Past Tense of English Verbs
The past tense and past participle of 3,878 English verbs, regular and irregular, each with its other forms and example sentences.
All verbs from A to Z
Irregular verbs: V1, V2, V3
The 157 irregular verbs on Word.ws with their base form (V1), past tense (V2) and past participle (V3).
| Base form (V1) | Past tense (V2) | Past participle (V3) |
|---|---|---|
| abide | abode or abided | abode or abided |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| babysit | babysat or babysitted | babysat or babysitted |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| behold | beheld | beheld |
| bend | bent | bent |
| beset | beset | beset |
| bid | bid or bade | bid or bade |
| bind | bound | bound |
| bite | bit | bitten or bit |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| bless | blest or blessed | blest or blessed |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| breed | bred | bred |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| burst | burst | burst |
| buy | bought | bought |
| cast | cast | cast |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost or costed | cost or costed |
| creep | crept or creeped | crept or creeped |
| cut | cut | cut |
| dig | dug | dug |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drink | drank or drunk | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fix | fixt or fixed | fixt or fixed |
| flee | fled | fled |
| forbid | forbade or forbad | forbidden |
| forecast | forecast | forecast |
| foresee | foresaw | foreseen |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| gan | went | gane |
| get | got | got |
| give | gave | given |
| got | had | had |
| grind | ground or grinded | ground or grinded |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung or hanged | hung or hanged |
| have | had | had |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| kneel | knelt or kneeled | knelt or kneeled |
| knit | knit | knit or knitted |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| let | let | let |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| mislead | misled | misled |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| misunderstand | misunderstood | misunderstood |
| outcast | outcast | outcast |
| overcome | overcame | overcome |
| overlay | overlaid or overlayed | overlaid or overlayed |
| override | overrode | overridden |
| overrun | overran | overrun |
| oversee | oversaw | overseen |
| overtake | overtook | overtaken |
| overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
| partake | partook | partaken |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| rebuild | rebuilt | rebuilt |
| redo | redid | redone |
| remake | remade | remade |
| repay | repaid | repaid |
| reread | reread | reread |
| reset | reset | reset |
| retake | retook | retaken |
| rethink | rethought | rethought |
| rewind | rewound | rewound |
| rid | rid or ridded | rid or ridded |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shed | shed | shed |
| shine | shone or shined | shone or shined |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk or shrunken |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang or sung | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew or slayed | slain or slayed |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slide | slid | slid |
| sling | slung | slung |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spin | spun | spun |
| split | split | split |
| spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang or sprung | sprung |
| stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stink | stank or stunk | stunk |
| stride | strode | stridden or strode |
| strike | struck | struck |
| strive | strove | striven |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| telecast | telecast | telecast |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| thrive | throve or thrived | thriven or thrived |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| tread | trod or tread | trodden or trod |
| undergo | underwent | undergone |
| understand | understood | understood |
| undertake | undertook | undertaken |
| undo | undid | undone |
| unwind | unwound | unwound |
| uphold | upheld | upheld |
| wake | woke or waked | woken or waked |
| wear | wore | worn |
| weave | wove or weaved | woven or weaved |
| wed | wed or wedded | wed or wedded |
| weep | wept | wept |
| win | won | won |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| withhold | withheld | withheld |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| write | wrote | written |
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Word forms adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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