In the table below, you will find the principal parts of the most common irregular verbs (from A to G).

• Irregular Verbs: Arise to Grow (below)
• Irregular Verbs: Hang to Sink (page two)
• Irregular Verbs: Sit to Write (page three)

To find the correct past or past participle form of a verb not included in the list, check your dictionary. If the dictionary gives only the present form of the verb, presume that the verb is regular and forms the past and past participle by adding -d or -ed.

Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs A-G

PRESENT	PAST	PAST PARTICIPLE
arise	arose	arisen
be	were (singular was)	been
beat	beat	beaten (or beat)
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bend	bent	bent
bite	bit	bitten
bleed	bled	bled
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brought
build	built	built
burst	burst	burst
buy	bought	bought
cast	cast	cast
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
cling	clung	clung
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dig	dug	dug
dive	dived (or dove)	dived
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feed	fed	fed
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fly	flew	flown
forget	forgot	forgotten
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	got (or gotten)
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown