English irregular verbs - part 1
Irregular verbs with invariable forms
Click here for irregular verbs with varying forms
Present | Simple
past (preterite) |
Past participle | Notes |
bet | bet (or betted) | bet (or betted) | |
bid | bid (or bade) | bid | |
burst | burst | burst | |
cast | cast | cast | and broadcast |
cost | cost | cost | |
cut | cut | cut | |
hit | hit | hit | |
hurt | hurt | hurt | |
let | let | let | |
put | put | put | |
quit | quit (or quitted) | quit (or quitted) | |
read | read | read | Note
the sound
changes: [ri:d], [red], [red] |
rid | rid | rid | |
set | set | set | and upset |
shed | shed | shed | |
shut | shut | shut | |
slit | slit | slit | |
spread | spread | spread | |
thrust | thrust (or thrusted) | thrust |
The verbs wet and wed are sometimes listed as invariable, but this is not the case in modern English as past forms in -ed are as common, if not more common, than the old invariable forms
Go to Group 2: verbs whose form changes in the preterite and/or past participle
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