| Verb | Past Simple |
|---|---|
| arise | arose |
| awake | awoke |
| be | was/were |
| bear | bore |
| beat | beat |
| become | became |
| begin | began |
| bend | bent |
| beset | beset |
| bet | bet/betted |
| bid | bid |
| bind | bound |
| bite | bit |
| bleed | bled |
| blow | blew |
| break | broke |
| breed | bred |
| bring | brought |
| broadcast | broadcast |
| build | built |
| burn | burnt/burned |
| burst | burst |
| buy | bought |
| can | could |
| cast | cast |
| catch | caught |
| choose | chose |
| cling | clung |
| come | came |
| cost | cost |
| creep | crept |
| cut | cut |
| deal | dealt |
| dig | dug |
| dive | dove,dived |
| do | did |
| draw | drew |
| dream | dreamt/dreamed |
| drink | drank |
| drive | drove |
| eat | ate |
| fall | fell |
| feed | fed |
| feel | felt |
| fight | fought |
| find | found |
| fit | fit |
| flee | fled |
| fling | flung |
| fly | flew |
| forbid | forbade |
| foretell | foretold |
| forget | forgot |
| forgive | forgave |
| forgo /forego | forewent |
| forsake | foresook |
| freeze | froze |
| get | got |
| give | gave |
| go | went |
| grind | ground |
| grow | grew |
| hang | hung |
| have | had |
| hear | heard |
| hide | hid |
| hit | hit |
| hold | held |
| hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept |
| kneel | knelt |
| know | knew |
| lay | laid |
| lead | led |
| lean | leant/leaned |
| leap | leapt |
| learn | learnt/learned |
| leave | left |
| lend | lent |
| let | let |
| lie (in bed) | lay |
| lie (to not tell the truth) | lied |
| light | lit/lighted |
| lose | lost |
| make | made |
| may | might |
| mean | meant |
| meet | met |
| misspell | misspelt/misspelled |
| mistake | mistook |
| mow | mowed |
| must | had to |
| overcome | overcame |
| overdo | overdid |
| overtake | overtook |
| overthrow | overthrew |
| pay | paid |
| plead | slung |
| prove | slit |
| put | put |
| quit | quit |
| read | read |
| rid | rid |
| ride | rode |
| ring | rang |
| rise | rose |
| run | ran |
| saw | sawed |
| say | said |
| see | saw |
| seek | sought |
| sell | sold |
| send | sent |
| set | set |
| sew | sewed |
| shake | shook |
| shall | should |
| shear | shore |
| 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 |
| smell | smelt |
| sow | sew |
| speak | spoke |
| speed | sped |
| spell | spelt/spelled |
| spend | spent |
| spill | spilt/spilled |
| spin | spun |
| spit | spat |
| split | spilit |
| spoil | spoilt |
| spread | spread |
| spring | sprung |
| stand | stood |
| steal | stole |
| stick | stuck |
| sting | stung |
| stink | stank |
| stride | strode |
| strike | struck |
| strive | strove |
| swear | swore |
| sweep | swept |
| swell | swelled |
| swim | swam |
| swing | swung |
| take | took |
| teach | taught |
| tear | tore |
| tell | told |
| think | thought |
| throw | threw |
| thrust | thrust |
| tread | trod/tread |
| understand | understood |
| uphold | upheld |
| upset | upset |
| wake | woke |
| wear | wore |
| weave | wove |
| wed | wedded |
| weep | wept |
| will | would |
| win | won |
| wind | wound |
| withdraw | withdrew |
| withhold | withheld |
| withstand | withdstood |
| wring | wrung |
| write | wrote |
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