Les verbes irréguliers

La grammaire anglaise niveau B1 (intermédiaire)

Tableau récapitulatif des verbes irréguliers

Base verbale	Prétérit	Participe passé
arise	arose	arisen	se lever
awake	awoke	awaken	se réveiller
be	was / were	been	être
bear	bore	borne	(sup)porter
beat	beat	beaten	battre
become	became	become	devenir
begin	began	begun	commencer
bend	bent	bent	(se) courber
bet	bet	bet	parier
bind	bound	bound	lier
bite	bit	bitten	mordre
bleed	bled	bled	saigner
blow	blew	blown	souffler
break	broke	broken	casser
breed	bred	bred	élever
bring	brought	brought	apporter
build	built	built	construire
burn*	burnt	burnt	brûler
burst	burst	burst	éclater
buy	bought	bought	acheter
cast	cast	cast	jeter, lancer
catch	caught	caught	attraper
choose	chose	chosen	choisir
cling	clung	clung	s’accrocher
come	came	come	venir
cost	cost	cost	coûter
creep	crept	crept	ramper
cut	cut	cut	couper
deal	dealt	dealt	traiter, distribuer
dig	dug	dug	creuser
do	did	done	faire
draw	drew	drawn	dessiner, tirer
dream*	dreamt	dreamt	rêver
drink	drank	drunk	boire
drive	drove	driven	conduire
dwell	dwelt	dwelt	habiter
eat	ate	eaten	manger
fall	fell	fallen	tomber
feed	fed	fed	nourrir
feel	felt	felt	(res)sentir
fight	fought	fought	se battre
find	found	found	trouver
flee	fled	fled	(s’en) fuir
fly	flew	flown	voler
forbid	forbade	forbidden	interdire
forget	forgot	forgotten	oublier
forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardonner
foresee	foresaw	foreseen	prévoir
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abandonner
freeze	froze	frozen	geler
get	got	got/gotten	obtenir
give	gave	given	donner
go	went	gone	aller
grind	ground	ground	moudre
grow	grew	grown	pousser
hang	hung hanged	hung hanged	suspendre pendre
have	had	had	avoir
hear	heard	heard	entendre
hide	hid	hidden	(se) cacher
hit	hit	hit	frapper
hold	held	held	tenir
hurt	hurt	hurt	blesser
keep	kept	kept	garder
kneel	knelt	knelt	s’agenouiller
know	knew	known	connaître
lay	laid	laid	poser
lead	led	led	mener
lean*	leant	leant	s’appuyer
leap*	leapt	leapt	sauter
learn*	learnt	learnt	apprendre
leave	left	left	laisser,quitter
lend	lent	lent	prêter
let	let	let	permettre,laisser
lie	lay	lain	être couché
light	lit	lit	allumer
lose	lost	lost	perdre
make	made	made	faire
mean	meant	meant	signifier
meet	met	met	rencontrer
mow	mowed	mown	tondre
overcome	overcame	overcome	vaincre
pay	paid	paid	payer
put	put	put	mettre
quit	quit	quit	quitter
read [i :]	read [e]	read [e]	lire
ride	rode	ridden	aller à cheval,vélo
ring	rang	rung	sonner
rise	rose	risen	se lever
run	ran	run	courir
saw*	sawed	sawn	scier
say	said	said	parler
see	saw	seen	voir
seek	sought	sought	chercher
sell	sold	sold	vendre
send	sent	sent	envoyer
set	set	set	poser, situer
sew	sewed	sewn	coudre
shake	shook	shaken	secouer
shine	shone	shone	briller
shoot	shot	shot	tirer (fusil)
show*	showed	shown	montrer
shrink	shrank	shrunk	rétrécir
shut	shut	shut	fermer
sing	sang	sung	chanter
sink	sank	sunk	couler
sit	sat	sat	être assis
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
slide	slid	slid	glisser
smell*	smelt	smelt	sentir
sow*	sowed	sown	semer
speak	spoke	spoken	parler
speed	sped	sped	aller vite
spell*	spelt	spelt	épeler
spend	spent	spent	passer, dépenser
spill	spilt	spilt	renverser
spit	spat	spat	cracher
split	split	split	fendre, séparer
spoil*	spoilt	spoilt	gâter
spread	spread	spread	étaler
spring	sprang	sprung	bondir
stand	stood	stood	être debout
stick	stuck	stuck	coller
strike	struck	struck	frapper
strive	strove	striven	s’efforcer
swear	swore	sworn	jurer
sweep	swept	swept	balayer
swell*	swelled	swollen	enfler
swim	swam	swum	nager
swing	swung	swung	(se) balancer
take	took	taken	prendre
teach	taught	taught	enseigner
tear	tore	torn	déchirer
tell	told	told	dire
think	thought	thought	penser
throw	threw	thrown	lancer
thrust	thrust	thrust	pousser
understand	understood	understood	comprendre
upset	upset	upset	bouleverser
wake	woke	woken	(se) réveiller
wear	wore	worn	porter
weep	wept	wept	pleurer
win	won	won	gagner
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	retirer
write	wrote	written	écrire

* On rencontre parfois ces verbes sous une forme régulière