Irregular Verbs in English: Complete List from Put to Stand with Past Simple and Past Participle

Irregular Verbs in English: Infinitive, Past Simple and Past Participle

The following table lists common irregular verbs in English, showing the infinitive, the past simple and the past participle forms.

List of Irregular Verbs (P–S)

• put – put – put
• read – read – read
• ride – rode – ridden
• ring – rang – rung
• rise – rose – risen
• run – ran – run
• say – said – said
• see – saw – seen
• sell – sold – sold
• send – sent – sent
• set – set – set
• shake – shook – shaken
• shine – shone – shone
• shoot – shot – shot
• show – showed – shown
• shrink – shrank – shrunk
• shut – shut – shut
• sing – sang – sung
• sink – sank – sunk
• sit – sat – sat
• sleep – slept – slept
• slide – slid – slid
• smell – smelt – smelt
• speak – spoke – spoken
• spell – spelt – spelt
• spend – spent – spent
• spill – spilt – spilt
• split – split – split
• spoil – spoilt – spoilt
• spread – spread – spread
• stand – stood – stood
• steal – stole – stolen

Tip for Learning Irregular Verbs

Practise these verbs in groups with similar patterns (for example, sing – sang – sung, sink – sank – sunk) and use them in sentences to remember their past forms more easily.