Irregular Verbs List

50 Common Irregular Verbs Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle be was / were been become became become begin began begun bring brought brought buy bought bought choose chose chosen come came come do did done drink drank drunk drive drove driven eat. REGULAR VERBS BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE SPANISH /id/ sound Accept Accepted /Id/ Accepted /Id/ Aceptar Count Counted /Id/ Counted /Id/ Contar Date Dated /Id/ Dated /Id/ Citar End Ended /Id/ Ended /Id/ Terminar Expect Expected /Id/ Expected /Id/ Esperar Intend Intended /Id/ Intended /Id/ Intentar Need Needed /Id/ Needed /Id/ Necesitar Plant Planted /Id/ Planted /Id/ Plantar.

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Common Irregular Verb Forms in Alphabetical Order BaseForm SimplePast Participle awake awoke awaken be was/were been beat beat beaten begin began begun bend bent bent bet bet bet bid bid bid bind bound bound bite bit bitten bleed bled bled blow blew blown breed bred bred break broke broken bring brought brought. Displaying top 8 worksheets found for - List Of Irregular Verbs. Some of the worksheets for this concept are Common irregular verb forms in alphabetical order, Irregular past tense verbs work, Irregular verbs work, Name date regular verb list, Verbs and verb tenses, 50 common irregular verbs list, Name date grammar work past simple regular irregular, Fill in the missing forms of the irregular. The following English irregular verbs are often used in the standard past and participle forms.

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These are the most common fifty irregular verbs in the English language. This does not include the auxiliary verbs 'do' and 'have'. Just by learning these fifty, your students will have prepared themselves for 87% of irregular verb use in English! There is another page showing the usual list of irregular verbs in English.

RankBase FormPast Tense FormPast Participle
1 say said said
2 make made made
3 go went gone
4 take took taken
5 come came come
6 see saw seen
7 know knew known
8 get got got/gotten (US)
9 give gave given
10 find found found
11 think thought thought
12 tell told told
13 become became become
14 show showed shown
15 leave left left
16 feel felt felt
17 put put put
18 bring brought brought
19 begin began begun
20 keep kept kept
21 hold held held
22 write wrote written
23 stand stood stood
24 hear heard heard
25 let let let
26 mean meant meant
27 set set set
28 meet met met
29 run ran run
30 pay paid paid
31 sit sat sat
32 speak spoke spoken
33 lie lay lain
34 lead led led
35 read read read
36 grow grew grown
37 lose lost lost
38 fall fell fallen
39 send sent sent
40 build built built
41 understand understood understood
42 draw drew drawn
43 break broke broken
44 spend spent spent
45 cut cut cut
46 rise rose risen
47 drive drove driven
48 buy bought bought
49 wear wore worn
50 choose chose chosen

Level: beginner

Most verbs have a past tense and past participle with –ed:

GradeIrregularVerbs

worked
played
listened

But many of the most frequent verbs are irregular:

Base formPast tensePast participle
bewas/werebeen
beginbeganbegun
breakbrokebroken
bringbroughtbrought
buyboughtbought
buildbuiltbuilt
choosechosechosen
comecamecome
costcostcost
cutcutcut
dodiddone
drawdrewdrawn
drivedrovedriven
eatateeaten
feelfeltfelt
findfoundfound
getgotgot
givegavegiven
gowentgone
havehadhad
hearheardheard
holdheldheld
keepkeptkept
knowknewknown
leaveleftleft
leadledled
letletlet
lielaylain
loselostlost
makemademade
meanmeantmeant
meetmetmet
paypaidpaid
putputput
runranrun
saysaidsaid
seesawseen
sellsoldsold
sendsentsent
setsetset
sitsatsat
speakspokespoken
spendspentspent
standstoodstood
taketooktaken
teachtaughttaught
telltoldtold
thinkthoughtthought
understandunderstoodunderstood
wearworeworn
winwonwon
writewrotewritten
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