54 Irregular Verbs in English
Learn common irregular verbs in English with base form, past simple, past participle, example sentences, and a quick quiz.
What Are Irregular Verbs?
Irregular verbs do not follow the normal rule of adding -ed to make the past tense.
Examples: walk → walked → walked and go → went → gone.
Search the Verbs
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been | She was tired yesterday. |
| become | became | become | He became a doctor. |
| begin | began | begun | The class began at 9. |
| break | broke | broken | Tom broke the glass. |
| bring | brought | brought | She brought her bag. |
| build | built | built | They built a house. |
| buy | bought | bought | I bought some fruit. |
| catch | caught | caught | He caught the ball. |
| choose | chose | chosen | We chose the blue one. |
| come | came | come | They came early. |
| cost | cost | cost | The bag cost $20. |
| cut | cut | cut | She cut the paper. |
| do | did | done | I did my homework. |
| draw | drew | drawn | He drew a picture. |
| drink | drank | drunk | She drank some juice. |
| drive | drove | driven | He drove to work. |
| eat | ate | eaten | We ate lunch. |
| fall | fell | fallen | The leaves fell down. |
| feel | felt | felt | I felt happy. |
| find | found | found | She found her keys. |
| fly | flew | flown | They flew to Paris. |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | I forgot his name. |
| get | got | got/gotten | He got a gift. |
| give | gave | given | She gave me help. |
| go | went | gone | We went home. |
| grow | grew | grown | The plant grew fast. |
| have | had | had | I had a cold. |
| hear | heard | heard | I heard a sound. |
| hide | hid | hidden | He hid behind the door. |
| hold | held | held | She held the baby. |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | I hurt my hand. |
| keep | kept | kept | She kept the letter. |
| know | knew | known | I knew the answer. |
| leave | left | left | They left at 6. |
| let | let | let | My parents let me go. |
| lose | lost | lost | He lost his phone. |
| make | made | made | She made a cake. |
| meet | met | met | We met our teacher. |
| pay | paid | paid | I paid the bill. |
| put | put | put | She put it on the table. |
| read | read | read | He read the book. |
| ride | rode | ridden | They rode a bike. |
| ring | rang | rung | The bell rang. |
| run | ran | run | She ran quickly. |
| say | said | said | He said hello. |
| see | saw | seen | I saw a bird. |
| sell | sold | sold | They sold their car. |
| send | sent | sent | I sent an email. |
| sing | sang | sung | She sang well. |
| sit | sat | sat | We sat near the door. |
| speak | spoke | spoken | He spoke slowly. |
| stand | stood | stood | She stood outside. |
| take | took | taken | I took a photo. |
| teach | taught | taught | He taught English. |
| think | thought | thought | I thought about it. |
| write | wrote | written | She wrote a letter. |
No verbs found.
Patterns to Remember
Same in all forms: cut – cut – cut, put – put – put
Past and participle are the same: buy – bought – bought
Vowel changes: sing – sang – sung
Special forms: go – went – gone