100 Irregular Verbs – Table

100 of the most common irregular verbs in English

These verbs are commonly used in spoken and written English.

Table of irregular verbs with their base form, past simple form and past participle:

	Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
1	arise	arose	arisen
2	be	was/were1	been
3	bear	bore	borne
4	beat	beat	beaten
5	become	became	become
6	begin	began	begun
7	bend	bent	bent
8	bet	bet	bet
9	bleed	bled	bled
10	blow	blew	blown
11	break	broke	broken
12	breed	bred	bred
13	bring	brought	brought
14	build	built	built
15	burst	burst	burst
16	buy	bought	bought
17	catch	caught	caught
18	choose	chose	chosen
19	cling	clung	clung
20	come	came	come
21	cost	cost	cost
22	creep	crept	crept
23	cut	cut	cut
24	deal	dealt	dealt
25	dig	dug	dug
26	do	did	done
27	draw	drew	drawn
28	drink	drank	drunk
29	drive	drove	driven
30	eat	ate	eaten
31	fall	fell	fallen
32	feed	fed	fed
33	feel	felt	felt
34	fight	fought	fought
35	find	found	found
36	flee	fled	fled
37	fly	flew	flown
38	forbid	forbade	forbidden
39	forget	forgot	forgotten
40	forgive	forgave	forgiven
41	freeze	froze	frozen
42	get	got	got/gotten2
43	give	gave	given
44	go	went	gone/been3
45	grow	grew	grown
46	have	had	had
47	hear	heard	heard
48	hide	hid	hidden
49	hit	hit	hit
50	hold	held	held
51	keep	kept	kept
52	know	knew	known
53	learn	learnt/learned4	learnt/learned4
54	leave	left	left
55	lend	lent	lent
56	let	let	let
57	lie (recline)	lay	lain
58	lose	lost	lost
59	make	made	made
60	mean	meant	meant
61	meet	met	met
62	pay	paid	paid
63	put	put	put
64	read	read5	read5
65	ride	rode	ridden
66	ring	rang	rung
67	rise	rose	risen
68	run	ran	run
69	say	said	said
70	see	saw	seen
71	sell	sold	sold
72	send	sent	sent
73	set	set	set
74	shake	shook	shaken
75	shine	shone	shone
76	shoot	shot	shot
77	show	showed	shown
78	shut	shut	shut
79	sing	sang	sung
80	sit	sat	sat
81	sleep	slept	slept
82	speak	spoke	spoken
83	spend	spent	spent
84	spit	spat	spat
85	stand	stood	stood
86	steal	stole	stolen
87	stick	stuck	stuck
88	strike	struck	struck
89	swim	swam	swum
90	take	took	taken
91	teach	taught	taught
92	tear	tore	torn
93	tell	told	told
94	think	thought	thought
95	throw	threw	thrown
96	understand	understood	understood
97	wake	woke	woken
98	wear	wore	worn
99	win	won	won
100	write	wrote	written

1. We use ”was” for ”I”, “he”, “she” and ”it”, and ”were” for ”you”, ”we” and ”they”.
2. ”Got” is mainly used in British English and ”gotten” is mainly used in American English.
3. The main past participle of ”go” is ”gone”, but we usually use ”been” for a completed visit (someone went to and returned from a place).
4. “Learnt” is mainly used in British English and “learned” is mainly used in American English.
5. The spelling is the same for all forms, but the past forms are pronounced /red/.

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Kahoot Quiz – Past Simple – Irregular Verbs (1)

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Past Simple Exercises

• Past Simple – Be – Positive and Negative
• Past Simple – Be – Questions
• Past Simple – Be – Mixed
• Past Simple – Regular Verbs – Positive and Negative
• Past Simple – Irregular Verbs – Positive
• Past Simple – Questions