English Common Irregular Verbs

Here is the list of the most common irregular verbs in English. These verbs are very important to know so be sure to memorize them.

English Common Irregular Verbs

One of the best-known traits of the English language is its irregular verbs. It’s one that makes many learners frustrated. Many of these verbs are not difficult to learn if you know the patterns.

Some are quite easy, while some are very tricky. But luckily there are only 195 of them, without too much redundancy between them!

Here is the common irregular verbs list that can help you to improve your English language.

past participle	Past simple	verb
*be (is, am,are)*	*was, were*	*been*
*beat*	*beat*	*beaten*
*become*	*became*	*become*
*begin*	*began*	*begun*
*bend*	*bent*	*bent*
*bet*	*bet*	*bet*
*bid*	*bid*	*bid*
*bite*	*bit*	*bitten*
*blow*	*blew*	*blown*
*break*	*broke*	*broken*
*bring*	*brought*	*brought*
*build*	*built*	*built*
*burn*	*burned/burnt*	*burned/burnt*
*buy*	*bought*	*bought*
*catch*	*caught*	*caught*
*choose*	*chose*	*chosen*
*come*	*came*	*come*
*cost*	*cost*	*cost*
*cut*	*cut*	*cut*
*dig*	*dug*	*dug*
*dive*	*dove*	*dived*
do	*did*	*done*
*draw*	*drew*	*drawn*
*dream*	*dreamed/dreamt*	*dreamed/dreamt*
*drive*	*drove*	*driven*
*drink*	*drank*	*drunk*
*eat*	*ate*	*eaten*
*fall*	*fell*	*fallen*
*feel*	*felt*	*felt*
*fight*	*fought*	*fought*
*find*	*found*	*found*
*fly*	*flew*	*flown*
*forget*	*forgot*	*forgotten*
*forgive*	*forgave*	*forgiven*
*freeze*	*froze*	*frozen*
*get*	*got*	*gotten*
*give*	*gave*	*given*
go	*went*	*gone*
*grow*	*grew*	*grown*
*hang*	*hung*	*hung*
*have*	*had*	*had*
*hear*	*heard*	*heard*
*hide*	*hid*	*hidden*
*hit*	*hit*	*hit*
*hold*	*held*	*held*
*hurt*	*hurt*	*hurt*
*keep*	*kept*	*kept*
*know*	*knew*	*known*
*lay*	*laid*	*laid*
*lead*	*led*	*led*
*leave*	*left*	*left*
*lend*	*lent*	*lent*
*let*	*let*	*let*
*lie*	*lay*	*lain*
*lose*	*lost*	*lost*
*make*	*made*	*made*
*mean*	*meant*	*meant*
*meet*	*met*	*met*
*pay*	*paid*	*paid*
*put*	*put*	*put*
*read*	*read*	*read*
*ride*	*rode*	*ridden*
*ring*	*rang*	*rung*
*rise*	*rose*	*risen*
*run*	*ran*	*run*
*say*	*said*	*said*
*see*	*saw*	*seen*
*sell*	*sold*	*sold*
*send*	*sent*	*sent*
*show*	*showed*	*shown*
*shut*	*shut*	*shut*
*sing*	*sang*	*sung*
*sit*	*sat*	*sat*
*sleep*	*slept*	*slept*
*speak*	*spoke*	*spoken*
*spend*	*spent*	*spent*
*stand*	*stood*	*stood*
*swim*	*swam*	*swum*
*take*	*took*	*taken*
*teach*	*taught*	*taught*
*tear*	*tore*	*torn*
*tell*	*told*	*told*
*think*	*thought*	*thought*
*throw*	*threw*	*thrown*
*understand*	*understood*	*understood*
*wake*	*woke*	*woken*
*wear*	*wore*	*worn*
*win*	*won*	*won*
*write*	*wrote*	*written*