Irregular Past Tense Verbs

The first slide has the base form of the verb. Try to remember the form of the verb for the simple past tense before you look at the next card.

Patricia Galien

arise

arose

awake

awoke

be

was/were

bear

bore

beat

beat

become

became

begin

began

bend

bent

bet

bet

bid

bid

bind

bound

bite

bit

bleed

bled

blow

blew

break

broke

breed

bred

bring

brought

build

built

burst

burst

bust

bust

buy

bought

cast

cast

caught

caught

choose

chose

cling

clung

come

came

cost

cost

creep

crept

cut

cut

deal

dealt

dig

dug

dive

dived/dove

do

did

draw

drew

dream

dreamtdreamed

drink

drank

drive

drove

dwell

dwelt

eat

ate

fall

fell

feed

fed

feel

felt

fight

fought

find

found

fit

fitfitted

flee

fling

flung

fly

flew

forbid

forbadeforbad

forecast

forecastforecasted

foresee

foresaw

foretell

foretold

forget

forgot

forgive

forgave

forsake

forsook

freeze

froze

get

got

give

gave

go

went

grind

ground

grow

grew

hang

hunghanged

have

had

hear

heard

hide

hid

hit

hit

hold

held

hurt

input

inputinputted

keep

kept

kneel

kneltkneeled

knit

knitknitted

know

knew

lay

laid

lead

led

leap

leaptleaped

leave

left

lend

lent

let

let

lie

lay

light

lit

lose

lost

make

made

mean

meant

meet

met

mislead

misled

mistake

mistook

misunderstand

misunderstood

overdraw

overdrew

overhear

overheard

overtake

overtook

pay

paid

preset

preset

put

put

quit

quit

read

read

ride

rode

ring

rang

rise

rose

run

ran

say

said

see

saw

seek

sought

sell

sold

send

sent

set

set

shake

shook

shear

shoresheared

shed

shed

shine

shone

shoot

shot

shrink

shrank

shut

sing

sang

sink

sank

sit

sat

sleep

slept

slide

slid

slink

slunk

slit

slit

sneak

sneakedsnuck

speak

spoke

speed

spedspeeded

spend

spent

spin

spun

spit

spatspit

split

split

spread

spread

spring

sprang

stand

stood

steal

stole

stick

stuck

sting

stung

sublet

sublet

sunburn

sunburnedsunburnt

swear

swore

sweatsweated

sweep

sweptsweeped

swim

swam

swing

swung

take

took

teach

taught

tear

tore

tell

told

think

thought

throw

threw

tread

trod

undergo

underwent

understand

understood

undertake

undertook

upset

upset

wake

woke

wear

wore

weave

wove

wed

wedwedded

weep

wept

wet

wetwetted

wind

wound

withdraw

withdrew

withhold

withheld

withstand

withstood

wring

wrung

write

wrote