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	be	was/were1	been
2	beat	beat	beaten
3	become	became	become
4	begin	began	begun
5	bend	bent	bent
6	bet	bet	bet
7	bite	bit	bitten
8	bleed	bled	bled
9	blow	blew	blown
10	break	broke	broken
11	bring	brought	brought
12	build	built	built
13	burn	burnt/burned2	burnt/burned2
14	buy	bought	bought
15	catch	caught	caught
16	choose	chose	chosen
17	come	came	come
18	cost	cost	cost
19	cut	cut	cut
20	deal	dealt	dealt
21	dig	dug	dug
22	do	did	done
23	draw	drew	drawn
24	dream	dreamt/dreamed3	dreamt/dreamed3
25	drink	drank	drunk
26	drive	drove	driven
27	eat	ate	eaten
28	fall	fell	fallen
29	feed	fed	fed
30	feel	felt	felt
31	fight	fought	fought
32	find	found	found
33	fit	fit/fitted4	fit/fitted4
34	fly	flew	flown
35	forget	forgot	forgotten
36	forgive	forgave	forgiven
37	freeze	froze	frozen
38	get	got	got/gotten5
39	give	gave	given
40	go	went	gone/been6
41	grow	grew	grown
42	hang	hung7	hung7
43	have	had	had
44	hear	heard	heard
45	hide	hid	hidden
46	hit	hit	hit
47	hold	held	held
48	hurt	hurt	hurt
49	keep	kept	kept
50	know	knew	known
51	lay	laid	laid
52	lead	led	led
53	learn	learnt/learned8	learnt/learned8
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	read9	read9
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	spell	spelt/spelled10	spelt/spelled10
84	spend	spent	spent
85	spit	spat	spat
86	stand	stood	stood
87	steal	stole	stolen
88	stick	stuck	stuck
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. Burnt is mainly used in British English and burned is mainly used in American English.
3. Dreamt is mainly used in British English and dreamed is mainly used in American English. Dreamt is pronounced /dremt/.
4. Fit is usually used when the meaning is “be the right size”, and fitted is often used in British English when the meaning is “install/equip”.
5. For the past participle of get, got is mainly used in British English and gotten is mainly used in American English.
6. Go has two past participles. The main one is gone, but we usually use been for a completed visit (someone went to and returned from a place).
7.When the meaning of hang is “kill by hanging”, the past forms are both hanged. For all other meanings, the past forms are both hung.
8. Learnt is mainly used in British English and learned is mainly used in American English.
9. The spelling is the same for all forms, but the past forms are pronounced /red/.
10. Spelt is mainly used in British English and spelled is mainly used in American English.

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Past Simple Exercises

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