English Irregular Verbs
The verbs in this group have distinct spellings for the simple present, the simple past and the past participle. These are the verbs most often used incorrectly when the past participle form is called for. The most effective way to learn them is to practice the past participle with the forms of have.
arise arose [has/have/had] arisen
awake awoke [has/have/had] awoken
bear bore [has/have/had] borne
become became [has/have/had] become
befall befell [has/have/had] befallen
begin began [has/have/had] begun
bid bade [has/have/had] bidden
blow blew [has/have/had] blown
break broke [has/have/had] broken
bite bit [has/have/had] bitten
choose chose [has/have/had] chosen
come came [has/have/had] come
do did [has/have/had] done
draw drew [has/have/had] drawn
drink drank [has/have/had] drunk
drive drove [has/have/had] driven
eat ate [has/have/had] eaten
fall fell [has/have/had] fallen
fly flew [has/have/had] flown
forbid forbade [has/have/had] forbidden
forget forgot [has/have/had] forgotten
forgive forgave [has/have/had] forgiven
forsake forsook [has/have/had] forsaken
freeze froze [has/have/had] frozen
get got [has/have/had] gotten
get got [has/have/had] got (British usage)
give gave [has/have/had] given
go went [has/have/had] gone
grow grew [has/have/had] grown
hide hid [has/have/had] hidden
know knew [has/have/had] known
lie (to recline) lay [has/have/had] lain
mistake mistook [has/have/had] mistaken
prove proved [has/have/had] proven
ride rode [has/have/had] ridden
ring rang [has/have/had] rung
rise rose [has/have/had] risen
run ran [has/have/had] run
see saw [has/have/had] seen
show showed [has/have/had] shown
shake shook [has/have/had] shaken
shear sheared [has/have/had] shorn
shrink shrank [has/have/had] shrunk
sing sang [has/have/had] sung
sink sank [has/have/had] sunk
slay slew [has/have/had] slain
sow sowed [has/have/had] sown
speak spoke [has/have/had] spoken
spring sprang [has/have/had] sprung
steal stole [has/have/had] stolen
stink stank [has/have/had] stunk
stride strode [has/have/had] stridden
strive strove [has/have/had] striven
swear swore [has/have/had] sworn
swell swelled [has/have/had] swollen
swim swam [has/have/had] swum
take took [has/have/had] taken
tear tore [has/have/had] torn
throw threw [has/have/had] thrown
tread trod [has/have/had] trodden
undertake undertook [has/have/had] undertaken
wear wore [has/have/had] worn
weave wove [has/have/had] woven
withdraw withdrew [has/have/had] withdrawn
write wrote [has/have/had] written
