This document provides a reference chart of 64 commonly used irregular past simple verbs in English. It gives the regular form of the verb, followed by the past simple form in parentheses. An example is given of a sentence using the regular present simple form of the verb "buy" and the past simple form "bought". The chart then lists all 64 irregular past simple verbs along with their past simple forms.

1. Past Simple: Irregular Verbs
 Many Past Simple verbs are irregular. Study the grammar reference chart below.
Below are 64 commonly used Past Simple irregular verbs in English.
For example:
“My friend buys a newspaper every day.”
“My friend bought a newspaper yesterday.”
 be  was / were  hit  hit
 become  became  hold  held
 begin
 bite
 blow
 break
 bring
 build
 buy
 can
 catch
 choose
 come
 cost
 cut
 do
 draw
 drink
 drive
 eat
 fall
 feed
 feel
 find
 fly
 forget
 freeze
 get
 give
 go
 have
 hear
 began
 bit
 blew
 broke
 brought
 built
 bought
 could
 caught
 chose
 came
 cost
 cut
 did
 drew
 drank
 drove
 ate
 fell
 fed
 felt
 found
 flew
 forgot
 froze
 got
 gave
 went
 had
 heard
 hurt
 keep
 know
 leave
 lose
 make
 meet
 pay
 put
 read
 ride
 run
 say
 see
 sell
 sing
 sit
 spend
 stand
 steal
 swim
 take
 teach
 tell
 think
 throw
 understand
 wear
 win
 write
 hurt
 kept
 knew
 left
 lost
 made
 met
 paid
 put
 read
 rode
 ran
 said
 saw
 sold
 sang
 sat
 spent
 stood
 stole
 swam
 took
 taught
 told
 thought
 threw
 understood
 wore
 won
 wrote
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