IRREGULAR VERB ‘FAMILIES’

This is a list of irregular verbs in English is divided into different ‘families’ to help you to remember.
1. All the same - 3. The “ought” and “aught” Family 8. The “en” Family -
Verbs that are the same in all tenses verbs that finish with “ought” and “aught” in Verbs that finish with “en” in Past
Past Past and Participle Participle.
Past Past
Base Past Simple Participle
Cost Cost Cost Base Past Simple Participle Base Past Simple Participle
Cut Cut Cut Bring Brought Brought Beat Beat Beaten
Fit Fit Fit Buy Bought Bought Bite Bit Bitten
Hit Hit Hit Catch Caught Caught
Choose Chose Chosen
Hurt Hurt Hurt Teach Taught Taught
Drive Drove Driven
Let Let Let Think Thought Thought
Eat Ate Eaten
Put Put Put
Fall Fell Fallen
Quit Quit Quit 4. The First and Last Family
- Verbs that are the same in the Present and Forgive Forgave Forgiven
Shut Shut Shut
Participle Forget Forgot Forgotten
Past Give Gave Given
2. The Last 2 Family Hide Hid Hidden
Base Past Simple Participle
Verbs that are the same in Past and
Become Became Become Take Took Taken
Participle.
Come Came Come Write Wrote Written
Past
Run Ran Run
Base Past Simple Participle
9. The “oke” and “oken” Family -
Build built built
5. The “in” “an” and “un” Family - Verbs that finish with “oke” in Past and
Burn Burnt Burnt Verbs that have “in” in Present, “an” in Past “oken” in Past Participle .
Dream Dreamt Dreamt and “un” in Participle. Past
Feel Felt Felt Past Base Past Simple Participle
find found found Base Past Simple Participle Break Broke Broken
Get got got Begin Began Begun Speak Spoke Spoken
Hang hung hung Drink Drank Drunk Steal Stole Stolen
Have had had Ring Rang Rung Wake Woke Woken
Hear heard heard Sing Sang Sung
Hold held held Swim Swam Swun
Keep kept kept 10. Always change Family
Learn learnt learnt Past
6. The “ow” “ew” and “own” Family
Leave Left left Base Past Simple Participle
Verbs that end in “ow” in Present, “ew” in
Lend Lent Lent Be was/were Been
Past and “own” in Participle.
Lose lost lost Can Could
Past
Make made made Do Did Done
Base Past Simple Participle
Meet met met Go Went Gone
Blow Blew Blown
Pay paid paid Lie Lay Lain
Grow Grew Grown
Read read read
Know Knew Known See Saw Seen
Say said said
Throw Threw Thrown Wear Wore Worn
Sell sold sold
Send sent sent
Shoot Shot Shot
7. The Almost Family - Based on: https://rocknrollenglish.com/
Sit sat sat These 2 below almost have the same rule as
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Spend spent spent Past
Stand stood stood
Base Past Simple Participle
Tell told told
Understand understood understood Draw Drew Drawn
Win won won Fly Flew Flown