50 of the most common irregular verbs in English

These verbs are used very frequently 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	be	was/were1	been
2	become	became	become
3	begin	began	begun
4	break	broke	broken
5	bring	brought	brought
6	build	built	built
7	buy	bought	bought
8	catch	caught	caught
9	choose	chose	chosen
10	come	came	come
11	do	did	done
12	drink	drank	drunk
13	drive	drove	driven
14	eat	ate	eaten
15	fall	fell	fallen
16	feel	felt	felt
17	find	found	found
18	fly	flew	flown
19	forget	forgot	forgotten
20	get	got	got/gotten2
21	give	gave	given
22	go	went	gone/been3
23	grow	grew	grown
24	have	had	had
25	hear	heard	heard
26	hold	held	held
27	keep	kept	kept
28	know	knew	known
29	learn	learnt/learned4	learnt/learned4
30	leave	left	left
31	let	let	let
32	lose	lost	lost
33	make	made	made
34	meet	met	met
35	pay	paid	paid
36	put	put	put
37	read	read5	read5
38	run	ran	run
39	say	said	said
40	see	saw	seen
41	sell	sold	sold
42	send	sent	sent
43	sit	sat	sat
44	speak	spoke	spoken
45	take	took	taken
46	teach	taught	taught
47	tell	told	told
48	think	thought	thought
49	wake	woke	woken
50	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)

Kahoot Quiz – Past Simple – Irregular Verbs (2)

Kahoot Quiz – Present Perfect

Kahoot Quiz – Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Printable PDF Worksheets

Present Perfect

• Present Perfect – Positive
• Present Perfect – Negative
• Present Perfect – Questions
• Present Perfect – Mixed
• Present Perfect or Past Simple?

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