begotten |
| begin | began | |
| bent | bent | |
| bereave | bereft | |
| beseech | besought | |
| bespoke | bespoken | |
| bestrode | bestridden | |
| bet | bet | |
| bind | bound | |
| bite | bitten | |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| blow | blew | |
| break | broken | |
| breed | bred | |
| bring | brought | |
| broadcast | broadcast | |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burnt | burnt |
| burst | burst | |
| buy | bought | |
| can | - | |
| cast | cast | cast |
| catch | caught | |
| chose | chose | |
| cling | clung | |
| come | come | |
| cost | cost | cost |
| creep | crept | |
| cut | cut | cut |
| deal | dealt | |
| dig | dug | |
| do | did | |
| drew | drawn | |
| dream | dreamt | |
| drank | drunk | |
| drive | drove | |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| ate | eaten | |
| fall | fell | |
| feed | fed | |
| feel | felt | |
| fight | fought | |
| found | found | |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fly | flew | flew |
| forbid | forbad(e) | forbidden |
| forecast | forecast | |
| forget | forgot | |
| forsake | forsook | |
| froze | frozen | |
| got | got | |
| gave | given | |
| went | gone | |
| grind | ground | |
| grew | grown | |
| hang | hung | |
| have | had | had |
| heard | heard | |
| hid | hidden | |
| hit | hit | |
| hold | held | |
| hurt | hurt | |
| keep | kept | |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| know | known | |
| lay | laid | |
| lead | led | |
| leant | leant | |
| leap | leapt | |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| leave | left | |
| lend | lent | |
| let | let | |
| light | lit | lit |
| lay | lain | |
| lost | lost | |
| make | made | |
| meant | meant | |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | |
| put | put | |
| read | read | read |
| rend | rent | |
| rid | rid | |
| ride | ridden | |
| ring | rang | |
| rose | risen | |
| run | run | |
| say | said | |
| see | seen | |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | |
| shook | shaken | |
| shed | shed | |
| shine | shone | shone |
| shoot | shot | |
| showed | shown | |
| shrink | shrunk | |
| shrive | shriven | |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | |
| slay | slew | slain |
| slept | slept | |
| slid | slid | |
| slung | slung | |
| slunk | slunk | |
| slit | slit | |
| smell | smelt | |
| smote | smitten | |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| speed | sped | sped |
| spend | spent | |
| spin | spun | |
| spat | spat | |
| split | split | split |
| spoilt | spoilt | |
| spread | spread | |
| spring | sprang | |
| stand | stood | |
| stole | stolen | |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | |
| stink | stunk | |
| strike | struck | |
| strung | strung | |
| strive | strove | |
| swore | sworn | |
| sweep | swept | |
| swim | swum | |
| swing | swung | swung |
| take | took | |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | |
| tell | told | |
| thought | thought | |
| throw | threw | |
| thrust | thrust | |
| tread | trod | |
| woke | woken | |
| wear | wore | |
| weave | wove | |
| weep | wept | wept |
| won | won | |
| wound | wound | |
| wrung | wrung | |
| write | wrote | written |