Top irregular english verbs

1. Top Irregular English Verbs
Many of the most important verbs in English are irregular in the simple past and past
participle forms. Irregular verbs don't follow a set pattern so they have to be learnt
individually. The list below shows the most common irregular verbs, with the simple past
and participle for each. Click on the verb name to see full conjugation tables.
Irregular forms are in red.
No. Verb Simple Past Past Participle
1 to be were been
2 to have had had
3 to do did done
4 to say said said
5 to go went gone
6 to get got got / gotten
7 to make made made
8 to know knew known
9 to think thought thought
10 to take took taken
11 to see saw seen
12 to come came come
13 to find found found
14 to give gave given
15 to tell told told
16 to feel felt felt
17 to become became become
18 to leave left left
19 to put put put

2. 20 to mean meant meant
21 to keep kept kept
22 to let let let
23 to begin began begun
24 to show showed shown
25 to hear heard heard
26 to run ran run
27 to bring brought brought
28 to write wrote written
29 to sit sat sat
30 to stand stood stood
31 to lose lost lost
32 to pay paid paid
33 to meet met met
34 to set set set
35 to learn learnt / learned learnt / learned
36 to lead led led
37 to understand understood understood
38 to speak spoke spoken
39 to read read read
40 to spend spent spent
41 to grow grew grown
42 to win won won
43 to teach taught taught
44 to buy bought bought
45 to send sent sent
46 to build built built

3. 47 to fall fell fallen
48 to cut cut cut
49 to sell sold sold
50 to break broke broken
51 to hit hit hit
52 to eat ate eaten
53 to catch caught caught
54 to draw drew drawn
55 to choose chose chosen
56 to fight fought fought
57 to throw threw thrown
58 to shoot shot shot
59 to prove proved proved / proven
60 to hang hung / hanged hung / hanged
61 to forget forgot forgotten
62 to shake shook shaken
63 to sing sang sung
64 to beat beat beaten
65 to cost cost cost
66 to hurt hurt hurt
67 to strike struck struck
68 to sleep slept slept
69 to stick stuck stuck
70 to drink drank drunk
71 to hide hid hidden
72 to ride rode ridden
73 to burn burned / burnt burned / burnt

4. 74 to drive drove driven
75 to lean leant / leaned leant / leaned
76 to shut shut shut
77 to steal stole stolen
78 to cast cast cast
79 to slide slid slid / slidden
80 to bend bent bent
81 to ring rang rung
82 to smell smelt / smelled smelt / smelled
83 to light lit lit
84 to quit quit quit
85 to arise arose arisen
86 to dream dreamt / dreamed dreamt / dreamed
87 to sweep swept swept
88 to bet bet bet
89 to overcome overcame overcome
90 to swim swam swum
91 to hold held held
92 to flee fled fled
93 to swear swore sworn
94 to shine shone / shined shone / shined
95 to upset upset upset
96 to lend lent lent
97 to forgive forgave forgiven
98 to leap leapt / leaped leapt / leaped
99 to forbid forbade forbidden