Singular and Plural Irregular English Verb Chart

Are you looking for a singular and plural irregular English verb chart?  Usually when you see a chart with irregular verbs, it contains the different forms of the irregular verbs. Let’s look at what makes verb irregular and how to change them from singular to plural.

Singular and Plural Irregular English Verb Chart

When it comes to making a verb agree with its subject, irregular verbs are pretty much like regular verbs. For singular nouns and pronouns, you add an S to the verb. For example:

• Singular Regular Verb: Mary makes cookies.
• Singular Irregular Verb: Mary steals cookies. 
• Plural Regular Verb: They yell at the kids.
• Plural Irregular Verb: They speak to the kids.

Sometimes you add an ES, like with catch and catches, go and goes, do and does, and teach and teaches. Other times you have to change a Y to an I and then add an ES, like with fly and flies.

The problem with irregular verbs is that they change form for the past tense and the past participle. For most verbs, you simply add a D or an ED and you are done. Not so with irregular verbs. Here is a small singular and plural irregular English verb chart with the singular form, the plural form, the past tense, and the past participle form.

Singular – Plural – Past - Past Participle

• becomes – become – became - become
• catches – catch – caught - caught
• drinks – drink – drank - drunk
• drives – drive – drove - driven
• flies – fly – flew - flown
• forgives – forgive – forgave - forgiven
• gets – get – got - gotten
• goes – go – went - gone
• hides -     hide – hid - hidden
• knows – know – knew - known
• leads – lead – led - led
• pays – pay – paid - paid
• rides – ride – rode - ridden
• seeks – seek – sought - sought
• sings – sing – sang - sung
• speaks – speak – spoke - spoken
• springs – spring – sprang - sprung
• steals – steal – stole - stolen
• tears – tear – tore - torn
• wears – wear – wore - worn
• writes – write – wrote - written

There is a list of 370 irregular verbs along with their past tense and past participle forms at English Page. Although it is not a singular and plural irregular English verb chart, it does cover all the irregular verbs in common usage. 

Using English has a list of 221 common English irregular verbs. It lists the past and past participle forms as well as the 3rd person singular and the present participle or gerund forms.

Questions about Verbs

What is a verb? A verb is a word that denotes action or a state of being. It is a necessary component of an independent clause or sentence.  Here are two examples:

• Beth smiled at the boy. - Action verb = smiled
• I was at home all day. - Being verb = was

How do you make a verb past tense?  For regular verbs, it requires adding a D, ED, or IED.  Examples are: fire = fired, talk = talked, and hurry = hurried.

What is a Past Participle? There are two participle forms of verbs in English: the present participle and the past participle. Present participles are also called the active, progressive, and imperfect participle. It is the same form as a gerund. Past participles refer to actions that have happened. For example: The cookies were eaten. I was given a present. This form can also be used as an adjective, as in: “the glowing review” or “the written report.”

What Makes a Verb Irregular? 

Changing its form for the past tense makes a verb irregular. When a regular verb is conjugated, it only add letters to make its past tense and past participle, like walk to walked, or bake to baked. Irregular verbs change instead of adding a letter or letters, like in sleep to slept, or choose to chose.