HOW TO REMEMBER IRREGULAR SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLES IN ENGLISH

Students are always daunted by the seemingly endless list of irregular verbs in the past in English. While there are many irregular verbs in the past, many can be placed into phonetic groups. This makes them easier to remember and can be particularly useful when students need to study a long list of verbs in the past form to pass an exam. I would recommend to students who are not studying for an exam, to start out by trying to memorise the past forms of only the verbs that they are already familiar with.

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
swim	swam	swum
begin	began	begun
ring	rang	rung
sing	sang	sung
spring	sprang	sprung
stink	stank	stunk
drink	drank	drunk
shrink	shrank	shrunk

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
stick	stuck	stuck
sting	stung	stung
strike	struck	struck
swing	swung	swung
hang	hung	hung

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
blow	blew	blown
grow	grew	grown
know	knew	known
throw	threw	thrown
fly	flew	flown

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
bring	brought	brought
buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
fight	fought	fought
seek	sought	sought
think	thought	thought
teach	taught	taught

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
build	built	built
lend	lent	lent
send	sent	sent
spend	spent	spent
bend	bent	bent
feel	felt	felt
keep	kept	kept
sleep	slept	slept
sweep	swept	swept
meet	met	met
deal	dealt	dealt
mean	meant	meant
shoot	shot	shot
feed	fed	fed

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
pay	paid	paid
lay	laid	laid
say	said	said
sit	sat	sat
sell	sold	sold
tell	told	told
run	ran	ran
win	won	won

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
set	set	set
shut	shut	shut
split	split	split
spread	spread	spread
hurt	hurt	hurt
burst	burst	burst
read	read	read
bet	bet	bet
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
fit	fit	fit
hit	hit	hit
let	let	let
put	put	put

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
choose	chose	chosen
break	broke	broken
freeze	froze	frozen
steal	stole	stolen
speak	spoke	spoken
wake	woke	woken
write	wrote	written
drive	drove	driven
ride	rode	ridden
rise	rose	risen

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
shine	shone	shone
swear	swore	sworn
tear	tore	torn
wear	wore	worn
draw	drew	drawn
show	showed	shown
sew	sewed	sown

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
dig	dug	dug
find	found	found
stand	stood	stood
understand	understood	understood
make	made	made
lose	lost	lost
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hold	held	held
lead	led	led
leave	left	left
light	lit	lit

Base Form	Simple Past	Past Participle
bite	bit	bitten
hide	hid	hidden
forgive	forgave	forgiven
forbid	forbade	forbidden
give	gave	given
fall	fell	fallen
forget	forgot	forgotten
get	got	gotten
take	took	taken