18. Past Participle Forms
Past Participle Forms of Verbs
The table given below shows the past tense form as well as the past participle form of commonly used irregular verbs.
| Base Verb | Past Tense | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| be (is/am/are) | was/were | been |
|
beat |
beat |
beaten |
|
become |
became |
become |
|
begin |
began |
begun |
|
bend |
bent |
bent |
|
bite |
bit |
bit/bitten |
|
blow |
blew |
blown |
|
break |
broke |
broken |
|
bring |
brought |
brought |
|
build |
built |
built |
|
buy |
bought |
bought |
|
catch |
caught |
caught |
|
choose |
chose |
chosen |
|
come |
came |
come |
|
cost cut dig |
cost cut dug |
cost cut dug |
|
do |
did |
done |
|
draw |
drew |
drawn |
|
dream |
dreamt |
dreamt |
|
drink |
drank |
drunk |
|
drive |
drove |
driven |
|
eat |
ate |
eaten |
|
fall |
fell |
fallen |
|
feel |
felt |
felt |
|
fight |
fought |
fought |
|
find |
found |
found |
|
fly |
flew |
flown |
|
forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
|
freeze |
froze |
frozen |
|
get |
got |
got/gotten |
|
give |
gave |
given |
|
go |
went |
gone |
|
grow |
grew |
grown |
| have
hear |
had
heard |
had
heard |
|
hide hit |
hid hit |
hidden hit |
|
hold |
held |
held |
|
keep |
kept |
kept |
|
know |
knew |
known |
|
lay |
laid |
laid |
|
lead |
led |
led |
|
learn |
learnt/learned |
learnt/learned |
|
leave let |
left let |
left let |
|
lie |
lay |
lain |
|
lose |
lost |
lost |
|
make |
made |
made |
|
mean meet |
meant met |
meant met |
|
pay put read |
paid put read |
paid put read |
|
ride |
rode |
ridden |
|
ring |
rang |
rung |
|
rise run |
rose ran |
risen run |
|
say |
said |
said |
|
see |
saw |
seen |
|
sell |
sold |
sold |
|
send |
sent |
sent |
|
shake |
shook |
shaken |
|
shine |
shone |
shone |
|
shoot |
shot |
shot |
|
show |
showed |
shown/showed |
|
sing |
sang |
sung |
|
sink |
sank |
sunk |
|
sit |
sat |
sat |
|
sleep |
slept |
slept |
|
speak |
spoke |
spoken |
|
spell spend |
spelt/spelled spent |
spelt/spelled spent |
|
spill |
spilt/spilled |
spilt/spilled |
|
stand |
stood |
stood |
|
steal |
stole |
stolen |
|
stick |
stuck |
stuck |
|
swim |
swam |
swum |
|
take |
took |
taken |
|
teach |
taught |
taught |
|
tear |
tore |
torn |
|
tell |
told |
told |
|
think |
thought |
thought |
|
throw |
threw |
thrown |
|
understand |
understood |
understood |
|
wake |
woke |
woken |
|
wear |
wore |
worn |
|
win |
won |
won |
|
write |
wrote |
written |
Attribution
Except where otherwise noted, this chapter is adapted from “11 Past participle forms” In Effective English for Teachers by Annapurna Madhuri, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. / List of terms is reused and expanded from the original version.
