Động từ bất quy tắc là một phần rất quan trọng của Tiếng Anh. Để nhớ bảng động từ bất quy tắc không phải là dễ dàng. Dưới đây, chúng tôi cố gắng phân nhóm các động từ BẤT QUY TẮC theo QUY TẮC. Với cách phân nhóm này, người học có thể tiết kiệm thời gian học thuộc bảng động từ bất quy tắc vì nó giảm một lượng lớn thông tin cần ghi nhớ. Ví dụ như người học chỉ cần nhớ động từ nguyên thể và quy tắc biến đổi là có thể suy ra động từ ở quá khứ và phân từ. Bảng phân loại dưới đây chúng tôi tham khảo từ whitesmoke.com.
| d → t, V2 = V3 | ||
| bend | bent | bent |
| build | built | built |
| lend | lent | lent |
| send | sent | sent |
| spend | spent | spent |
| Verb have/make | ||
| have/has | had | had |
| make | made | made |
| Regular (V2, V3) in US English, irregular in UK English | ||
| learn | learned/learnt | learned/learnt |
| burn | burned/burnt | burned/burnt |
| dwell | dwelled/dwelt | dwelled/dwelt |
| smell | smelled/smelt | smelled/smelt |
| spell | spelled/spelt | spelled/spelt |
| spill | spilled/spilt | spilled/spilt |
| spoil | spoiled/spoilt | spoiled/spoilt |
| ay → aid, V2=V3 | ||
| lay | laid | laid |
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| d or t ending, V2 = V3 | ||
| creep | crept | crept |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | felt | felt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| kneel | knelt/kneeled | knelt/kneeled |
| meet | met | met |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| weep | wept | wept |
| leave | left | left |
| t ending, V2=v3 | ||
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dream | dreamed/dreamt | dreamed/dreamt |
| lean | leaned/leant | leaned/leant |
| leap | leapt | leapt |
| mean | meant | meant |
| ell → old → old | ||
| sell | sold | sold |
| tell | told | told |
| ing → ought/aught → ought/aught | ||
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| fight | fought | fought |
| seek | sought | sought |
| think | thought | thought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| teach | taught | taught |
| V1 = V2 = V3 | ||
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| broadcast | broadcast/broadcasted | broadcast/broadcasted |
| burst | burst | burst |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| let | let | let |
| put | put | put |
| set | set | set |
| shut | shut | shut |
| spread | spread | spread |
| quit | quit | quit |
| V2=V3; V2’s vowel sound changes to /o/; V3 ending with /en/ | ||
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| awake | awoke/awaked | awoken/awaked |
| wake | woke/waked | woken/waked |
| weave | wove | woven |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| rise | rose | risen |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| drive | drove | driven |
| write | wrote | written |
| ear → ore → orn | ||
| bear | bore | born |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| tear | tore | torn |
| wear | wore | worn |
| ow/aw → ew → own/awn | ||
| blow | blew | blown |
| grow | grew | grown |
| know | knew | known |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| Regular V2,V3; irregular V3 | ||
| show | showed | showed/shown |
| sow | sowed | sowed/sown |
| mow | mowed | mowed/mown |
| swell | swelled | swelled/swollen |
| sew | sewed | sewed/sewn |
| V2=V3 with vowel sound /u/ | ||
| dig | dug | dug |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| spin | spun | spun |
| sting | stung | stung |
| strike | struck | struck |
| swing | swung | swung |
| hang | hung | hung |
| ind → ound → ound | ||
| bind | bound | bound |
| find | found | found |
| grind | ground | ground |
| wind | wound | wound |
| ee → e → e | ||
| bleed | bled | bled |
| feed | fed | fed |
| flee | fled | fled |
| lead | led | led |
| speed | speeded/sped | speeded/sped |
| in → an → un | ||
| begin | began | begun |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| ring | rang | rung |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| spin | span/spun | spun |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| swim | swam | swum |
| V1 = V3 | ||
| come | came | come |
| become | became | become |
| run | ran | run |