English irregular verbs
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This is a table of English irregular verbs.
Regular verbs in English have three forms:
- the base, which is equivalent to the infinitive without 'to' and most forms of the present tense
- the -s form, which is used for the third person singular of the present tense
- the past tense form, which is also used for the past participle, and which consists of adding -ed to the base, or, in the case of verbs ending in -e, -d only.
Irregular verbs have these forms, and form the -s form regularly: béãrs from béãr. But many of them have past participles that differ from the past tense, as is the case with béãr, bŏre, bŏrn (she bore him, he was born).
| base | past | past participle | past passive adjective |
|---|---|---|---|
| béãr birth | bŏre | bŏrn | |
| béãr suffered, carried | bŏre | bŏrne | |
| bêat | bêat | bêaten | |
| begín | begán | begún | |
| behóld | behéld | behéld | behôlden |
| bénd | bént | bént | |
| berêave | berêaved | berêaved | beréft |
| besêech | besŏught | besŏught | |
| bíd auction | bíd | bíd | |
| bíd ask | báde (= bád wrong) | bídden | |