Essential English Irregular Verbs List

Common Irregular Verbs

Be: be, was/were, been

Become: become, became, become

Begin: begin, began, begun

Bend: bend, bent, bent

Bet: bet, bet, bet

Bite: bite, bit, bitten

Bleed: bleed, bled, bled

Blow: blow, blew, blown

Break: break, broke, broken

Bring: bring, brought, brought

Build: build, built, built

Burn: burn, burned/burnt, burned/burnt

Burst: burst, burst, burst

Buy: buy, bought, bought

Catch: catch, caught, caught

Choose: choose, chose, chosen

Come: come, came, come

Cost: cost, cost, cost

Cut: cut, cut, cut

Deal: deal, dealt, dealt

Dig: dig, dug, dug

Do: do, did, done

Draw: draw, drew, drawn

Drink: drink, drank, drunk

Drive: drive, drove, driven

Eat: eat, ate, eaten

Fall: fall, fell, fallen

Feed: feed, fed, fed

Fight: fight, fought, fought

Find: find, found, found

Fly: fly, flew, flown

Forbid: forbid, forbade, forbidden

Forget: forget, forgot, forgotten

Freeze: freeze, froze, frozen

Get: get, got, got/gotten

Give: give, gave, given

Go: go, went, gone

Grow: grow, grew, grown

Hang: hang, hung, hung

Have: have, had, had

Hear: hear, heard, heard

Hide: hide, hid, hidden

Hit: hit, hit, hit

Hold: hold, held, held

Hurt: hurt, hurt, hurt

Keep: keep, kept, kept

Know: know, knew, known

Lay: lay, laid, laid

Lead: lead, led, led

Learn: learn, learned/learnt, learned/learnt

Leave: leave, left, left

Lend: lend, lent, lent

Let: let, let, let

Lie: lie, lay, lain

Light: light, lit, lit

Lose: lose, lost, lost

Make: make, made, made

Mean: mean, meant, meant

Meet: meet, met, met

Pay: pay, paid, paid

Put: put, put, put

Read: read, read, read

Ride: ride, rode, ridden

Ring: ring, rang, rung

Rise: rise, rose, risen

Run: run, ran, run

Say: say, said, said

See: see, saw, seen

Sell: sell, sold, sold

Send: send, sent, sent

Set: set, set, set

Sew: sew, sewed, sewn/sewed

Shake: shake, shook, shaken

Shine: shine, shone, shone

Shoot: shoot, shot, shot

Show: show, showed, shown/showed

Shut: shut, shut, shut

Sing: sing, sang, sung

Sink: sink, sank, sunk

Sit: sit, sat, sat

Sleep: sleep, slept, slept

Smell: smell, smelled/smelt, smelled/smelt

Speak: speak, spoke, spoken

Spell: spell, spelled/spelt, spelled/spelt

Spend: spend, spent, spent

Spill: spill, spilled/spilt, spilled/spilt

Spoil: spoil, spoiled/spoilt, spoiled/spoilt

Spread: spread, spread, spread

Spring: spring, sprang, sprung

Stand: stand, stood, stood

Steal: steal, stole, stolen

Stick: stick, stuck, stuck

Sting: sting, stung, stung

Swear: swear, swore, sworn

Sweep: sweep, swept, swept

Swim: swim, swam, swum

Take: take, took, taken

Teach: teach, taught, taught

Tear: tear, tore, torn

Tell: tell, told, told

Think: think, thought, thought

Throw: throw, threw, thrown

Understand: understand, understood, understood

Wake up: wake up, woke up, woken up

Wear: wear, wore, worn

Win: win, won, won

Write: write, wrote, written