Irregular Verb Lists
100 Most Common English Verbs List. This is a list of the 100 most common verbs in English. If you are learning English it would be useful to learn these popular verbs first. Click though to see full conjugation tables of each verb. Irregular verb forms are in red. 140 rows Irregular Verbs List. Each entry includes the base or bare infinitive first, followed by the. Irregular verbs are verbs which do not follow normal rules for conjugation. For example, the irregular verb be has several unique forms ( I am, you are, he is ) which are quite different from regular verbs such as cook ( I cook, you cook, he cooks ).
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Irregular Verbs List! What are irregular past tense verbs? Learn irregular verb definition and useful list of irregular verbs in English with ESL printable worksheets.
The English language has a large number of irregular verbs.
What are Irregular Verbs?
In the English language, most verbs (regular verbs) are turned into the past tense by adding ‘-ed’ to the end of a base form of the verb.
Regular verb examples:
- Cook → Cooked
- Walk → Walked
- Talk → Talked
- Finish → Finished
Irregular verbs (or irregular past tense verbs) are common verbs in English that do not follow the simple system of adding “d” or “ed” to the end of the word to form the past tense (the past simple and/or the past participle)
Irregular verbs examples:
- Do – did – done
- Draw – drew – drawn
- Drink – drank – drunk
Irregular Verbs List
Alphabetical list of irregular verbs in the English language.
- Arise – arose – arisen
- Awake – awoke – awoken
- Be – was/ were – been
- Bear – bore – born(e)
- Beat – beat – beaten
- Become – became – become
- Begin – began – begun
- Bend – bent – bent
- Bet – bet – bet
- Bind – bound – bound
- Bite – bit – bitten
- Bleed – bled – bled
- Blow – blew – blown
- Break – broke – broken
- Breed – bred – bred
- Bring – brought – brought
- Broadcast – broadcast – broadcast
- Build – built – built
- Burn – burnt/burned – burnt/burned
- Burst – burst – burst
- Buy – bought – bought
- Catch – caught – caught
- Choose – chose – chosen
- Cling – clung – clung
- Come – came – come
- Cost – cost – cost
- Creep – crept – crept
- Cut – cut – cut
- Deal – dealt – dealt
- Dig- dug – dug
- Do – did – done
- Draw – drew – drawn
- Dream – dreamt/dreamed – dreamt/dreamed
- Drink – drank – drunk
- Drive – drove – driven
- Eat – ate – eaten
- Fall – fell – fallen
- Feed – fed – fed
- Feel – felt – felt
- Fight – fought – fought
- Find – found – found
- Fly – flew – flown
- Forbid – forbade – forbidden
- Forget – forgot – forgotten
- Forgive – forgave – forgiven
- Freeze – froze – frozen
- Get – got – got
- Give – gave – given
- Go – went – gone
- Grind – ground – ground
- Grow – grew – grown
- Hang – hung – hung
- Have – had – had
- Hear – heard – heard
- Hide – hid – hidden
- Hit – hit – hit
- Hold – held – held
- Hurt – hurt – hurt
- Keep – kept – kept
- Kneel – knelt – knelt
- Know – knew – known
- Lay – laid – laid
- Lead – led – led
- Lean – leant/ leaned – leant/ leaned
- Learn – learnt/ learned – learnt/ learned
- Leave – left – left
- Lent – lent – lent
- Lie (in bed) – lay – lain
- Lie (not to tell the truth) – lied – lied
- Light – lit/ lighted – lit/ lighted
- Lose – lost – lost
- Make – made – made
- Mean – meant – meant
- Meet – met – met
- Overtake – overtook – overtaken
- Pay – paid – paid
- Put – put – put
- Read – read – read
- Ride – rode – ridden
- Ring – rang – rung
- Rise – rose – risen
- Run – ran – run
- Saw – sawed – sawn/ sawed
- Say – said – said
- See – sawed – seen
- Sell – sold – sold
- Send – sent – sent
- Set – set – set
- Sew – sewed – sewn/ sewed
- Shake – shook – shaken
- Shed – shed – shed
- Shine – shone – shone
- Shoot – shot – shot
- Show – showed – shown
- Shrink – shrank – shrunk
- Shut – shut – shut
- Sing – sang – sung
- Sink – sank – sunk
- Sit – sat – sat
- Sleep – slept – slept
- Slide – slid – slid
- Smell – smelt – smelt
- Sow – sowed – sown/ sowed
- Speak – spoke – spoken
- Spell – spelt/ spelled spelt/ spelled
- Spend – spent – spent
- Spill – spilt/ spilled – spilt/ spilled
- Spit – spat – spat
- Spread – spread – spread
- Stand – stood – stood
- Steal – stole – stolen
- Stick – stuck – stuck
- Sting – stung – stung
- Stink – stank – stunk
- Strike – struck – struck
- Swear – swore – sworn
- Sweep – swept – swept
- Swell – swelled – swollen/ swelled
- Swim – swam – swum
- Swing – swung – swung
- Take – took – taken
- Teach – taught – taught
- Tear – tore – torn
- Tell – told – told
- Think – thought – thought
- Throw – threw – thrown
- Understand – understood – understood
- Wake – woke – woken
- Wear – wore – worn
- Weep – wept – wept
- Win – won – won
- Wind – wound – wound
- Write – wrote – written
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