A rendhagyó igék három alakja:
Az angol nyelvben viszonylag sok olyan ige van, amelyeknek múlt idejű alakját nem a megszokott módon képezzük. Ezeket hívjuk rendhagyó igéknek. A múlt idejű alakok képzésére nincsenek átfogó szabályok, ezért a rendhagyó igék ragozását egyesével meg kell tanulnunk.
A legtöbb rendhagyó ige esetében mind a három alak különböző
| jelentés | V1 | V2 | V3 |
| lenni | be | was/were | been |
| elkezd | begin | began | begun |
| harap | bite | bit | bitten |
| fúj | blow | blew | blown |
| eltör, eltörik | break | broke | broken |
| képes valamire | can | could | - |
| választ | choose | chose | chosen |
| csinál | do | did | done |
| rajzol | draw | drew | drawn |
| iszik | drink | drank | drunk |
| vezet | drive | drove | driven |
| eszik | eat | ate | eaten |
| esik | fall | fell | fallen |
| repül | fly | flew | flown |
| elfelejt | forget | forgot | forgotten |
| megbocsát | forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| megfagy | freeze | froze | frozen |
| kap | get | got | gotten |
| ad | give | gave | given |
| megy | go | went | gone |
| nő | grow | grew | grown |
| elrejt(őzik) | hide | hid | hidden |
| tud, ismer | know | knew | known |
| fekszik | lie | lay | lain |
| lovagol | ride | rode | ridden |
| emelkedik | rise | rose | risen |
| lát | see | saw | seen |
| ráz | shake | shook | shaken |
| mutat | show | showed | shown |
| énekel | sing | sang | sung |
| beszél | speak | spoke | spoken |
| úszik | swim | swam | swum |
| visz, tesz | take | took | taken |
| dob | throw | threw | thrown |
| ébred, ébreszt | wake | woke | woken |
| visel, hord | wear | wore | worn |
| ír | write | wrote | written |
Léteznek olyan igék is, amelyeknek két alakjuk megegyezik
| Jelentés | V1 | V2 | V3 |
| legyőz, üt | beat | beat | beaten |
| válik valamivé | become | became | become |
| vérzik | bleed | bled | bled |
| hoz | bring | brought | brought |
| épít | build | built | built |
| vesz | buy | bought | bought |
| elkap, elfog | catch | caught | caught |
| jön | come | came | come |
| foglalkozik vmivel | deal | dealt | dealt |
| etet | feed | fed | fed |
| érez | feel | felt | felt |
| küzd, verekedik | fight | fought | fought |
| talál | find | found | found |
| birtokolni | have | had | had |
| hall | hear | heard | heard |
| tart | hold | held | held |
| megtart | keep | kept | kept |
| vezet | lead | led | led |
| tanul, megtud | learn | learned/learnt | learned/learnt |
| elindul, otthagy | leave | left | left |
| (el)veszít | loose | lost | lost |
| csinál | make | made | made |
| találkozik | meet | met | met |
| fizet | pay | paid | paid |
| fut | run | ran | run |
| mond | say | said | said |
| elad, árul | sell | sold | sold |
| küld | send | sent | sent |
| lő | shoot | shot | shot |
| ül | sit | sat | sat |
| alszik | sleep | slept | slept |
| költ, tölt | spend | spent | spent |
| tanít | teach | taught | taught |
| elmond, megmond | tell | told | told |
| gondol | think | thought | thought |
| megért | understand | understood | understood |
| nyer | win | won | won |
Nagyon kevés olyan rendhagyó ige van, amelynek mind a három alakja megegyezik
| Jelentés | V1 | V2 | V3 |
| fogad | bet | bet | bet |
| kerül valamibe | cost | cost | cost |
| vág | cut | cut | cut |
| üt | hit | hit | hit |
| bánt | hurt | hurt | hurt |
| hagy | let | let | let |
| tesz, rak | put | put | put |
| kilép | quit | quit | quit |
| olvas | read | read | read |
| beállít | set | set | set |
| bezár | shut | shut | shut |