Definisi dan Penggunaan Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs adalah kata kerja tidak beraturan, yaitu kata kerja yang tidak menggunakan -d, -ed, atau pola ejaan -ied dari kata kerja sederhana masa lalu/past simple (V2) atau past participle (V3). Kata kerja tidak beraturan dalam bentuk V2 dan V3 sama banyaknya, seperti: cut – cut, had – had, let – let, hurt – hurt, fed- fed, sold-sold.

Untuk mengetahui contoh irregular verbs, perhatikan tabel di bawah ini yang berisi daftar kata kerja tidak beraturan (irregular verbs), mulai dari kata kerja bentuk pertama/verb 1, verb 2, dan verb 3 beserta artinya.

Daftar Kata Irregular Verbs

Verb 1 (Infinitive)	Verb 2 (Past Tense)	Verb 3 (Past Participle)	Arti
arise	arose	arisen	muncul, timbul
awake	awoke	awaken	membangunkan, bangun
be	was/were	been	auxiliary verb (kata kerja bantu)
bear	bore	borne/born	melahirkan, menahan
beat	beat	beaten	memukul, mengalahkan
become	became	become	menjadi
begin	began	begun	mulai
bend	bent	bent	menekukkan, membengkokkan, melipat
bet	bet	bet	bertaruh
bite	bit	bitten	menggigit
bleed	bled	bled	berdarah
blow	blew	blown	meniup, membunyikan
break	broke	broken	memecahkan, mematahkan, merusakkan
bring	brought	brought	membawa
build	built	built	membangun
burn	burnt, burned	burnt, burned	membakar
burst	burst	burst	meledak
buy	bought	bought	membeli
catch	caught	caught	menangkap
choose	chose	chosen	memilih
come	came	come	datang
cost	cost	cost	berharga, seharga
creep	crept	crept	merangkak
cut	cut	cut	memotong
deal	dealt	dealt	membagi, berurusan
dig	dug	dug	menggali
dive	dived/dove	dived	menyelam
do	did	done	melakukan
draw	drew	drawn	menggambar
dream	dreamt/dreamed	dreamt/dreamed	bermimpi
drink	drank	drunk	minum
drive	drove	driven	mengemudi
eat	ate	eaten	makan
fall	fell	fallen	jatuh
feed	fed	fed	memberi makan
feel	felt	felt	merasa
fight	fought	fought	berkelahi
find	found	found	menemukan
fit	fitted/fit	fitted/fit	mencocokkan
flee	fled	fled	melarikan diri
fly	flew	flown	terbang
forbid	forbade	forbidden	melarang
forget	forgot	forgotten	lupa
forgive	forgave	forgiven	memaafkan
get	got	got/gotten	mendapatkan
give	gave	given	memberi
go	went	gone	pergi
grow	grew	grown	tumbuh, berkembang
hang	hung	hung	menggantung (barang)
have	had	had	mempunyai
hear	heard	heard	mendengar
hide	hid	hidden	bersembunyi
hit	hit	hit	memukul
hold	held	held	menyelenggarakan, memegang
hurt	hurt	hurt	menyakiti
keep	kept	kept	menjaga, menyimpan, terus
kneel	knelt	knelt	berlutut
knit	knitted/knit	knitted/knit	merajut
know	knew	known	tahu, mengenali
lay	laid	laid	meletakkan, memasang
lead	led	led	memimpin
lean	leaned/leant	leaned/leant	menyandarkan, bersandar
learn	learnt/learned	learnt/learned	belajar
leave	left	left	meninggalkan
lend	lent	lent	meminjamkan
let	let	let	membiarkan
lie	lay	lain	berbohong
lose	lost	lost	menghilangkan, kehilangan, kalah
make	made	made	membuat
mean	meant	meant	bermaksud, bersungguh-sungguh
meet	met	met	bertemu
mistake	mistook	mistaken	bersalah
misundestand	misunderstood	misunderstood	salah paham
pay	paid	paid	membayar
prove	proved	proved/proven	membuktikan
put	put	put	menyimpan, meletakkan
quit	quit	quit	keluar, berhenti
read /ri:d/	read /red/	read /red/	membaca
reset	reset	reset	memasang kembali
rewind	rewound	rewound	memutar kembali
rid	rid	rid	membersihkan, melemparkan
ride	rode	ridden	mengendarai
ring	rang	rung	berbunyi
rise	rose	risen	terbit, berdiri
run	ran	run	berlari
saw	sawed	sawn/sawed	menggergaji
say	said	said	mengatakan
see	saw	seen	melihat
seek	sought	sought	mencari
sell	sold	sold	menjual
send	sent	sent	mengirim
set	set	set	menyetel
sew	sewed	sewn/sewed	menjahit
shake	shook	shaken	menggelengkan, bergoncang
shed	shed	shed	membuang, menitikkan, me- mancarkan
shine	shone	shone	bersinar
shoot	shot	shot	menembak
show	showed	shown	mempertunjukkan
shrink	shrank, shrunk	shrunk	menyusutkan
shut	shut	shut	menutup
sing	sang	sung	menyanyi
sink	sank	sunk	tenggelam
sit	sat	sat	duduk
sleep	slept	slept	tidur
slide	slid	slid	tergelincir, meluncur
smell	smelt/smelled	smelt/smelled	mencium (bau)
speak	spoke	spoken	berbicara
spell	spelt/spelled	spelt/spelled	mengeja
spend	spent	spent	menghabiskan
spin	spun	spun	berputar
spit	spat/spit	spat/spit	meludah
split	split	split	membelah, membagi
spoil	spoilt/spoiled	spoilt/spoiled	manja
spread	spread	spread	melebarkan
spring	sprang/sprung	sprung	membocorkan, membuka, melepaskan
stand	stood	stood	berdiri
steal	stole	stolen	mencuri
stick	stuck	stuck	menempelkan, menikam
strike	struck	struck	mogok, melanggar, menabrak
swear	swore	sworn	berjanji
sweep	swept	swept	menyapu
swim	swam	swum	berenang
swing	swung	swung	berayun
take	took	taken	mengambil
teach	taught	taught	mengajar
tear	tore	torn	merobek
tell	told	told	mengatakan
think	thought	thought	berpikir
throw	threw	thrown	melempar
understand	understood	understood	mengerti
wake	woke	woken	bangun
wear	wore	worn	memakai
weep	wept	wept	menangis
win	won	won	menang
write	wrote	written	menulis