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Irregular Verbs Explorer

The master list, organised by pattern — 159 verbs in four families. Search, listen, flip flashcards, or hide V2 and V3 and test yourself.

V1 base	V2 past	V3 participle	Meaning
Family 1 — The Frozen Ones
cut	cut	cut	काटना
cost	cost	cost	क़ीमत होना
hurt	hurt	hurt	चोट पहुँचाना
set	set	set	स्थापित करना
spread	spread	spread	फैलाना
burst	burst	burst	फटना
quit	quit	quit	छोड़ना
spit	spit	spit	थूकना
bid	bid	bid	बोली लगाना
thrust	thrust	thrust	धकेलना
upset	upset	upset	परेशान करना
read	read (red)	read (red)	पढ़ना
put	put	put	रखना
hit	hit	hit	मारना
let	let	let	अनुमति देना
shut	shut	shut	बंद करना
bet	bet	bet	शर्त लगाना
cast	cast	cast	डालना/फेंकना
split	split	split	बाँटना/चीरना
shed	shed	shed	गिराना/बहाना
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	प्रसारित करना
forecast	forecast	forecast	पूर्वानुमान लगाना
rid	rid	rid	मुक्त करना
Family 2 — The Boomerangs
come	came	come	आना
run	ran	run	दौड़ना
become	became	become	बनना
Family 3 · 3A. The -ought/-aught six
bring	brought	brought	लाना
think	thought	thought	सोचना
catch	caught	caught	पकड़ना
seek	sought	sought	खोजना
buy	bought	bought	ख़रीदना
fight	fought	fought	लड़ना
teach	taught	taught	पढ़ाना
Family 3 · 3B. The -t enders
bend	bent	bent	मोड़ना
lend	lent	lent	उधार देना
spend	spent	spent	ख़र्च करना
keep	kept	kept	रखना
sweep	swept	swept	झाड़ू लगाना
creep	crept	crept	रेंगना
lose	lost	lost	खोना
meet	met	met	मिलना
dream	dreamt/dreamed	dreamt/dreamed	सपना देखना
learn	learnt/learned	learnt/learned	सीखना
spell	spelt/spelled	spelt/spelled	हिज्जे करना
lean	leant/leaned	leant/leaned	झुकना
build	built	built	निर्माण करना
send	sent	sent	भेजना
feel	felt	felt	महसूस करना
sleep	slept	slept	सोना
weep	wept	wept	रोना
leave	left	left	छोड़ना/जाना
mean	meant	meant	मतलब होना
deal	dealt	dealt	निपटना
burn	burnt/burned	burnt/burned	जलना/जलाना
smell	smelt/smelled	smelt/smelled	सूँघना
spoil	spoilt/spoiled	spoilt/spoiled	बिगाड़ना
bereave	bereft	bereft	वंचित करना
Family 3 · 3C. The -d enders and vowel-swappers
pay	paid	paid	भुगतान करना
lay	laid	laid	रखना/बिछाना
tell	told	told	बताना
bind	bound	bound	बाँधना
wind	wound	wound	लपेटना
hear	heard	heard	सुनना
make	made	made	बनाना
understand	understood	understood	समझना
shine	shone	shone	चमकना
shoot	shot	shot	गोली चलाना/शूट करना
light	lit	lit	जलाना
hang	hung	hung	टाँगना / लटकाना
strike	struck	struck	मारना/हड़ताल
spin	spun	spun	घुमाना
string	strung	strung	पिरोना
sneak	snuck/sneaked	snuck/sneaked	चुपके से जाना
feed	fed	fed	खिलाना
bleed	bled	bled	ख़ून बहना
lead	led	led	नेतृत्व करना
sting	stung	stung	डंक मारना
cling	clung	clung	चिपकना
wring	wrung	wrung	निचोड़ना
say	said	said	कहना
sell	sold	sold	बेचना
find	found	found	पाना/ढूँढना
grind	ground	ground	पीसना
have	had	had	पास होना/रखना
hold	held	held	थामना/पकड़ना
stand	stood	stood	खड़ा होना
win	won	won	जीतना
sit	sat	sat	बैठना
get	got	got	पाना/मिलना
dig	dug	dug	खोदना
stick	stuck	stuck	चिपकाना
swing	swung	swung	झूलना
slide	slid	slid	फिसलना
flee	fled	fled	भागना
breed	bred	bred	पालना
speed	sped	sped	तेज़ी से जाना
stink	stank/stunk	stunk	बदबू आना
fling	flung	flung	झटके से फेंकना
slink	slunk	slunk	चुपके से खिसकना
Family 4 · 4A. The i–a–u singers (chant them — they rhyme)
begin	began	begun	शुरू करना
ring	rang	rung	बजाना
sink	sank	sunk	डूबना
spring	sprang	sprung	उछलना
drink	drank	drunk	पीना
sing	sang	sung	गाना
swim	swam	swum	तैरना
shrink	shrank	shrunk	सिकुड़ना
Family 4 · 4B. The -ew/-own flyers
blow	blew	blown	बहना/फूँकना
know	knew	known	जानना
fly	flew	flown	उड़ना
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	वापस लेना
grow	grew	grown	बढ़ना/उगना
throw	threw	thrown	फेंकना
draw	drew	drawn	खींचना/चित्र बनाना
overthrow	overthrew	overthrown	तख़्ता पलटना
Family 4 · 4C. The -oke/-osen changers
break	broke	broken	तोड़ना
freeze	froze	frozen	जमना
steal	stole	stolen	चुराना
weave	wove	woven	बुनना
choose	chose	chosen	चुनना
speak	spoke	spoken	बोलना
wake	woke	woken	जागना
awake	awoke	awoken	जाग उठना
Family 4 · 4D. The -ove/-iven drivers
drive	drove	driven	चलाना
rise	rose	risen	उठना/उगना
arise	arose	arisen	उत्पन्न होना
ride	rode	ridden	सवारी करना
write	wrote	written	लिखना
strive	strove	striven	कड़ी कोशिश करना
Family 4 · 4E. The -en army
eat	ate	eaten	खाना
forbid	forbade	forbidden	मना करना
give	gave	given	देना
take	took	taken	लेना
mistake	mistook	mistaken	ग़लती करना
forget	forgot	forgotten	भूलना
hide	hid	hidden	छिपना / छिपाना
overtake	overtook	overtaken	आगे निकलना
fall	fell	fallen	गिरना
forgive	forgave	forgiven	माफ़ करना
shake	shook	shaken	हिलाना
bite	bit	bitten	दाँत से काटना
beat	beat	beaten	हराना/पीटना
undertake	undertook	undertaken	ज़िम्मा लेना
partake	partook	partaken	हिस्सा लेना
Family 4 · 4F. The one-of-a-kind VIPs (no family will have them)
be (is/am/are)	was/were	been	होना
go	went	gone	जाना
lie	lay	lain	लेटना
wear	wore	worn	पहनना
swear	swore	sworn	क़सम खाना
show	showed	shown	दिखाना
sow	sowed	sown	बोना
swell	swelled	swollen	सूजना
do	did	done	करना
see	saw	seen	देखना
bear	bore	borne/born	सहना/उठाना
tear	tore	torn	फाड़ना
sew	sewed	sewn	सिलना
prove	proved	proven/proved	साबित करना
shave	shaved	shaven/shaved	दाढ़ी बनाना

The book’s own chapter heading says “200 verbs”; its printed tables contain 164 entries, and a few verbs (hang, hide, lay, sting, burst) are listed twice — this explorer merges those into 159. Read the full chapter, with the Danger Zone pairs and the revision system, in Grammar · Module 6 · Chapter 13.