In the table below, you will find the principal parts of the most common irregular verbs (from H to S).
- Irregular Verbs: Arise to Grow
- Irregular Verbs: Hang to Sink (below)
- Irregular Verbs: Sit to Write
To find the correct past or past participle form of a verb not included in the list, check your dictionary. If the dictionary gives only the present form of the verb, presume that the verb is regular and forms the past and past participle by adding -d or -ed.
Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs H-S
| PRESENT | PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
| hang (execute) | hanged | hanged |
| hang (suspend) | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| kneel | knelt (or kneeled) | knelt (or kneeled) |
| knit | knitted (or knit) | knitted (or knit) |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| let | let | let |
| lie (recline) | lay | lain |
| lie (fib) | lied | lied |
| light | lighted (or lit) | lighted (or lit) |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| mow | mowed | mowed (or mown) |
| pay | paid | paid |
| prove | proved | proved (or proven) |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| rid | rid (or ridded) | rid (or ridded) |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| see | saw | seen |
| say | said | said |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sew | sewed | sewed (or sewn) |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shine | shone | shone |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | shown |
| shrink | shrank (or shrunk) | shrunk (or shrunken) |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank (or sunk) | sunk (or sunken) |
