Irregular Verbs

What is an Irregular Verb?

English regular verbs add -ed (or -d if the end with the letter ‘e’) to form the past tense and past participle.

English has a lot of irregular verbs, which don’t follow this pattern. Some don’t change at all, others change completely, or change letters in the middle.

Unfortunately for English students, there are a lot and they include many of the commonest verbs. Please see below, 50 of the most popular English Irregular verbs:

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle	Third Person (Singular)	Present Participle
be	was / were	been	is	being
become	became	become	becomes	becoming
begin	began	begun	begins	beginning
bring	brought	brought	brings	bringing
buy	bought	bought	buys	buying
choose	chose	chosen	chooses	choosing
come	came	come	comes	coming
do	did	done	does	doing
drink	drank	drunk	drinks	drinking
drive	drove	driven	drives	driving
eat	ate	eaten	eats	eaten
fall	fell	fallen	falls	falling
feel	felt	felt	feels	feeling
find	found	found	finds	finding
fly	flew	flown	flies	flying
forget	forgot	forgotten	forgets	forgetting
get	got	got	gets	getting
give	gave	given	gives	giving
go	went	gone	goes	going
have	had	had	has	having
hear	heard	heard	hears	hearing
keep	kept	kept	keeps	keeping
know	knew	known	knows	knowing
leave	left	left	leaves	leaving
lend	lent	lent	lends	lending
let	let	let	lets	letting
lose	lost	lost	loses	losing
make	made	made	makes	making
meet	met	met	meets	meeting
pay	paid	paid	pays	paying
put	put	put	puts	putting
read	read (pronounced /red/)	Read (pronounced /red/)	reads	reading
run	ran	run	runs	running
say	said	said	says	saying
see	saw	seen	sees	seeing
sell	sold	sold	sells	selling
send	sent	sent	sends	sending
sing	sang	sung	sings	singing
sit	sat	sat	sits	sitting
sleep	slept	slept	sleeps	sleeping
speak	spoke	spoken	speaks	speaking
stand	stood	stood	stands	standing
swim	swam	swum	swims	swimming
take	took	taken	takes	taking
teach	taught	taught	teaches	teaching
tell	told	told	tells	telling
think	thought	thought	thinks	thinking
understand	understood	understood	understands	understanding
wear	wore	worn	wears	wearing
write	wrote	written	writes	writing