Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are an important feature of English. We use irregular verbs a lot when speaking, less when writing. Of course, the most famous English verb of all, the verb "to be", is irregular. What is the difference between regular verbs and irregular verbs? Base Form With regular verbs, the rule is simple... finish The past simple and past participle alwa s end in !ed" stop work #ut with irregular verbs, there is no rule... $ometimes the verb changes completel " $ometimes there is "half" a change" $ometimes there is no change" sing bu cut sang bought cut sung bought cut finished stopped worked finished stopped worked Past Simple Past Participle

One good wa to learn irregular verbs is to tr sorting them into groups, as above.

Irregular Verbs List

This is a list of some irregular verbs in English. Of course, there are man others, but these are the more common irregular verbs. V1 Base Form awake be beat become begin V2 Past Simple awoke was, were beat became began V3 Past Participle awoken been beaten become begun

bend bet bid bite blow break bring broadcast build burn bu catch choose come cost cut dig do draw dream drive drink eat fall feel

bent bet bid bit blew broke brought broadcast built burned%burnt bought caught chose came cost cut dug did drew dreamed%dreamt drove drank ate fell felt

bent bet bid bitten blown broken brought broadcast built burned%burnt bought caught chosen come cost cut dug done drawn dreamed%dreamt driven drunk eaten fallen felt

fight find fl forget forgive free&e get give go grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know la lead learn leave lend let

fought found flew forgot forgave fro&e got gave went grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led learned%learnt left lent let

fought found flown forgotten forgiven fro&en got 'sometimes gotten( given gone grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led learned%learnt left lent let

lie lose make mean meet pa put read ride ring rise run sa see sell send show shut sing sit sleep speak spend stand swim

la lost made meant met paid put read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent showed shut sang sat slept spoke spent stood swam

lain lost made meant met paid put read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent showed%shown shut sung sat slept spoken spent stood swum

take teach tear tell think throw understand wake wear win write

took taught tore told thought threw understood woke wore won wrote

taken taught torn told thought thrown understood woken worn won written