Liste des verbes irréguliers anglais

Leçons d'anglais fun, concises et personnalisées à recevoir chaque jour.

Base verbale	Prétérit	Participe passé	Traduction
abide	abode	abode	respecter / se conformer à	▶
arise	arose	arisen	survenir	▶
awake	awoke	awoken	se réveiller	▶
bear	bore	borne / born	porter / supporter / naître	▶
beat	beat	beaten	battre	▶
become	became	become	devenir	▶
beget	begat / begot	begotten	engendrer	▶
begin	began	begun	commencer	▶
bend	bent	bent	plier / se courber	▶
bet	bet	bet	parier	▶
bid	bid / bade	bid / bidden	offrir	▶
bite	bit	bitten	mordre	▶
bleed	bled	bled	saigner	▶
blow	blew	blown	souffler / gonfler	▶
break	broke	broken	casser	▶
bring	brought	brought	apporter	▶
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	diffuser / émettre	▶
build	built	built	construire	▶
burn	burnt / burned	burnt / burned	brûler	▶
burst	burst	burst	éclater	▶
buy	bought	bought	acheter	▶
can	could	could	pouvoir	▶
cast	cast	cast	jeter / distribuer (rôles)	▶
catch	caught	caught	attraper	▶
chide	chid / chode	chid / chidden	gronder	▶
choose	chose	chosen	choisir	▶
cling	clung	clung	s'accrocher	▶
clothe	clad / clothed	clad / clothed	habiller / recouvrir	▶
come	came	come	venir	▶
cost	cost	cost	coûter	▶
creep	crept	crept	ramper	▶
cut	cut	cut	couper	▶
deal	dealt	dealt	distribuer	▶
dig	dug	dug	creuser	▶
dive	dived	dived / dove	plonger	▶
do	did	done	faire	▶
draw	drew	drawn	dessiner / tirer	▶
dream	dreamt / dreamed	dreamt / dreamed	rêver	▶
drink	drank	drunk	boire	▶
drive	drove	driven	conduire	▶
dwell	dwelt	dwelt / dwelled	habiter	▶
eat	ate	eaten	manger	▶
fall	fell	fallen	tomber	▶
feed	fed	fed	nourrir	▶
feel	felt	felt	se sentir / ressentir	▶
fight	fought	fought	se battre	▶
find	found	found	trouver	▶
flee	fled	fled	s'enfuir	▶
fling	flung	flung	lancer	▶
fly	flew	flown	voler	▶
forbid	forbade	forbidden	interdire	▶
forecast	forecast	forecast	prévoir	▶
foresee	foresaw	foreseen	prévoir / presentir	▶
forget	forgot	forgotten / forgot	oublier	▶
forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardonner	▶
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abandonner	▶
freeze	froze	frozen	geler	▶
get	got	gotten / got	obtenir	▶
give	gave	given	donner	▶
go	went	gone	aller	▶
grind	ground	ground	moudre / opprimer	▶
grow	grew	grown	grandir / pousser	▶
hang	hung	hung	tenir / pendre	▶
have	had	had	avoir	▶
hear	heard	heard	entendre	▶
hide	hid	hidden	cacher	▶
hit	hit	hit	taper / appuyer	▶
hold	held	held	tenir	▶
hurt	hurt	hurt	blesser	▶
keep	kept	kept	garder	▶
kneel	knelt / knelled	knelt / kneeled	s'agenouiller	▶
know	knew	known	connaître / savoir	▶
lay	laid	laid	poser	▶
lead	led	led	mener / guider	▶
lean	leant / leaned	leant / leaned	s'incliner / se pencher	▶
leap	leapt / leaped	leapt / leaped	sauter / bondir	▶
learn	learnt	learnt	apprendre	▶
leave	left	left	laisser / quitter / partir	▶
lend	lent	lent	prêter	▶
let	let	let	permettre / louer	▶
lie	lay	lain	s'allonger	▶
light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted	allumer	▶
lose	lost	lost	perdre	▶
make	made	made	fabriquer	▶
mean	meant	meant	signifier	▶
meet	met	met	rencontrer	▶
mow	mowed	mowed / mown	tondre	▶
offset	offset	offset	compenser	▶
overcome	overcame	overcome	surmonter	▶
partake	partook	partaken	prendre part à	▶
pay	paid	paid	payer	▶
plead	pled / pleaded	pled / pleaded	supplier / plaider	▶
preset	preset	preset	programmer	▶
prove	proved	proven / proved	prouver	▶
put	put	put	mettre	▶
quit	quit	quit	quitter	▶
read	read	read	lire	▶
relay	relaid	relaid	relayer	▶
rend	rent	rent	déchirer	▶
rid	rid	rid	débarrasser	▶
ring	rang	rung	sonner / téléphoner	▶
rise	rose	risen	lever	▶
run	ran	run	courir	▶
saw	saw / sawed	sawn / sawed	scier	▶
say	said	said	dire	▶
see	saw	seen	voir	▶
seek	sought	sought	chercher	▶
sell	sold	sold	vendre	▶
send	sent	sent	envoyer	▶
set	set	set	fixer	▶
shake	shook	shaken	secouer	▶
shed	shed	shed	répandre / laisser tomber	▶
shine	shone	shone	briller	▶
shoe	shod	shod	chausser	▶
shoot	shot	shot	tirer / fusiller	▶
show	showed	shown	montrer	▶
shut	shut	shut	fermer	▶
sing	sang	sung	chanter	▶
sink	sank / sunk	sunk / sunken	couler	▶
sit	sat	sat	s'asseoir	▶
slay	slew	slain	tuer	▶
sleep	slept	slept	dormir	▶
slide	slid	slid	glisser	▶
slit	slit	slit	fendre	▶
smell	smelt	smelt	sentir	▶
sow	sowed	sown / sowed	semer	▶
speak	spoke	spoken	parler	▶
speed	sped	sped	aller vite	▶
spell	spelt	spelt	épeler / orthographier	▶
spend	spent	spent	dépenser / passer du temps	▶
spill	spilt / spilled	spilt / spilled	renverser	▶
spin	spun	spun	tourner / faire tourner	▶
spit	spat / spit	spat / spit	cracher	▶
split	split	split	fendre	▶
spoil	spoilt	spoilt	gâcher / gâter	▶
spread	spread	spread	répandre	▶
spring	sprang	sprung	surgir / jaillir / bondir	▶
stand	stood	stood	être debout	▶
steal	stole	stolen	voler / dérober	▶
stick	stuck	stuck	coller	▶
sting	stung	stung	piquer	▶
stink	stank	stunk	puer	▶
strew	strewed	strewn / strewed	éparpiller	▶
strike	struck	stricken / struck	frapper	▶
strive	strove	striven	s'efforcer	▶
swear	swore	sworn	jurer	▶
sweat	sweat / sweated	sweat / sweated	suer	▶
sweep	swept	swept	balayer	▶
swell	swelled / sweated	swollen	gonfler / 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 / raconter	▶
think	thought	thought	penser	▶
thrive	throve / thrived	thriven / thrived	prospérer	▶
throw	threw	thrown	jeter	▶
thrust	thrust	thrust	enfoncer	▶
typeset	typeset	typeset	composer	▶
undergo	underwent	undergone	subir	▶
understand	understood	understood	comprendre	▶
wake	woke	woken	réveiller	▶
weep	wept	wept	pleurer	▶
wet	wet / wetted	wet / wetted	mouiller	▶
win	won	won	gagner	▶
wind	wound	wound	enrouler / remonter	▶
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	se retirer	▶
wring	wrung	wrung	tordre	▶
write	wrote	written	écrire	▶

