Verb Forms and Verb Tenses: Verb Forms and Verb Tenses (#9): Irregular Past Forms

arise / arose
awake / awoke

be / was, were
bear / bore
beat / beat
become / became
begin / began
bend / bent
bet / bet
bid / bade, bid*
bind / bound
bite / bit
bleed / bled
blow / blew
break / broke
breed / bred
bring / brought
build / built
burn / burned, burnt*
burst / burst
buy / bought

cast / cast
catch / caught
choose / chose
come / came
cost / cost
creep / crept
cut / cut

deal / dealt
dig / dug
dive / dived, dove*
do / did
draw / drew
dream / dreamed, dreamt*
drink / drank
drive / drove
dwell / dwelt

eat / ate

fall / fell
feed / fed
fight / fought
find / found
flee / fled
fly / flew
forbid / forbade, forbad
forget / forgot
forgive / forgave
forsake / forsook
freeze / froze

get / got
give / gave
go / went
grind / ground
grow / grew

hang / hanged, hung*
have / had
hear / heard
hide / hid
hit / hit
hold / held
hurt / hurt

keep / kept
kneel / knelt
knit / knitted, knit*
know / knew

lay / laid
lead / led
lean / leaned, leant*
leap / leapt, leaped*
learn / learned, learnt*
leave / left
lend / lent
let / let
lie / lay
light / lighted, lit*
lose / lost

make / made
mean / meant
meet / met
mistake / mistook

partake / partook
pay / paid
put / put

read / read*
rend / rent
rid / rid
ride / rode
rise / rose
run / ran

say / said
see / saw
seek / sought
sell / sold
send / sent
set / set
shake / shook
shed / shed
shine / shone
shoot / shot
shrink / shrank
shut / shut
sing / sang
sink / sank
sit / sat
slay / slew
sleep / slept
slide / slid
sling / slung
slit / slit
speak / spoke
speed / sped, speeded*
spin / spun
spit / spat
split / split
spring / sprang
stand / stood
steal / stole
stick / stuck
sting / stung
stink / stank
stride / strode
strive / strove
swear / swore
sweep / swept
swim / swam
swing / swung

take / took
teach / taught
tear / tore
tell / told
think / thought
throw / threw
tread / trod

understand / understood
upset / upset

wake / woke
wear / wore
weave / wove
weep / wept
win / won
wind / wound
wring / wrung
write / wrote

For some verbs, the common past form in British
English ends in - t, but the same verbs end in - ed
in American English. Here are a few examples:

burn / burned, burnt
dream / dreamed, dreamt
lean / leaned, leant
learn / learned, learnt
smell / smelled, smelt
spill / spilled, spilt

Notice that some verbs have two different past forms.
Here are a few examples:

bid / bid, bade
dive / dived, dove
forbid / forbade, forbad
knit / knitted, knit
light / lighted, lit
speed / sped, speeded

The verb hang has two meanings and a different past
form for each meaning:

hang ("kill by hanging, with a noose") / hanged

hang ("suspend") / hung

The past form of read has the same spelling as the
base form, but a different pronunciation:

read ( [ ríyd ]) / read ( [ red ] )