English Irregular Verbs

There are many Irregular Verbs in English which do not conform to the pattern. The principal parts of the English verb are the base form, the simple past, and the past participle. For regular verbs, the simple past and the past participle are spelled the same and are created by adding ed to the base form. However, there are many irregular verbs in English which do not conform to this pattern.

The additional forms of the verb in English are the s form (3rd person singular present), and the present participle, which is created by adding ing to the base form. There are no irregular forms of the present participle, so the spelling of any verb will adhere to the rules of spelling for regular inflection.

A comprehensive list of 619 English irregular verbs, including their base form, past simple, past participle and definitions is here below.

1. Backbite
   
2. Backfit
   
3. Backlight
   
4. Backslide
   
5. Be
   
6. Bear
   
7. Beat
   
8. Become
   
9. Bedight
   
10. Befall
    
11. Beget
    
12. Begin
    
13. Begird
    
14. Behight
    
15. Behold
    
16. Belay
    
17. Bend
    
18. Bereave
    
19. Beseech
    
20. Beset
    
21. Bespeak
    
22. Bestrew
    
23. Bestride
    
24. Bet
    
25. Betake
    
26. Bethink
    
27. Beweep
    
28. Bid - 1
    
29. Bid - 2
    
30. Bide
    
31. Bind
    
32. Bite
    
33. Blaw
    
34. Bleed
    
35. Blend
    
36. Bless
    
37. Blow
    
38. Bottle-Feed
    
39. Bowstring
    
40. Break
    
41. Breast-feed
    
42. Breed
    
43. Bring
    
44. Broadcast
    
45. Browbeat
    
46. Build
    
47. Burn
    
48. Burst
    
49. Bust
    
50. Buy
    

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