Qu'est-ce qu'un verbe irrégulier ?

Un verbe irrégulier en anglais est un verbe qui suit des règles de conjugaisons propres.

En anglais, les verbes irréguliers prennent une forme particulière au préterit et au participe passé. La seule façon de les utiliser correctement est de les apprendre par cœur.

Combien y a-t-il de verbes irrégulier en anglais ?

Il y en a près de trois cents. Mais rassurez-vous, vous en aurez beaucoup moins à apprendre. D'une part car la liste exhaustive contient des verbes extrêmement rares que vous ne rencontrerez sans doute jamais. D'autre part, parce qu'elle inclue des mot composés avec un préfixe suivi du verbe irrégulier (par exemple commençant par over-, under- ou mis-).

Sur ce site, nous avons retiré la grande majorité de ces verbes composés ainsi que les verbes les plus rares pour aboutir à une liste de 170 verbes à apprendre.

Comment apprendre les verbes irréguliers ?

La liste de verbes étant assez longue, il est important de d'avoir une stratégie. Pour une bonne assimilation, il est plus efficace de diviser l'apprentissage en multiples petites séances régulières. Par exemple, apprendre dix verbes irréguliers par jour permet de venir à bout de la liste en moins de trois semaines.

L'apprentissage est plus efficace en se testant. Vous pouvez utiliser les exercices aléatoires de ce site.

Enfin, chacun a ses supports d'apprentissage préférés. Choisissez ce qui vous convient le mieux:

La liste web sur cette page, avec lectures audio;
La liste en PDF à imprimer;
Les verbes à apprendre en vidéo.