Some verbs, however, are very irregular, having a different form for each of the principal parts. A list of such verbs follows:
| Present | Past | Perfect Participle |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| awake | awoke or awaked | awaked |
| be | was | been |
| bear (carry) | bore | borne |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bid | bade | bidden |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| know | knew | known |
| lie (to rest) | lay | lain |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| see | saw | seen |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| show | showed | shown |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| sing | sang | sung |
| slay | slew | slain |
| slide | slid | slidden |
| sow | sowed | sown |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| strive | strove | striven |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| swell | swelled | swelled, swollen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| tear | tore | torn |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| wear | wore | worn |
| weave | wove | woven |
| write | wrote | written |
Exercise 109
Some verbs, though irregularly formed, have the past tense and perfect participle alike. A list of such verbs follows:
| Present | Past | Perfect Participle |
| bend | bent | bent |
| behold | beheld | beheld |
| beseech | besought | besought |
| bind | bound | bound |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| bless | blessed, blest | blessed, blest |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burned, burnt | burned, burnt |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| cling | clung | clung |
| clothe | clothed, clad | clothed, clad |
| creep | crept | crept |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| dream | dreamed, dreamt | dreamed, dreamt |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| flee | fled | fled |
| grind | ground | ground |
| hang | hung, hanged | hung, hanged |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hold | held | held |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leap | leapt | leapt |
| lend | lent | lent |
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| shine | shone | shone |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| sling | slung | slung |
| speed | sped | sped |
| spin | spun | spun |
| stand | stood | stood |
| sting | stung | stung |
| strike | struck | struck |
| string | strung | strung |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swing | swung | swung |
| teach | taught | taught |
| think | thought | thought |
| weep | wept | wept |
| win | won | won |
| wind | wound | wound |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
Exercise 110
Some verbs have all three forms alike. A list of such follows:
| Present | Past | Perfect Participle |
| bet | bet | bet |
| burst | burst | burst |
| cast | cast | cast |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| knit | knit | knit |
| let | let | let |
| put | put | put |
| rid | rid | rid |
| set | set | set |
| shed | shed | shed |
| spread | spread | spread |
| sweat | sweat | sweat |
| wet | wet | wet |
Exercise 111